TEST BANK for Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Science: A Manageria Perspective, 4th edition
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Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen and Efraim Turban. ISBN-13: 9780137305711.
TEST, BANK, for, Business, Intelligence,, Analytics,, and, Data, Science:, A,
Managerial, Perspective,, 4th, edition, Ramesh, Sharda,, Dursun, Delen,
and, Efraim, Turban., ISBN-13:, 9780137305711.
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, TEST BANK for Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Science: A Manageria Perspective, 4th edition F
Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen and Efraim Turban. ISBN-13: 9780137305711.
Business,Intelligence,,4e,(Sharda/Delen/Turban)
Chapter,1, An, Overview, of, Business, Intelligence,,Analytics,, and, Data, Science
1) Computerized support is only used for organizational decisions that are responses to external
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pressures, not for taking advantage of opportunities.
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Answer: FALSE F F
Diff: 2
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2) During the early days of analytics, data was often obtained from the domain experts using
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manual processes to build mathematical or knowledge-based models.
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Answer: TRUE F
Diff: 2
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3) Computer applications have moved from transaction processing and monitoring activities to
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problem analysis and solution applications.
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Answer: TRUE F
Diff: 1
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4) Business intelligence (BI) is a specific term that describes architectures and tools only.
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Answer: FALSE F
Diff: 1
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5) The growth in hardware, software, and network capacities has had little impact on modern BI
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innovations.
Answer: FALSE F
Diff: 1
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, TEST BANK for Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Science: A Manageria Perspective, 4th edition F
Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen and Efraim Turban. ISBN-13: 9780137305711.
6) Managing data warehouses requires special methods, including parallel computing and/or
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Hadoop/Spark.
Answer: TRUE F
Diff: 3 F Page Ref: 11-12 F F
7) Managing information on operations, customers, internal procedures and employee interactions
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is the domain of cognitive science.
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Answer: FALSEF
Diff: 3 F Page Ref: 12 F F
8) Decision support system (DSS) and management information system (MIS) have precise
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definitions agreed to by practitioners.
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Answer: FALSEF
Diff: 2 F Page Ref: 13 F F
9) In the 2000s, the DW-driven DSSs began to be called BI systems.
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Answer: TRUE F
Diff: 1 F Page Ref: 14 F F
10) Major commercial business intelligence (BI) products and services were well established in the
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early 1970s.
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Answer: FALSEF
Diff: 2 F Page Ref: 15 F F
11) Information systems that support such transactions as ATM withdrawals, bank deposits, and
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cash register scans at the grocery store represent transaction processing, a critical branch of BI.
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, TEST BANK for Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Science: A Manageria Perspective, 4th edition F
Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen and Efraim Turban. ISBN-13: 9780137305711.
12) Many business users in the 1980s referred to their mainframes as "the black hole," because all
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the information went into it, but little ever came back and ad hoc real-time querying was virtually
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impossible.
Answer: TRUE F
Diff: 2F Page Ref: 20 F F
13) Successful BI is a tool for the information systems department, but is not exposed to the larger
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organization.
Answer: FALSE F
Diff: 2F Page Ref: 20 F F
14) BI represents a bold new paradigm in which the company's business strategy must be aligned to its
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business intelligence analysis initiatives.
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Answer: FALSE F
Diff: 2F Page Ref: 20-21 F F
15) Traditional BI systems use a large volume of static data that has been extracted, cleansed, and
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loaded into a data warehouse to produce reports and analyses.
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Answer: TRUE F
Diff: 2F Page Ref: 21 F F
16) Demands for instant, on-demand access to dispersed information decrease as firms successfully
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integrate BI into their operations.
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Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen and Efraim Turban. ISBN-13: 9780137305711.
TEST, BANK, for, Business, Intelligence,, Analytics,, and, Data, Science:, A,
Managerial, Perspective,, 4th, edition, Ramesh, Sharda,, Dursun, Delen,
and, Efraim, Turban., ISBN-13:, 9780137305711.
Test Bank Page 1
, TEST BANK for Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Science: A Manageria Perspective, 4th edition F
Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen and Efraim Turban. ISBN-13: 9780137305711.
Business,Intelligence,,4e,(Sharda/Delen/Turban)
Chapter,1, An, Overview, of, Business, Intelligence,,Analytics,, and, Data, Science
1) Computerized support is only used for organizational decisions that are responses to external
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pressures, not for taking advantage of opportunities.
F F F F F F
Answer: FALSE F F
Diff: 2
F Page Ref: 3 F F
2) During the early days of analytics, data was often obtained from the domain experts using
F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F
manual processes to build mathematical or knowledge-based models.
F F F F F F F
Answer: TRUE F
Diff: 2
F Page Ref: 13 F F
3) Computer applications have moved from transaction processing and monitoring activities to
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problem analysis and solution applications.
F F F F
Answer: TRUE F
Diff: 1
F Page Ref: 11 F F
4) Business intelligence (BI) is a specific term that describes architectures and tools only.
F F F F F F F F F F F F
Answer: FALSE F
Diff: 1
F Page Ref: 16 F F
5) The growth in hardware, software, and network capacities has had little impact on modern BI
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innovations.
Answer: FALSE F
Diff: 1
F Page Ref: 11 F F
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, TEST BANK for Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Science: A Manageria Perspective, 4th edition F
Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen and Efraim Turban. ISBN-13: 9780137305711.
6) Managing data warehouses requires special methods, including parallel computing and/or
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Hadoop/Spark.
Answer: TRUE F
Diff: 3 F Page Ref: 11-12 F F
7) Managing information on operations, customers, internal procedures and employee interactions
F F F F F F F F F F
is the domain of cognitive science.
F F F F F
Answer: FALSEF
Diff: 3 F Page Ref: 12 F F
8) Decision support system (DSS) and management information system (MIS) have precise
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definitions agreed to by practitioners.
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Answer: FALSEF
Diff: 2 F Page Ref: 13 F F
9) In the 2000s, the DW-driven DSSs began to be called BI systems.
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Answer: TRUE F
Diff: 1 F Page Ref: 14 F F
10) Major commercial business intelligence (BI) products and services were well established in the
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early 1970s.
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Answer: FALSEF
Diff: 2 F Page Ref: 15 F F
11) Information systems that support such transactions as ATM withdrawals, bank deposits, and
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cash register scans at the grocery store represent transaction processing, a critical branch of BI.
F F F F F F F F F F F F F F
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, TEST BANK for Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Science: A Manageria Perspective, 4th edition F
Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen and Efraim Turban. ISBN-13: 9780137305711.
12) Many business users in the 1980s referred to their mainframes as "the black hole," because all
F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F
the information went into it, but little ever came back and ad hoc real-time querying was virtually
F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F
impossible.
Answer: TRUE F
Diff: 2F Page Ref: 20 F F
13) Successful BI is a tool for the information systems department, but is not exposed to the larger
F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F
organization.
Answer: FALSE F
Diff: 2F Page Ref: 20 F F
14) BI represents a bold new paradigm in which the company's business strategy must be aligned to its
F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F
business intelligence analysis initiatives.
F F F
Answer: FALSE F
Diff: 2F Page Ref: 20-21 F F
15) Traditional BI systems use a large volume of static data that has been extracted, cleansed, and
F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F
loaded into a data warehouse to produce reports and analyses.
F F F F F F F F F
Answer: TRUE F
Diff: 2F Page Ref: 21 F F
16) Demands for instant, on-demand access to dispersed information decrease as firms successfully
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integrate BI into their operations.
F F F F
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