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Question 1 Your local burger joint wants to reap the benefits of improved decision making by using its sales data. 
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a. adopt knowledge management systems into its existing information system.

b. use reporting systems as part of its complete information systems.

c. adopt an expert system into its existing information system.

d. incorporate data-mining products as part of its complete information systems.

e. follow best practices and adopt an ERP.

Question 2 ________ systems integrate data from a variety of sources, process that data, and produce and deliver formatted reports to users.
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1.00 a. Web service

b. Reporting

c. Data-mining

d. RFP
e. XML

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Question 3 It is almost certain that in reality, when you take on a data-mining project, the data will be
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Select one:
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1.00 a. buggy.

b. inconsistent.

c. formatted properly.
d. dirty.

e. full of viruses.

Question 4 Sometimes, large organizations break out ________ from their data warehouses so they can be used for a specific functional area
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a. data marts

b. Web services
c. database servers

d. OLAP applications

e. special groupings

Question 5 Which of the following is an objective of the returns management process?

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1.00 a. automating and simplifying a variety of supply chain processes
b. designing and integrating all supply chain processes
c. efficiently getting the defective products to the right supplier in the supply chain

d. determining the criteria for supplier selection and adding and removing suppliers

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Question 6 The hyper abundance of information is sometimes called
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Select one:
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b. information overload.

c. Moore's Law.
d. dirty data.

e. the Ackoff principle.

Question 7 ________ integrate data from multiple sources, and process those data by sorting, grouping, summing, averaging, and
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a. Supplier Relationship Management systems

b. Reporting systems

c. Customer Relationship Management systems

d. Business intelligence systems

e. Expert Systems

Question 8 An enterprise application integration system describes the locations of an organization's data by ________.
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1.00 a. keeping files of metadata
b. isolating information silos
c. using a centralized database

d. maintaining isolated information systems

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Question 9 Problematic data are termed
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1.00 a. dirty data.

b. problem data.

c. incorrect data.
d. irrelevant data.

e. untrustworthy data.

Question 10 Which of the following is an assumption about information systems that Ackoff disputed?
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1.00 a. Managers are aware of the data they need.

b. Managers suffer from a lack of training.

c. Computer speed doubles every 18 months.

d. There is too much information.

e. There is too much uncertainty in making any decisions.

Question 11 ________ provides the ability to sum, count, average, and perform other simple arithmetic operation on groups of data.
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1.00 a. Online database processing (OLDP)

b. Online record processing (OLRP)

c. Online analytic processing (OLAP)

d. Online data processing (OLDP)

e. Online transaction processing (OLTP)

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Question 12 Data that resides in different sources or is incompatible with the intended purpose is an example of
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1.00 a. clickstream data.

b. non-integrated data.
c. inconsistent data.

d. missing values.

e. dirty data.

Question 13 Which of the following is an assumption about information systems that Ackoff disputed?
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1.00 a. Computer speed doubles every 18 months.

b. Managers have no problem making decisions if they get the data they need.
c. There is too much uncertainty in making any decision.

d. Managers that make decisions do not get irrelevant data.

e. There is too much information.

Question 14 Which of the following activities is included in human resources?

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1.00 a. call center support

b. benefits administration
c. cash management

d. capacity planning

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Question 15 A data warehouse contains a special database that stores the ________, which records its source, history, and format of the data.
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Select one:
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b. dirty data

c. clickstream data
d. dimensional data

e. metadata

Question 16 ________ create value from intellectual capital by collecting and sharing human knowledge of products, product uses, best
Correct practices, and other critical knowledge with employees, managers, customers, suppliers, and other who need it.

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a. Data mining systems

b. Knowledge management systems

c. Expert Systems

d. Business intelligence systems

e. CRM applications

Question 17 Clickstream data is often ________ and much of it has to be discarded.

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Select one:
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1.00 a. incomplete or inaccurate data.
b. missing value.

c. too fine.

d. inconsistent data.

e. too coarse.

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Question 18 Billy Beane is generally credited with introducing
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Select one:
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1.00 a. new methods of scouting players for the National Hockey League.

b. market-basket analysis in major league baseball.

c. developing OLTP software.

d. real-time processing to business processes

e. scientific and statistical techniques that capture more data for major league baseball.

Question 19 Radio-frequency identification technology is used in supply chains to ________.

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Select one:
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1.00 a. facilitate 3D printing

b. enhance the sensory appeal of products

c. enable audio authentication

d. recognize and track items

Question 20 Data-mining techniques include

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1.00 a. supplier relationship management.

b. customer relationship management.

c. data marting.

d. data warehousing.

e. market basket analysis.

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Question 21 Decisions in the BPMN model are represented by ________.
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1.00 a. triangles

b. rectangles with rounded corners

c. diamonds
d. circles

Question 22 It is better to have data that is too fine than too coarse because fine data can be converted to coarse data by
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1.00 a. placing the data into a data warehouse.
b. separating the data into its constituent parts.

c. using regression analysis.

d. placing the data into a data mart.

e. summing and combining the data.

Question 23 In an organization, data from a new sale is immediately sent to the database and that new data updates the pace of production
Correct and the procurement of supplies. This is an example of enterprise resource planning process ________.

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a. integration

b. decentralization

c. customization
d. duplication

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Question 24 Which of the following is a benefit of standardizing business processes?
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1.00 a. It produces varying results.

b. It allows businesses to take further risks.

c. It enables the business to enforce policies.
d. It provides non-scalable solutions.

Question 25 If you are collecting data electronically and processing the transaction online, then you are using (a) ________.
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1.00 a. database management system (DBMS)

b. data warehouse

c. data-mining

d. online analytical processing (OLAP)

e. online transaction processing (OLTP)

Question 26 ________ measure(s) the impact of a set of variables on another variable.

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1.00 a. Neural networks

b. Unsupervised data mining

c. Supervised data mining

d. Cluster analysis

e. Regression analysis

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Question 27 A ________ is a data collection that is created to address the needs of a particular business function, problem, or opportunity.
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1.00 a. data warehouse

b. data depot
c. data-mine

d. database

e. data mart

Question 28 The purpose of (a) ________ is to extract and clean data from operational systems and other sources.
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Select one:
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1.00 a. cluster analysis

b. data warehouse

c. regression analysis

d. data mart

e. data mining

Question 29 Which of the following components of a functioning information system includes the computer, keyboard, and monitor?
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Select one:
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1.00 a. data
b. software
c. procedures

d. hardware

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Question 30 Which of the following ERP products offered by Microsoft is smaller and easier to use than the rest?
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b. GP

c. Nav
d. SL

Question 31 It is usually better to have data granularity that is ________ rather than too coarse.
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1.00 a. more recent
b. missing values

c. too fine
d. inconsistent

e. dirty data

Question 32 Oracle's high-quality CRM products are branded as ________.

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1.00 a. PeopleSoft

b. Epicor 9
c. Siebel

d. NetWeaver

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Question 33 ________ is the application of statistical techniques to find patterns and relationships in data and to predict outcomes.
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Select one:
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b. Data mining

c. Data marting
d. Databasing

e. Data warehousing

Question 34 A ________ is referred to as a sequence of activities for accomplishing a function.

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Select one:
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b. information system
c. repository

d. business process

Question 35 Systems that focus on making data collected in OLTP useful for allowing multiple decision makers to collaborate are often
Correct referred to as

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a. Data Mining Systems.

b. Knowledge Management Systems.

c. Expert Systems.
d. Executive Information Systems.

e. Decision Support Systems.

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Question 36 Which of the following statements is true about the effect of implementing SAP in the accounting process?
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1.00 a. Three-way discrepancies will take time to correct.

b. Agents' training and experiences will vary leading to several mistakes in the purchase orders.
c. Weak internal controls will lead to limited scrutiny of purchases.
d. Real-time data sharing will reduce roll-up time.

Question 37 ________ systems are the backbone of all functional, cross-functional, and inter-organizational systems in an organization.
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b. Real time

c. LDAP

d. OLAP

e. Batch processing

Question 38 To realize a competitive advantage from data an organization must

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Select one:
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1.00 a. view data as an asset.

b. view data as a liability.

c. use the data to make better decisions.

d. collect the data.

e. analyze the data.

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Question 39 If you need to identify groups of entities that have similar characteristics, you need to perform (a)
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1.00 a. online analytical processing.

b. cluster analysis.
c. regression analysis.

d. grouping analysis.

e. neural network analysis.

Question 40 Which of the following is a synonym for data-mining?

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1.00 a. Data parsing

b. Knowledge discovery in databases

c. Data discovery

d. Cluster analysis

e. Data mart

Question 41 Which of the following is a critical data characteristic?

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1.00 a. arrival after task completion
b. just sufficient
c. random

d. high cost

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Question 42 Highly summarized data is known as being
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Select one:
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b. inconsistent.

c. too comprehensive.
d. coarse.

e. too summarized.

Question 43 If transactions are entered and processed immediately upon entry, then the system is operating in
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Select one:
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b. online mode.
c. unprotected mode.

d. real time.

e. batch mode.

Question 44 Which of the following statements is true about processes and procedures of an information system?
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1.00 a. A process will have the same procedure for every information system.

b. Each information system has a different procedure for every process it supports.
c. Changes to an information system will not affect the processes that use it.

d. Procedures do not change with the changes made to an information system.

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Question 45 Which of the following is the gold standard of enterprise resource planning products?
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b. SAP

c. Oracle

d. Microsoft

Question 46 A dotted arrow in the BPMN model represents the ________.

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Select one:
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1.00 a. beginning and end of the business process

b. flow of action that is named on the arrow

c. flow of the data that is named on the arrow

d. swimlanes