Question 1

Which of the following defines the relationship between variables along with the nature and frequency of the relationship?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of association detection.

Question 2

The five common characteristics of high quality include accurate, complete, __________, timely and unique.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The five common characteristics of high quality...

Question 3

When discovering trends and seasonal variations in transactional information, use a ________________ forecast to change the transactional information by units of time, such as transforming weekly information into monthly or seasonal information or hourly information and into daily information.

Accepted Answer

This is an example of time-series information put to use.

Question 4

Which of the following questions can be answered using business intelligence?

Accepted Answer

All are outlined in the book.

Question 5

Information is everywhere in an organization.Information ____________ refers to the extent of detail within the information.

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The answer of Information is everywhere in an organization.Information ____________...

Question 6

What is information that people use to support their decision-making efforts?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of business intelligence.

Question 7

A ___________ database model stores information in the form of logically related two-dimensional tables.

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The answer of A ___________ database model stores information in...

Question 8

The __________ view of information deals with the physical storage of information on a storage device.

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The answer of The __________ view of information deals with...

Question 9

Databases today scale to exceptional levels, allowing all types of users and programs to perform _____________ processing and information searching tasks.

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The answer of Databases today scale to exceptional levels, allowing...

Question 10

A database management system or _________ creates, reads, updates, and deletes data in a database while controlling access and security.

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The answer of A database management system or _________ creates,...

Question 11

Broadly defined, a __________ maintains information about various types of objects, events, people, and places.

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The answer of Broadly defined, a __________ maintains information about...

Question 12

Relational _____________ constraints are rules that enforce basic and fundamental information-based constraints.

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The answer of Relational _____________ constraints are rules that enforce...

Question 13

What is it called when a manager has so much data and information that he or she cannot make a decision?

Accepted Answer

The critical problem still facing managers today when there is so much information to analyze and having so many tools at our fingertips is data rich, yet information poor.

Question 14

What is the technique used to divide information sets into mutually exclusive groups such that the members of each group are as close together as possible to one another and the different groups are as far apart as possible?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of cluster analysis.

Question 15

What is a great example of using cluster analysis in business to create target-marketing strategies?

Accepted Answer

A great example of using cluster analysis in business is to create target-marketing strategies based on Zip codes.

Question 16

Data __________ issues occur when a system produces incorrect, inconsistent, or duplicate data.

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The answer of Data __________ issues occur when a system...

Question 17

What is a common association detection analysis technique where you analyze certain items to detect customers' buying behavior and predict future behavior?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of market basket analysis.

Question 18

The ___________ view of information focuses on how individual users logically access information to meet their own business needs.

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The answer of The ___________ view of information focuses on...

Question 19

Which of the following techniques performs such functions as information correlations, distributions, calculations, and variance analysis?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of statistical analysis.

Question 20

Of the two primary tools available for retrieving information from a DBMS, the first is a _______ by example tool that helps users graphically design the answer to a question against a database.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Of the two primary tools available for...

Quiz 6: Data: Business Intelligence