Test Bank For Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Science A Managerial Perspective, 4th edition Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen, Efraim Turban Chapter 1-8
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 pressures, not for taking advantage of opportunities. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 3 2) During the early days of analytics, data was often obtained from the domain experts using manual processes to build mathematical or knowledge-based models. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 13 3) Computer applications have moved from transaction processing and monitoring activities to problem analysis and solution applications. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 11 4) Business intelligence (BI) is a specific term that describes architectures and tools only. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 16 5) The growth in hardware, software, and network capacities has had little impact on modern BI innovations. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 11 6) Managing data warehouses requires special methods, including parallel computing and/or Hadoop/Spark. Answer: TRUE Diff: 3 Page Ref: 11-12 7) Managing information on operations, customers, internal procedures and employee interactions is the domain of cognitive science. Answer: FALSE Diff: 3 Page Ref: 12 8) Decision support system (DSS) and management information system (MIS) have precise definitions agreed to by practitioners. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 13 1 Copyright © 2018 Pearson Education, Inc.