Chapter 1 ISM3540

Computerized support is only used for organizational decisions that are responses to external pressures, not for taking advantage of opportunities. True False

False

Managing information on operations, customers, internal procedures and employee interactions is the domain of cognitive science. True False

False

Big Data often involves a form of distributed storage and processing using Hadoop and MapReduce. One reason for this is A. Big Data systems have to match the geographical spread of social media. B. the processing power needed for the centralized model would overload a single computer. C. centralized storage creates too many vulnerabilities. D. the "Big" in Big Data necessitates over 10,000 processing nodes.

B.

Relational databases began to be used in the A. 1960s B. 1980s C. 1970s D. 1990s

B.

What type of analytics seeks to determine what is likely to happen in the future? A. descriptive B. predictive C. prescriptive D. domain

B.

Which of the following is NOT an example of transaction processing? A. cash register scans B. sales report C. ATM withdrawal D. bank deposit

B.

BI applications must be integrated with A. all of these B. databases. C. legacy systems. D. enterprise systems.

A.

In what decade did disjointed information systems begin to be integrated? A. 1980s B. 2000s C. 1970s D. 1990s

A.

Today, many vendors offer diversified tools, some of which are completely preprogrammed (called shells). How are these shells utilized? A. All a user needs to do is insert the numbers. B. The shell provides a secure environment for the organization's BI data. C. They are used for the customization of BI solutions. D. They host an enterprise data warehouse that can assist in decision-making.

A.

What type of analytics seeks to recognize what is going on as well as the likely forecast and make decisions to achieve the best performance possible? A. domain B. descriptive C. prescriptive D. predictive

C.