Chapter 9

Which of the following statements about static and dynamic reports is NOT​ accurate?

A printed sales analysis is an example of a dynamic report.

The three fundamental activities of the BI process are Perform​ Analysis, Publish​ Results, and​ _____________.

Acquire Data

What is the first step in the BI​ process?

Acquire data

A Web server that is specially built to manage and deliver business intelligence is called a​ _________.

BI server

What actions could an organization take that may produce a biased study in the publish report phase of the BI​ process?

Changing criteria until they achieve a desired result

Which of the following terms refers to delivering business intelligence reports to users based on their explicit requests for BI results of data​ analysis?

Pull publishing

​__________ is NOT a valid BI data source.

RFM (customer value)

What is one way an organization can publish BI​ results?

RSS feeds

What is the primary purpose of a business intelligence​ system?

To utilize operational and other data for analyzing company performance and making predictions

​_________ are information systems that process operational and other data to analyze past performance and to make predictions.

business intelligence systems

All of the following are possible problems with source data EXCEPT​ __________.

data not interpreted

A​ ________ is a facility for managing an​ organization's BI data.

data warehouse

Once data from various sources are​ obtained, cleansed, and​ organized, they are placed in​ a(n) ________.

data warehouse

Another term for problematic data is​ ________________.

dirty data

You can expect the outputs of a business intelligence system to be used for all of the following purposes EXCEPT​ ________.

eliminating the need to access the corporate data warehouse

The consumers of the processes of a business intelligence system are termed​ ________

knowledge workers

Which activity does NOT occur during the Acquire Data phase in the BI​ process?

print

The​ ___________ component of a BI system is called a BI application.

software

A BI server extends​ alert/RSS functionality to support user​ ___________, which are user requests for particular BI results on a particular schedule or in response to particular events.

subscriptions

Which of the following is NOT a valid function performed by the data​ warehouse?

to redefine data