Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Information cleansing and scrubbing
B)  Data-mining tools
C)  Data mining
D)  Business intelligenceE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

What is it called when each transaction,entity,and event is represented only once in the information?

Accepted Answer

A)  Uniqueness
B)  Accuracy
C)  Consistency
D)  TimelinessE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

Association detection is a 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

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The core component of any system,regardless of size,is a database and a database management system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Ben works at a top accounting firm in Salt Lake City and his responsibilities include developing reports for each salesperson,product,and part as well as departmental-wide sales reports by salesperson,product,and part.Ben's duties provide value-added to his company and would be categorized as occurring at the different information _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Information levels
B)  Information formats
C)  Information granularities
D)  Information focusE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 6

______________ is accessing large amounts of data from different management information systems.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ______________ is accessing large amounts of data...

Question 7

Ben works at a top accounting firm in Salt Lake City and his responsibilities include writing letters,memos,and emails along with generating reports for financial analysis and marketing materials for products.Ben's duties provide value-added to his company and would be categorized as occurring at the different information _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Information levels
B)  Information formats
C)  Information granularities
D)  Information focusE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

Which of the following are examples of analytical information?

Accepted Answer

A)  Airline ticket,sales receipts,and packing slips
B)  Hotel reservation,sales receipts,and packing slips
C)  Future growth analysis,sales projections,and product statistics
D)  Packing slips,grocery receipt,and competitor informationE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Which of the following is not a primary trait of information?

Accepted Answer

A)  Transactional
B)  Analytical
C)  Timeliness
D)  QuantityE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 10

What displays information graphically so it can be easily understood?

Accepted Answer

A)  Informing
B)  Infographics
C)  Data visualization
D)  Business intelligence dashboardsE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Employees need to compare different types of information for what they commonly reveal to make strategic decisions.Which of the below represents the three common types of information found throughout an organization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Levels,forms,granularities
B)  Levels,forms,data
C)  Levels,formats,granularities
D)  Data,formats,granularitiesE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

_________________ are the data elements associated with an entity.

Accepted Answer

Attributes...

Question 13

Web mining analyzes unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What is the primary problem with redundant data?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is difficult to determine which values are the most current
B)  It is often inconsistent
C)  It is difficult to determine which values are the most accurate
D)  All of the aboveE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 15

A data mart is the process of analyzing data to extract information not offered by the raw data alone.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the below represents a reason why data warehouses were created?

Accepted Answer

A)  Numbers and types of operational databases increased as businesses grew
B)  Many companies had information scattered across multiple systems with different formats
C)  Completing reporting requests from numerous operational systems took days or weeks
D)  All of the aboveE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 17

Which of the following is correct in reference to a database?

Accepted Answer

A)  A database can support only one logical view
B)  A database can support many physical views
C)  A database can support many logical views
D)  A database can support up to 3 logical viewsE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Some of the serious business consequences that occur due to using low-quality information to make decisions are all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)  Inability to accurately track customers
B)  Inability to identify selling opportunities
C)  The success of the organization depends on appreciating and leveraging the low-quality information
D)  Lost revenue opportunities from marketing to nonexistent customersE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 19

Which of the following represents the different information formats?

Accepted Answer

A)  Detail,summary,aggregate
B)  Document,presentation,spreadsheet,database
C)  Individual,department,enterprise
D)  None of the aboveE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 20

What are rules that enforce basic and fundamental information-based constraints?

Accepted Answer

A)  Information integrity
B)  Integrity constraint
C)  Business-critical integrity constraint
D)  Relational integrity constraintE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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A data mart is the process of analyzing data to extract information not offered by the raw data alone.

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What are rules that enforce basic and fundamental information-based constraints?

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______________ is accessing large amounts of data from different management information systems.

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Web mining analyzes unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation.

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Association detection is a 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.

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What is the primary problem with redundant data?

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