Introduction to Business Analytics 1st Edition (Vernon J. Richardson & Marcia Weiden) – Test Bank practice questions with answers

Test Bank for
Introduction to Business Analytics 1st Edition Vernon J. Richardson Marcia
Weiden Chapter 1-11
Answers are at the End of Each Chapter

Chapter 1
Student name:__________
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) A business process is a coordinated, standardized set of activities conducted by both people
and equipment to accomplish a specific business task.
⊚ true
⊚ false

2) A business analyst is a data scientist who collects data to help an organization make
effective business decisions.
⊚ true
⊚ false

3) Data is defined as information organized in a meaningful way to be useful to the user.
⊚ true
⊚ false

4) Information is defined as being data organized in a meaningful way to be useful to the user in
a given context.
⊚ true
⊚ false

5) A data scientist is a liaison between decision makers and business analysts.
⊚ true
⊚ false

6) Operations analytics uses business analytics to measure and improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of the company’s operations.
⊚ true
⊚ false