IS Intro Info Sys & Data Analytic 3and4

Which of the following is an open-source operating system designed for mobile devices?

Android

What is the term used to describe data sets are so large and complex that they become difficult to process using traditional data processing applications?

Big data

What does Adaptive and Autonomous analytics do?

Builds a real-world model, takes actions and learns from the environment

What type of analysis can be used to segment a population of consumers into market groups?

Cluster analysis

You have a client that needs to demonstrate that its past, present and future workforce plans were fit for purpose. Its data is in different formats, in varying degrees of accuracy and stored in multiple systems across the organization. What are your next steps to help your client quickly and easily access and understand all of this data?

Consolidate the data and create a visualization

What type of analysis can be used to graph decisions and their possible consequences including chance event outcomes, resources costs and utility?

Decision tree analysis

An organization needs to understand why things are happening in their organization. What type of analytics should they use?

Diagnostic analytics

What type of analysis can be used to analyze large number of dependent and independent variables, identifying the core set that will help gain meaningful insight?

Factor analysis

A client is suffering a much higher rate of employee turnover than normal within its sector, including losing a significant amount of key talent. The direct cost of this (recruitment costs and lost revenue) is affecting the company's immediate profitability. This loss of talent was a cause of long-term concern in realizing the company's growth strategy. What two types of analysis would you perform to test a range of hypotheses to identify the most common drivers behind employees leaving the company?

Factor analysis and regression analysis

________ describes the practices and technologies used to minimize the environmental effects of manufacturing and managing computing devices.

Green computing

What does data and analytics give organizations the ability to do?

Identify growth opportunities, drive innovation and operate more efficiently

hybrid cloud

In a ________ computing model, companies use their own infrastructure for essential computing tasks and adopt public cloud computing for less critical operations or additional processing during peak business periods

What is one of the reasons that R is a leading statistical data package?

It allows the import of data from multiple sources and multiple formats

What are some of the benefits named for using Excel in a business context?

It is easy to use It is easy to explore "what if?" scenarios It automates data processing ALL OF THE ABOVE

How is the current huge volume of structured and unstructured data sets impacting organizations?

It is providing organizations with the ability to gain insights once technologically impossible or economically impractical

Which of the following statements is not true about cloud computing?

It removes the concern about data and systems security for businesses.

Which of the following statements about Linux is not true?

Linux is the primary OS used in quantum computing.

SAS has advantages for both technical and non-technical users. What are they?

Non-technical users can interact with the point-and-click interface while technical users can perform more complex data management

Which of the following is not an essential characteristic of cloud computing?

Open source software

An organization is trying to determine if they should increase the production of their product. To help answer the question of how much their customers are likely to buy in the future, what type of analytics should this organization perform?

Predictive analytics

You are working at a startup company that wants to embed analytics into their product. What tool would allow you to do this?

Python

What type of analysis is a statistical process for estimating relationships between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables?

Regression analysis

Which of the following is a high-speed network dedicated to storage that connects different kinds of storage devices, such as tape libraries and disk arrays so they can be shared by multiple servers?

SAN

A(n) ________ is a set of self-contained services that communicate with each other to create a working software application.

SOA

Which of the following types of computer would you use to support a computer network?

Server

A client presents you with data sets for analysis. These sets are well defined and include customers names, ages, and other identifying data. What type of data is this?

Structured

Which of the following types of computer is used for weather forecasting on a national or worldwide scale?

Supercomputer

You have a client that has been spending months collecting and analyzing product data and is communicating the findings via basic spreadsheets and sets of powerpoint slides. The data set had become so large that these traditional approaches were not allowing users to interact and use the data at the required level of detail. What tool can connect volumes of data and visualize the data in real time?

Tableau

Which of the following statements about client/server computing is not true?

The bulk of processing occurs on the client.

distributed processing

The use of multiple computers linked by a communications network for processing is called:

Which of the following is an example of a legacy system?

Transaction processing system running on a mainframe

Which of the following is an interactive, multiuser operating system developed by Bell Laboratories in 1969 to be highly supportive of communications and networking?

UNIX

The client presents you with another set of data. This data is a compilation of all of the comments made on their social media page for the last six months. What type of data is this?

Unstructured

Running a Java program on a computer requires:

a Java Virtual Machine to be installed on the computer.

Virtualization:

can boost server utilization rates to 70% or higher.

The business case for using grid computing involves all of the following except

centralized maintenance

Which of the following is considered to be the fastest growing form of computing?

cloud computing

Connecting geographically remote computers in a single network to create a "virtual supercomputer" is called:

grid computing.

The client all gives you all email communication they have received in the last six months that have included the words "complaint", "manager", or "dissatisfied". What type of data is this?

semi-structured

All of the following are examples of wearable computing devices except

smartphones

A client computer networked to a server computer, with processing split between the two types of machines, is called a(n) ________ architecture.

two-tiered client/server