Business Intelligence (BI) reporting systems are used to make sophisticated mathematical and statistical calculations in order to prepare reports based on the data. False True TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
In a common form of RFM analysis, customers are sorted in five groups and given a score of 1 to 5 depending on their group. True False TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Business Intelligence (BI) systems do not obtain their data by which of the following means? Read and process data from an operational database Process data purchased from data vendors Process extracts from operational databases Process transactions TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Business Intelligence (BI) reporting analyses can be performed using ________ . OLAP only extensions to SQL only standard SQL only both standard SQL and extensions to SQL TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
We have been given access to the company's operational data, and have been asked to produce a report. We discover that some of the data we need are in an SQL server database while other needed data are in a separate Oracle database. This is an example of ________ . non-integrated data a "wrong format" problem dirty data inconsistent data TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which of the following is not a component of a data warehouse? Data warehouse data Data extraction/cleaning/preparation programs None of these Data metadata TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The term neural networks as used in data mining is a misnomer. False True TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The "curse of dimensionality" relates to which problem of using operational data for BI reporting? Too much data Inconsistent data Dirty data Non-integrated data TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which of the following is not a reason that operational data are difficult to read? Non-duplicated data Non-integrated data Missing values Dirty data TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The delivery function of a report management system allows reports to be delivered via e-mail, via the Web, via XML Web services, via hand delivery and other delivery means. True False TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?