ISM 3541 EXAM 1 COMPREHENSIVE SCRIPT
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ What has caused the growth of the demand for instant, on
demand access to dispersed information? Answer: The more
pressing need to close the gap between the operational and strategic
objectives.
◉ The very design that makes an OLTP system efficient for
transaction processing makes it inefficient for what? Answer: Output
like and user-end ad hoc reports, queries, and analysis.
◉ T/F:
In the 2000s, the DW-driven DSSs began to be called BI systems.
Answer: True
◉ T/F:
The growth in hardware, software, and network capacities has had
little impact on modern BI innovations. Answer: False
,◉ Today, many vendors offer diversified tools, some of which are
completely programmed (called shells). How are these shells
utilized? Answer: All a user needs to do is insert the numbers.
◉ T/F:
The use of dashboards and data visualizations is seldom effective in
identifying issues in organizations, as demonstrated by the Silvaris
Corporation Case Study. Answer: False
◉ T/F
Managing data warehouses requires special methods, including
parallel computing and/or Hadoop/Spark. Answer: True
◉ Key performance indicators (KPIs) are metircs typically used to
measure what? Answer: Internal results
◉ T/F:
Predictive algorithms generally require a flat file with a target
variable, so making data analytics ready for prediction means that
data sets must be transformed into a flat file format and made ready
for ingestion into those predictive algorithms. Answer: True
◉ Which characteristic of data requires that the variable and data
values be defined at the lowest (or as low as required) level of detail
for the intended use of the data? Answer: data granularity
, ◉ T/F:
The data storage component of a business reporting system builds
the various reports and hosts them for, or disseminates them to
users. It provides notification, annotation, collaboration, and other
services. Answer: False
◉ T/F:
In the Dallas Cowboys case study, the focus was on using data
analytics to decide which players would play every week. Answer:
False
◉ T/F:
Data source reliability means that data are correct and are a good
match for the analytics problem. Answer: False
◉ What measure of dispersion is calculated by simply taking the
square root of the variations? Answer: Standard deviation
◉ This technique makes no "a priori" assumption of whether one
variable is dependent on the other(s) and is not concerned with the
relationship between variables; instead it gives an estimate on the
degree of association between the variables. Answer: correlation
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ What has caused the growth of the demand for instant, on
demand access to dispersed information? Answer: The more
pressing need to close the gap between the operational and strategic
objectives.
◉ The very design that makes an OLTP system efficient for
transaction processing makes it inefficient for what? Answer: Output
like and user-end ad hoc reports, queries, and analysis.
◉ T/F:
In the 2000s, the DW-driven DSSs began to be called BI systems.
Answer: True
◉ T/F:
The growth in hardware, software, and network capacities has had
little impact on modern BI innovations. Answer: False
,◉ Today, many vendors offer diversified tools, some of which are
completely programmed (called shells). How are these shells
utilized? Answer: All a user needs to do is insert the numbers.
◉ T/F:
The use of dashboards and data visualizations is seldom effective in
identifying issues in organizations, as demonstrated by the Silvaris
Corporation Case Study. Answer: False
◉ T/F
Managing data warehouses requires special methods, including
parallel computing and/or Hadoop/Spark. Answer: True
◉ Key performance indicators (KPIs) are metircs typically used to
measure what? Answer: Internal results
◉ T/F:
Predictive algorithms generally require a flat file with a target
variable, so making data analytics ready for prediction means that
data sets must be transformed into a flat file format and made ready
for ingestion into those predictive algorithms. Answer: True
◉ Which characteristic of data requires that the variable and data
values be defined at the lowest (or as low as required) level of detail
for the intended use of the data? Answer: data granularity
, ◉ T/F:
The data storage component of a business reporting system builds
the various reports and hosts them for, or disseminates them to
users. It provides notification, annotation, collaboration, and other
services. Answer: False
◉ T/F:
In the Dallas Cowboys case study, the focus was on using data
analytics to decide which players would play every week. Answer:
False
◉ T/F:
Data source reliability means that data are correct and are a good
match for the analytics problem. Answer: False
◉ What measure of dispersion is calculated by simply taking the
square root of the variations? Answer: Standard deviation
◉ This technique makes no "a priori" assumption of whether one
variable is dependent on the other(s) and is not concerned with the
relationship between variables; instead it gives an estimate on the
degree of association between the variables. Answer: correlation
