WGU C207 Data Driven Decision Making
Quizzes
1. (Quiz 1) 1. For companies to attract and retain their best customers they
need a complete portrait of who they are. To develop this portrait companies
turn to...
A) Statistics
B) Analytics
C) Management Science
D) Histograms
ANS : B
2. (Quiz 1) 2. A manufacturer wants to maximize their factory output while
specifically minimizing labor costs. What type of analytics might they employ
to achieve this goal?
A) Descriptive Analytics
B) Predictive Analytics
C) Prescriptive Analytics
,D) Diagnostic Analytics
ANS : C
3. (Quiz 1) 3. What type of data error that occurs in measurement is constant
within a data set and is sometimes caused by faulty equipment or bias?
A) Random
B) Omission
C) Outlier
D) Systematic
ANS : D
4. (Quiz 1) 4. An Educator develops a new standardized test to measure math
skills of ninth graders. She has students in her home state of Ohio take the
test. If the test is to be used on a national level, what type of error might be
found in her data?
A) Omission Error
B) Systematic Error
C) Measurement Bias
D) Information Bias
, ANS : C
5. (Quiz 1) 5. A city government is trying to determine the national origins of
its recent immigrant population. If a survey of the immigrant population is
conducted in English what type of error might be present in the data?
A) Random
B) Omission
, C) Outlier
D) Accuracy
ANS : B
6. (Quiz 1) 6.
The use of Big Data is increasingly important to businesses in competitive mar
b b b b b b b b b b b b
kets. Which of the following characteristics is NOT true of bigdata?
b b b b b b b b b b b
A) Requires the use of analytics b b b b
B) Contains structured data b b
C) Contains unstructured data b b
D) Can be analyzed with traditional spreadsheets
b b b b b
ANS : D b b
7. (Quiz 1) 7. The Davenport-Kim three-
b b b b b
stage model consists of framing the problem, solving the problem, and com
b b b b b b b b b b b
municating results. Which two of thefollowing are part of framing the problem
b b b b b b b b b b b b
b stage?
A) Determine the scope of the problem b b b b b
B) Data collection b
Quizzes
1. (Quiz 1) 1. For companies to attract and retain their best customers they
need a complete portrait of who they are. To develop this portrait companies
turn to...
A) Statistics
B) Analytics
C) Management Science
D) Histograms
ANS : B
2. (Quiz 1) 2. A manufacturer wants to maximize their factory output while
specifically minimizing labor costs. What type of analytics might they employ
to achieve this goal?
A) Descriptive Analytics
B) Predictive Analytics
C) Prescriptive Analytics
,D) Diagnostic Analytics
ANS : C
3. (Quiz 1) 3. What type of data error that occurs in measurement is constant
within a data set and is sometimes caused by faulty equipment or bias?
A) Random
B) Omission
C) Outlier
D) Systematic
ANS : D
4. (Quiz 1) 4. An Educator develops a new standardized test to measure math
skills of ninth graders. She has students in her home state of Ohio take the
test. If the test is to be used on a national level, what type of error might be
found in her data?
A) Omission Error
B) Systematic Error
C) Measurement Bias
D) Information Bias
, ANS : C
5. (Quiz 1) 5. A city government is trying to determine the national origins of
its recent immigrant population. If a survey of the immigrant population is
conducted in English what type of error might be present in the data?
A) Random
B) Omission
, C) Outlier
D) Accuracy
ANS : B
6. (Quiz 1) 6.
The use of Big Data is increasingly important to businesses in competitive mar
b b b b b b b b b b b b
kets. Which of the following characteristics is NOT true of bigdata?
b b b b b b b b b b b
A) Requires the use of analytics b b b b
B) Contains structured data b b
C) Contains unstructured data b b
D) Can be analyzed with traditional spreadsheets
b b b b b
ANS : D b b
7. (Quiz 1) 7. The Davenport-Kim three-
b b b b b
stage model consists of framing the problem, solving the problem, and com
b b b b b b b b b b b
municating results. Which two of thefollowing are part of framing the problem
b b b b b b b b b b b b
b stage?
A) Determine the scope of the problem b b b b b
B) Data collection b
