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Data Warehousing problems


  • 1. A snowflake schema is which of the following types of tables?

  • Options
  • A. Fact
  • B. Dimension
  • C. Helper
  • D. All of the above
  • Discuss
  • 2. Fact tables are which of the following?

  • Options
  • A. Completely denoralized
  • B. Partially denoralized
  • C. Completely normalized
  • D. Partially normalized
  • Discuss
  • 3. An operational system is which of the following?

  • Options
  • 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.
  • Discuss
  • 4. The @active data warehouse architecture includes which of the following?

  • Options
  • 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.
  • Discuss
  • 5. A goal of data mining includes which of the following?

  • Options
  • 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
  • Discuss
  • 6. The extract process is which of the following?

  • Options
  • 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
  • Discuss
  • 7. A data warehouse is which of the following?

  • Options
  • 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.
  • Discuss
  • 8. Data transformation includes which of the following?

  • Options
  • 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
  • Discuss
  • 9. The generic two-level data warehouse architecture includes which of the following?

  • Options
  • 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.
  • Discuss
  • 10. Data scrubbing is which of the following?

  • Options
  • 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
  • Discuss

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