CAMBRIDGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

K.R. PURAM, BENGALURU-560036.

Department of Information Science and Engineering

Subject name: Big Data Analytics Semester: VIII

Subject code : 15CS82

QUESTION BANK FOR MODULE-3
1. Explain the different visualization techniques for presenting data mining results effectively.
2. Define Data Warehouse. Explain its significance.
3. Explain the importance of Business Intelligence for Decision Making.
4. "Quality data is worth mining". Explain the data cleansing practices that ensure quality data.
5. Define a functional Data Mart with an example.
6. Compare the two Data Warehouse development techniques. Give appropriate examples in
support of the answer.
7. Explain the star schema design of a Data Warehouse with an example.
8. Explain the applications of Business Intelligence in:
i) CRM
ii) Healthcare and Wellness.
9. Explain the applications of Business Intelligence in:
i) Education
ii) Retail.
10. Explain the applications of Business Intelligence in:
i) Banking Services
ii) Financial Services.
11. Explain the design requirements for a Data Warehouse.
12. Explain the CRISP-DM cycle.
13. Compare the popular platforms used for Data Mining.
14. Define clustering and explain its use in exploratory analysis.
15. What is data visualization? How is its quality judged?
16. Explain the key requirements for good visualization.
17. Define Business Intelligence with the help of BIDM cycle.
18. Define Data Mining. Give the key classification of the data mining techniques.
19. Explain the applications of Business Intelligence in:
i) Insurance
ii) Telecom.

QUESTION BANK FOR MODULE-4

1. Given below is a table that shows data collected on the number of visitors v to US in a month
(in 1000s) and the amount of money m they spent(in dollars) during their stay.

No of 245 248 254 242 235 229

visitors(v)
Amount 1370 1350 1400 1330 1270 1210
of money
spent(m)

i) Find the equation of the Regression Line of M on V

ii) Predict the amount of money spent when the number of visitors is 256.
2. Explain the representation of an Artificial Neural Network. Explain the steps required to build
an Artificial Neural Network model.
3. Explain the key steps in building a Regression Model. Explain conditions under which
Regression Models are deemed inappropriate for statistical learning.
4. Explain the following:
Logistic regression
Decision tree pruning
Business application of artificial neural networks.
5. Explain the splitting criteria, stopping criteria, pruning and write the pseudocode for
constructing decision trees.
6. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of Regression Model.
7. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of regression models.
8. Explain the algorithm to develop an artificial neural network.
9. Compare popular decision tree algorithms with a table.