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A data warehouse is which of the following?
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A. Can be updated by end users.
B. Contains numerous naming conventions and formats.
C. Organized around important subject areas.
D. Contains only current data.
Correct Answer
Organized around important subject areas.
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1. The extract process is which of the following?
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A. Capturing all of the data contained in various operational systems
B. Capturing a subset of the data contained in various operational systems
C. Capturing all of the data contained in various decision support systems
D. Capturing a subset of the data contained in various decision support systems
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Correct Answer: Capturing a subset of the data contained in various operational systems
2. A goal of data mining includes which of the following?
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A. To explain some observed event or condition
B. To confirm that data exists
C. To analyze data for expected relationships
D. To create a new data warehouse
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Correct Answer: To explain some observed event or condition
3. The @active data warehouse architecture includes which of the following?
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A. At least one data mart
B. Data that can extracted from numerous internal and external sources
C. Near real-time updates
D. All of the above.
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Correct Answer: All of the above.
4. An operational system is which of the following?
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A. A system that is used to run the business in real time and is based on historical data.
B. A system that is used to run the business in real time and is based on current data.
C. A system that is used to support decision making and is based on current data.
D. A system that is used to support decision making and is based on historical data.
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Correct Answer: A system that is used to run the business in real time and is based on current data.
5. Fact tables are which of the following?
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A. Completely denoralized
B. Partially denoralized
C. Completely normalized
D. Partially normalized
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Correct Answer: Completely normalized
6. Data transformation includes which of the following?
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A. A process to change data from a detailed level to a summary level
B. A process to change data from a summary level to a detailed level
C. Joining data from one source into various sources of data
D. Separating data from one source into various sources of data
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Correct Answer: A process to change data from a detailed level to a summary level
7. The generic two-level data warehouse architecture includes which of the following?
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A. At least one data mart
B. Data that can extracted from numerous internal and external sources
C. Near real-time updates
D. All of the above.
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Correct Answer: Data that can extracted from numerous internal and external sources
8. Data scrubbing is which of the following?
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A. A process to reject data from the data warehouse and to create the necessary indexes
B. A process to load the data in the data warehouse and to create the necessary indexes
C. A process to upgrade the quality of data after it is moved into a data warehouse
D. A process to upgrade the quality of data before it is moved into a data warehouse
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Correct Answer: A process to upgrade the quality of data before it is moved into a data warehouse
9. A star schema has what type of relationship between a dimension and fact table?
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A. Many-to-many
B. One-to-one
C. One-to-many
D. All of the above.
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Correct Answer: One-to-many
10. Transient data is which of the following?
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A. Data in which changes to existing records cause the previous version of the records to be eliminated
B. Data in which changes to existing records do not cause the previous version of the records to be eliminated
C. Data that are never altered or deleted once they have been added
D. Data that are never deleted once they have been added
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Correct Answer: Data in which changes to existing records cause the previous version of the records to be eliminated
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