University of Maryland IFSM 201 Quiz 1

University of Maryland IFSM 201 Quiz 1 IFSM 201 – Quiz 1 1. What do you consider data? • . 2. Information about a person, place or thing remains the same over time. 3. Information is made up of many pieces of data. 4. "Garbage in; garbage out" refers to 5. Raw information is useless. 6. Knowledge is the foundation for Information. 7. The blue pyramid displayed in the readings on Data and Information is sometimes called the Knowledge Hierarchy. What is the relationship between the three levels of the pyramid? 8. The following would be an example of which type of data: Responses posted to an open-ended questionnaire related to movie preferences 9. The following would be an example of which type of data: The number of hybrid cars in a Walmart parking lot on Tuesday. 10. The following would be an example of which type of data: The balance in your checking account as of this current moment. 11. The following would be an example of which type of data: The speed of a subway train. 12. Which of the following would be the best way to collect data regarding where your extended family would like to hold the next family reunion. 13. Data consists of facts, a description of the world at a single point in time. Why is information based on that data sometimes incorrect or flawed? 14. When the University collects data about a topic from a subset of all the students enrolled in a specific term or semester, this method is called: 15. In order for sampling to be accurate, the sample itself must 16. Which of the following would not be considered a source of big data? 17. Based on your readings regarding the volume of big data, choose the list that represents the items in the list in terms of general to specific: 18. The Excel Ribbon has three modes - Auto Show, Show Tabs, and Show Tabs and Command. Which mode would you choose to enable the worksheet itself to take up the entire screen? 19. A cell is the intersection of a row and a column—in other words, where a row and column meet. The very first cell that appears in a worksheet is labeled: 20. Excel files are called;