WGU C207 DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT DETAILED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
1. Analytics is a broad term that refers to a variety of tools that inform man- agerial
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decisions.
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Which term can be used to describe managerial decisions?
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a. Prescriptive
b. Predictive
c. Paretochart ji
d. Biased ANS:a ji ji
2. What are two reasons for the increasing use of analytics in organizational
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decision making?
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a. Relatively lower cost of computer storage ji ji ji ji ji
b. Lower availability of statistical experts
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c. Higher cost of obtaining data ji ji ji ji
d. Higher computer processing power ANS:a, d
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3. Inwhatwaydoesprobabilitytheoryinformdecision-makingformanagers?
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a. By quantifying risk
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b. By quantifying data
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c. By quantifying quality
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,d. By quantifying costs ANS:a
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4. Which type of data are the Olympic medals of gold,silver,and bronze
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examples of?
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a. Nominal data ji
b. Ordinal data ji
c. Interval data ji
d. Ratio data ANS:b ji ji ji
5. What are two aspects of data quality management?
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a. It calculates spurious data.
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b. It reduces the amount of incomplete data.
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c. It monitors data input rates.
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d. It cleans data. ANS:b, d
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6. Whichtwoattributesindicatepotentialdataqualityissueswhenevaluating a set
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of nominal data?
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a. Outlier data ji
b. Missing data ji
c. Out-of-range data ji
d. Misspelled data ANS:b, d ji ji ji ji
7. When conducting a study that measures an individual's weight,all scales are
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calibrated prior to use in measurement.Which type of error should this
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, procedure significantly reduce? ji ji
a. Systematic error ji
b. Omission error ji
c. Random error ji
d. Information error ANS:a ji ji ji
8. An advertising manager creates a research study by presenting low,medi- um,
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or high frequency of the same ad in matched markets.The manager then reports
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on sales in each market location.What is the term for the different sales in this
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study?
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a. The experimental unit ji ji
b. The treatment ji
c. The response variable ji ji
d. The intervention ANS:c ji ji ji
9. A healthcare study follows a particular sample over time to identify how the
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health habits of teenagers impact their likelihood of acquiring various diseases
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later in their life in the hope that the healthcare organization will be abletocreate
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earlypreventionprograms.Whichtypeofresearchdesigndoes this study
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describe?
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a. Double blind study ji ji
b. Systematic study ji
c. Cohort study ji
d. Experimental study ANS:c ji ji ji
10. Severalmissingvaluesinaparticularfieldinadatasetwereobserved.The ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
likelihoodofarecordhavingamissingvalueiscorrelatedtoanothervariable in the
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dataset.Which two types of error might be introduced into the dataset if the
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removed record included missing values?
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OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT DETAILED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
1. Analytics is a broad term that refers to a variety of tools that inform man- agerial
ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
decisions.
ji
Which term can be used to describe managerial decisions?
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a. Prescriptive
b. Predictive
c. Paretochart ji
d. Biased ANS:a ji ji
2. What are two reasons for the increasing use of analytics in organizational
ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
decision making?
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a. Relatively lower cost of computer storage ji ji ji ji ji
b. Lower availability of statistical experts
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c. Higher cost of obtaining data ji ji ji ji
d. Higher computer processing power ANS:a, d
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3. Inwhatwaydoesprobabilitytheoryinformdecision-makingformanagers?
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a. By quantifying risk
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b. By quantifying data
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c. By quantifying quality
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,d. By quantifying costs ANS:a
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4. Which type of data are the Olympic medals of gold,silver,and bronze
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examples of?
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a. Nominal data ji
b. Ordinal data ji
c. Interval data ji
d. Ratio data ANS:b ji ji ji
5. What are two aspects of data quality management?
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a. It calculates spurious data.
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b. It reduces the amount of incomplete data.
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c. It monitors data input rates.
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d. It cleans data. ANS:b, d
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6. Whichtwoattributesindicatepotentialdataqualityissueswhenevaluating a set
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of nominal data?
ji ji ji
a. Outlier data ji
b. Missing data ji
c. Out-of-range data ji
d. Misspelled data ANS:b, d ji ji ji ji
7. When conducting a study that measures an individual's weight,all scales are
ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
calibrated prior to use in measurement.Which type of error should this
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ji ji
, procedure significantly reduce? ji ji
a. Systematic error ji
b. Omission error ji
c. Random error ji
d. Information error ANS:a ji ji ji
8. An advertising manager creates a research study by presenting low,medi- um,
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or high frequency of the same ad in matched markets.The manager then reports
ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
on sales in each market location.What is the term for the different sales in this
ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
study?
ji
a. The experimental unit ji ji
b. The treatment ji
c. The response variable ji ji
d. The intervention ANS:c ji ji ji
9. A healthcare study follows a particular sample over time to identify how the
ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
health habits of teenagers impact their likelihood of acquiring various diseases
ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
later in their life in the hope that the healthcare organization will be abletocreate
ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
earlypreventionprograms.Whichtypeofresearchdesigndoes this study
ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
describe?
ji
a. Double blind study ji ji
b. Systematic study ji
c. Cohort study ji
d. Experimental study ANS:c ji ji ji
10. Severalmissingvaluesinaparticularfieldinadatasetwereobserved.The ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
likelihoodofarecordhavingamissingvalueiscorrelatedtoanothervariable in the
ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
dataset.Which two types of error might be introduced into the dataset if the
ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji
removed record included missing values?
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