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"An analyst is looking at data that includes the customer's address, date of purchase, and age. Which
question could be answered from this data?
a. Which customer has spent the highest dollar amount?
b. Which customer is most likely to respond favorably to the next marketing campaign?
c. Which state has the highest total customers?
d. Which product has sold the most in a certain state? - Correct Answer c. Which state has the highest
total customers?"
"Which type of analysis would be used to predict a binary outcome based on a set of independent
variables?
a. Hypothesis testing
b. Descriptive statistics
c. Regression
d. Time Series - Correct Answer c. Regression"
“What questions will data analytics consider improving 10% market share value to open new store in a
different location?
a. Get list of geographic areas
b. Reduce staff pay by 10%
c. Check compatible market value
d. None of the above - Correct Answer C Check compatible market value"
"Which activity in the data analytics life cycle occurs during the data acquisition phase and requires the
most time and effort from the data analyst?:
a. Selecting the data sources
b. Importing data into a database
c. Cleaning data
d. Defining goals - Correct Answer c. Cleaning data"
"In which phase of the data analytics life cycle does an analyst build a graph?
a.Data exploration
b.Discovery
c.Predictive modeling
d.Data acquisition - Correct Answer a.Data exploration"
"An analyst applies a statistical formula to obtain the average temperature for a city over the last 20
years. Which phase of the data analytics life cycle is represented by this activity?
a.Discovery
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,b.Exploration
c.Modeling
d.Reporting - Correct Answer b.Exploration"
"A data analytics project team is preparing to develop a predictive model that will be included within a
business intelligence tool for upper management. Which step should be considered for inclusion when
creating the project schedule?
a. Model testing and validation for users
b. Business intelligence tool interface training
c. Model training and testing for stakeholders
d. Business intelligence tool data transformation training . - Correct Answer b. Business intelligence
tool interface training"
"An analyst has been asked to define variables in a dataset that may contain missing values. Which
activity of the analytics life cycle is represented?
a.Data collection
b.Data cleaning
c.Transforming improperly text
d.Disqualifying data sources - Correct Answer b.Data cleaning"
"Which activity does an analyst perform in the discovery phase of the data analytics life cycle?
a.Collecting data
b.Cleaning data
c.Identifying outliers
d.Defining business goals - Correct Answer d.Defining business goals"
"During which phase in the data analytics life cycle would a churn analysis be performed?
a.Data cleaning churn
b.Data acquisition
c.Predictive analysis
d.Representation and reporting - Correct Answer c.Predictive analysis"
"What might be developed by data analysts when acquiring data from a data warehouse?
a.The procedures for extracting files from the data warehouse
b.The procedures for updating tables in the data warehouse
c.Relational structures of tables
d.The SQL queries of data within the tables - Correct Answer d.The SQL queries of data within the
tables"
"Which aspect of data exploration occurs when an analyst writes code to compile a bar graph of dog
food sales per month?
a. Performance of a correlation analysis
b. Analysis of data anomalies
c. Verification through visualization
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, d. Determination of variabilities - Correct Answer c. Verification through visualization"
"What does the critical path represent in data analytics project management?
a.Minimum time to complete independent tasks
b.Maximum time to complete independent tasks
c.Minimum time to complete dependent tasks
d.Maximum time to complete dependent tasks - Correct Answer c.Minimum time to complete
dependent tasks"
"An oil company uses robots and sensors to detect how pipeline corrosion changes over time. The
collected data is then used in a predictive model that estimates when a pipe should be replaced.
How does the predictive model serve this oil company?
a. To minimize interruptions from maintenance shutdowns
b. To minimize the need for workforce safety training
c. To improve compliance with pipeline construction standards
d. To improve compliance with pipeline disposal standards - Correct Answer a. To minimize
interruptions from maintenance shutdowns"
"What is the necessary requirement when collecting data from different data sources
a.Data must be easy to understand
b.Data must have defined structure
c.Data must have great number of variable
d.Data must have features related to business goals - Correct Answer d.Data must have features
related to business goals"
"Which mistake is commonly made during the predictive analytics phase?
a. The data are separated into different sets.
b. The variables are separated into response and independent variables.
c. The data are prepared before the model is developed.
d. The model is developed before the research question is known. - Correct Answer d. The model is
developed before the research question is known."
"Why might a data analyst resample a data set with replacement data in a data mining project?
a.Misidentification of causation
b.Wrong variables chosen for analyzation
c.Too little data for training and testing data sets
d.Skewed data resulting from outliers - Correct Answer c.Too little data for training and testing data
sets"
"Ex. The data team has processed the data and ... who will give the reports and explanation to higher
level?
a. Data Analyst
b. Data owner
c. Data researcher
d.None of the above - Correct Answer c. Data researcher"
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