Business Intelligence Systems Ch.1

In what decade did disjointed information systems begin to be integrated?

1980s

Relational databases began to be used in the

1980s

Today, many vendors offer diversified tools, some of which are completely preprogrammed (called shells). How are these shells utilized?

All a user needs to do is insert the numbers

Business applications have moved from transaction processing and monitoring to other activities. Which of the following is NOT one of those activities?

Data Monitoring

T/F BI represents a bold new paradigm in which the company's business strategy must be aligned to its business intelligence analysis initiatives.

False

T/F Demands for instant, on-demand access to dispersed information decrease as firms successfully integrate BI into their operations.

False

T/F Managing information on operations, customers, internal procedures and employee interactions is the domain of cognitive science.

False

In the Opening Vignette on Sports Analytics, what type of modeling was used to predict offensive tactics?

Heat Maps

Which of the following developments is NOT contributing to facilitating growth of decision support and analytics?

Locally concentrated workforces

Which of the following statements about Big Data is true?

Pure Big Data systems do not involve fault tolerance.

In the Opening Vignette on Sports Analytics, what was adjusted to drive one-time ticket sales?

Ticket prices

T/F Managing data warehouses requires special methods, including parallel computing and/or Hadoop/Spark.

True

Online transaction processing (OLTP) systems handle a company's routine ongoing business. In contrast, a data warehouse is typically

a distinct system that provides storage for data that will be made use of in analysis.

How are enterprise resources planning (ERP) systems related to supply chain management (SCM) systems?

complementary systems

BI applications must be integrated with

databases legacy systems enterprise systems

The very design that makes an OLTP system efficient for transaction processing makes it inefficient for

end-user ad hoc reports, queries, and analysis.

The need for more versatile reporting than what was available in 1980s era ERP systems led to the development of what type of system?

executive information systems

What type of analytics seeks to determine what is likely to happen in the future?

predictive

_______________ analytics help managers understand probable future outcomes.

predictive

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?

prescriptive

_______________ analytics help managers make decisions to achieve the best performance in the future.

prescriptive

The competitive imperatives for BI include all of the following EXCEPT

right user

Which of the following is NOT an example of transaction processing?

sales report

What has caused the growth of the demand for instant, on-demand access to dispersed information?

the more pressing need to close the gap between the operational data and strategic objectives

Big Data often involves a form of distributed storage and processing using Hadoop and MapReduce. One reason for this is

the processing power needed for the centralized model would overload a single computer.