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ISDS 415 Exam 1 questions withcomplete solutions A+ graded
Computer applications have moved from transaction processing and monitoring activities to problem
analysis and solution applications - correct answer ✔✔true
Data generation is a precursor, and is not included in the analytics ecosystem - correct answer ✔✔false
Which of the following is an umbrella term that combines architectures, tools, databases, analytical
tools, applications, and methodologies - correct answer ✔✔BI
A ___ is a major component of a BI system that holds source data - correct answer ✔✔data warehouse
Business applications have moved from transaction processing and monitoring to other activities. Which
of the following is NOT one of those activities
-Problem analysis
-Mobile access
-Data monitoring
-Solution applications - correct answer ✔✔data monitoring
What type of analytics seeks to recognize what is going on as well as the likely forecast and make
decisions to achieve the best performance possible - correct answer ✔✔prescriptive
Relational databases began to be used in the ___ - correct answer ✔✔1980s
Computerized support is only used for organizational decisions that are responses to external pressures,
not for taking advantage of opportunities - correct answer ✔✔false
, Successful BI is a tool for the information systems departments, but is not exposed to the larger
organization - correct answer ✔✔false
BI is a specific term that describes architectures and tools only - correct answer ✔✔false
Online transaction processing (OLTP) systems handle a company's routine ongoing business. In contrast,
a data warehouse is typically - correct answer ✔✔a distinct system that provides storage for data that
will be made use of in analysis
The four major components of a BI system are: - correct answer ✔✔Business analytics = a collection of
tools for manipulating, mining, and analyzing
User interface = such as dashboard
Data warehouse = with its source data
Business performance management (BPM) = for monitoring and analyzing performance
Decision support system (DSS) and management info systems (MIS) have precise definitions agreed to by
practitioners - correct answer ✔✔false
Big data often involved a form of distributed storage and processing using Hadoop and MapReduce. One
reason for this is - correct answer ✔✔the processing power needed for the centralized model would
overload a single computer
The user interface of a business intelligence (BI) system is often referred to as a - correct answer
✔✔dashboard
The Google search engine is an emample of Big Data in that it has to search and index billions of ___ in
fractions of a second - correct answer ✔✔web pages
software providers in this category offer modeling tools and algorithms for optimization of operation
usually called management science/operations research software - correct answer ✔✔research software
Reporting/descriptive analytics - correct answer ✔✔includes tools enabled by and available from the
middleware industry players
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