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Course Introduction
Operations Management is a foundational course that explores the concepts, tools, and strategies used to design, manage, and improve business processes within organizations. The course covers key topics such as process analysis, quality management, supply chain coordination, inventory management, project planning, and lean operations. Students learn how to analyze operational challenges, apply quantitative and qualitative methods for process optimization, and understand the critical role operations play in achieving strategic business objectives. Practical case studies and real-world applications provide insight into how efficient operations contribute to organizational competitiveness and customer satisfaction across various industries.
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Business Intelligence A Managerial Perspective on Analytics 3rd Edition by Ramesh
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Sharda
Chapter 1: An Overview of Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Decision Support
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Q1) Data warehouse and BI initiatives typically follow a process similar to that used in military intelligence initiatives.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Traditional BI systems use a large volume of static data that has been extracted,cleansed,and loaded into a data warehouse to produce reports and analyses.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) BI represents a bold new paradigm in which the company's business strategy must be aligned to its business intelligence analysis initiatives.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) ________ analytics help managers understand probable future outcomes. Answer: Predictive
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Chapter 2: Data Warehousing
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Q1) When querying a dimensional database,a user went from summarized data to its underlying details.The function that served this purpose is
A) dice.
B) slice.
C) roll-up.
D) drill down.
Answer: D
Q2) In which stage of extraction,transformation,and load (ETL)into a data warehouse are data aggregated?
A) transformation
B) extraction
C) load
D) cleanse
Answer: A
Q3) ________ is a mechanism that integrates application functionality and shares functionality (rather than data)across systems,thereby enabling flexibility and reuse.
Answer: Enterprise application integration (EAI)
Q4) Data ________ comprises data access,data federation,and change capture. Answer: integration
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Chapter 3: Business Reporting, visual Analytics, and Business Performance Management
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Q1) The dashboard for the WebFOCUS BI platform in the Travel and Transport case study required client side software to operate.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The BPM development cycle is essentially a one-shot process where the requirement is to get it right the first time.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Which component of a reporting system contains steps detailing how recorded transactions are converted into metrics,scorecards,and dashboards?
A) data supply
B) business logic
C) extract, transform and load
D) assurance
Answer: B
Q4) A strategically aligned metric is also known as a key ________. Answer: performance indicator
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Chapter 4: Data Mining
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Q1) List five reasons for the growing popularity of data mining in the business world.
Q2) In the data mining in Hollywood case study,how successful were the models in predicting the success or failure of a Hollywood movie?
Q3) In the Target case study,why did Target send a teen maternity ads?
A) Target's analytic model confused her with an older woman with a similar name.
B) Target was sending ads to all women in a particular neighborhood.
C) Target's analytic model suggested she was pregnant based on her buying habits.
D) Target was using a special promotion that targeted all teens in her geographical area.
Q4) Which data mining process/methodology is thought to be the most comprehensive,according to kdnuggets.com rankings?
A) SEMMA
B) proprietary organizational methodologies
C) KDD Process
D) CRISP-DM
Q5) List six common data mining mistakes.
Q6) List and briefly describe the six steps of the CRISP-DM data mining process.
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Chapter 5: Text,web,and Social Analytics
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Q1) Categorization and clustering of documents during text mining differ only in the preselection of categories.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is one major way in which Web-based social media differs from traditional publishing media?
A) Most Web-based media are operated by the government and large firms.
B) They use different languages of publication.
C) They have different costs to own and operate.
D) Web-based media have a narrower range of quality.
Q3) In the research literature case study,the researchers analyzing academic papers extracted information from which source?
A) the paper abstract
B) the paper keywords
C) the main body of the paper
D) the paper references
Q4) At a very high level,the text mining process can be broken down into three consecutive tasks,the first of which is to establish the ________.
Q5) A ________ Web site contains links that send traffic directly to your Web site.
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Chapter 6: Big Data and Analytics
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Q1) In the Dublin City Council case study,GPS data from the city's buses and CCTV were the only data sources for the Big Data GIS-based application.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What are the differences between stream analytics and perpetual analytics? When would you use one or the other?
Q3) In the U.S.telecommunications company case study,the use of analytics via dashboards has helped to improve the effectiveness of the company's ________ assessments and to make their systems more secure.
Q4) In open-source databases,the most important performance enhancement to date is the cost-based ________.
Q5) In the energy industry,________ grids are one of the most impactful applications of stream analytics.
Q6) The term "Big Data" is relative as it depends on the size of the using organization.
A)True
B)False
Q7) What is a data scientist and what does the job involve?
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Chapter 7: Business Analytics: Emerging Trends and Future
Directions
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Q1) What are recommender systems,how are they developed,and how is the data used to build a recommendation system obtained?
Q2) When an organization-wide,major restructuring is needed,the process is referred to as ________.
Q3) Cloud computing originates from a reference to the Internet as a "cloud" and is a combination of several information technology components as services.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is true about the furtherance of homeland security?
A) There is a lessening of privacy issues.
B) There is a greater need for oversight.
C) The impetus was the need to harvest information related to financial fraud after 2001.
D) Most people regard analytic tools as mostly ineffective in increasing security.
Q5) How does Oklahoma Gas and Electric use the Teradata platform to manage the electric grid?
Q6) A research study found that employees using ADS systems were more ________ with their jobs.
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