Mis 8,9,14

Front 1

Which of the following is not one of the principal BI enablers?

Back 1

Corporate processes

Front 2

What is data mining?

Back 2

Process of analyzing data to extract information not offered by the raw data alone

Front 3

A dimension is a particular attribute of information.

Back 3

True

Front 4

What do data warehouses support?

Back 4

OLAP and analytical processing

Front 5

A data warehouse is a _________ collection of information-gathered from many different ___________ databases-that supports business analysis activities and decision-making tasks.

Back 5

Logical, operational

Front 6

Which of the following does not draw a parallel between the challenges in business and the challenges of war?

Back 6

Accurate and complete information

Front 7

The Data Warehousing Institute estimates that low-quality information costs U.S. businesses $60 billion annually.

Back 7

FALSE

Front 8

Which of the following statements is true regarding customer information?

Back 8

all of the above

Front 9

The data warehouse is a location for all of a business's information.

Back 9

false

Front 10

When does information cleansing occur in the data warehouse?

Back 10

During the ETL process and once it is in the data warehouse

Front 11

What does the Data Warehousing Institute estimate that low-quality information costs U.S. businesses annually?

Back 11

600 billion

Front 12

Achieving perfect information is almost impossible. The more complete and accurate an organization wants its information to be, the more it costs. Which two variables are used to determine the trade-off for perfect information?

Back 12

Accuracy versus completeness

Front 13

What is an artificial intelligence system that mimics the evolutionary, survival-of-the-fittest process to generate increasingly better solutions to a problem?

Back 13

Genetic algorithm

Front 14

What integrates information from multiple components and tailors the information to individual preferences?

Back 14

Digital dashboard

Front 15

What is drill-down capability?

Back 15

Enables users to get details, and details of details, of information

Front 16

What is a category of AI that attempts to emulate the way the human brain works?

Back 16

neural network

Front 17

What is the study of the impact that changes in one (or more) parts of the model have on other parts of the model?

Back 17

Sensitivity analysis

Front 18

Which of the following is a type of transaction processing system?

Back 18

Order processing

Front 19

What is consolidation?

Back 19

Involves the aggregation of information and features simple roll-ups to complex groupings of interrelated information

Front 20

Which company has "The Wall of Shaygan", which is a digital dashboard that tracks 100-plus IT systems on a single screen?

Back 20

Verizon

Front 21

A shopping bot is one of the simplest examples of an intelligent agent.

Back 21

True

Front 22

What is slice-and-dice capability?

Back 22

The ability to look at information from different perspectives

Front 23

What is the DARPA grand challenge?

Back 23

Autonomous ground vehicle field test

Front 24

Which of the following is not a reason for the growth of decision-making information systems?

Back 24

People no longer have to worry about protecting the corporate asset of organizational information

Front 25

Which company offers a strategic business information service using artificial intelligence that enables organizations to track the product offering, pricing policies, and promotions of online competitors?

Back 25

RivalWatch

Front 26

Which system differentiates an executive information system from a decision support system and a transaction processing system?

Back 26

Stock market information system

Front 27

What can a model accomplish?

Back 27

All of the above

Front 28

What are various commercial applications of artificial intelligence

Back 28

ntelligent system

Front 29

Which of the following represents the top-down (executives to analysts) organizational levels of information technology systems?

Back 29

EIS, DSS, TPS

Front 30

What is a special-purpose knowledge-based information system that accomplishes specific tasks on behalf of its users?

Back 30

Intelligent agent

Front 31

What is a community of fantasy?

Back 31

People participate in imaginary environments, such as fantasy football teams and playing one-on-one with Michael Jordan

Front 32

What is the conducting of business on the Internet, not only buying and selling, but also serving customers and collaborating with business partners?

Back 32

Ebusiness

Front 33

What is an approach to conducting electronic business on the Internet?

Back 33

Ebusiness model

Front 34

Which of the following represents businesses buying from and selling to each other over the Internet

Back 34

B2B

Front 35

Which business type describes Barnes and Noble?

Back 35

Click and mortar business

Front 36

What is a business that operates on the Internet only without a physical store?

Back 36

pure play business

Front 37

Ebusiness is the buying and selling of goods and services over the Internet.

Back 37

FALSE

Front 38

What is a business that operates in a physical store without an Internet presence?

Back 38

Brick-and-mortar business

Front 39

What is a community of relations?

Back 39

People come together to share certain life experiences, such as cancer patients, senior citizens, and car enthusiasts

Front 40

What type of online auction occurs when buyers use it to purchase a product or service, selecting the seller with the lowest bid?

Back 40

Reverse auction

Front 41

What is an electronic marketplace?

Back 41

Interactive business communities providing a central market space where multiple buyers and sellers can engage in ebusiness activities

Front 42

Ebusiness is something that a business can just go out and buy.

Back 42

false

Front 43

What is the buying and selling of goods and services over the Internet?

Back 43

ecommerce

Front 44

What type of online auction occurs when sellers use it as a selling channel to many buyers and the highest bid wins?

Back 44

forward auction

Front 45

Which ebusiness model is Carfax using?

Back 45

b2c

Front 46

Which of the following are the primary challenges to the ebusiness models?

Back 46

all of the above