MIS 3302 Chapter 6 quiz
Which of the following is NOT a common purpose of a geographic information system?
Replicate an expert's judgment.
_______ typically provide(s) push reporting, exception reporting, and pull reporting.
Digital dashboards
_______ algorithms search for hidden patterns in large volumes of data in order to develop predictive models.
Data mining
Which of the following is NOT a key purpose of business analytics?
Provide a detailed picture of the current state of a business.
A common feature of a decision support system (DSS) is to perform _______ to examine alternative problem solutions.
what-if analysis
Which of the following is NOT a limitation of relational database management systems (RDBMS)?
Data is stored in sequential computer files.
The ________ database management system is capable of handling large volumes of unstructured data.
NoSQL
The advantages of the database approach to managing data include all of the following EXCEPT:
application program development is more difficult.
The type of data mining that is used to identify items that are frequently purchased together is called _______ discovery.
association
An example of a type of unstructured data is:
customer comments posted on a social media site.
The purpose of a(n) ________ is to store and distribute valuable data from an organization's internal information systems and external sources for analysis and querying.
data warehouse
A ______ is a software application with which you create, store, organize, and retrieve data from a single database or several databases.
database management system
A(n) ______ is something you collect data about.
entity
A(n) ______ system uses reasoning methods based on knowledge about a specific problem domain in order to provide advice.
expert
Systems designed to support decision making based on stable point-in-time or historical data are called ______.
informational systems
The purpose of a key indicator report is to:
provide a summary of critical information on a regular schedule.
A key function of RDMBS is the ______, which enables users to retrieve data from the database to answer questions.
query
A key challenge of knowledge management systems is to identify and manage ______ knowledge assets and make them available to organization members.
tacit
Organizations can use ______to learn about customer attitudes and opinions from e-mails, blogs, wikis, and discussion forums.
text mining
