BCOR 2205 Midterm Exam Questions GUARANTEE A+
2025/2026
big data - any data that cannot reside on a hard disc or in memory
The three V's - apply to big data
Velocity: data speed
Variety: data types
Volume: data quantity
Digital Exhaust - Unstructured information or data that is a by-product of the online activities of Internet
users: Collecting and analyzing data exhaust can provide valuable insight into the purchasing habits of
consumers.
Big data in business - to secure data:
fingerprints
voice recognition
To improve customer experience:
refine marketing strategy
modifying/stocking goods
consumer trends and churn
Big Data in Healthcare - Epidemic/ disease outbreak prediction
Individual disease predictions
Increased access to databases on symptoms and new treatments
Real time monitoring of patients
data brokers - companies that collect and sell personal information about consumers
Structured v Unstructured Data - structured data: data that can be stored in a table or database (our
focus)
, Unstructured data: does not reside in fixed locations
Up to how much faster can Google predict the flu than the CDC? - 2 weeks
What is meant by "word birth"? - the first time a baby/or toddler says a new word
Timeline of AI - Early AI (1950's) --> Machine Learning (1980's) --> Deep Learning (2010's)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Machines that can perform tasks that are a characteristic of human
intelligence
Earliest AI - Automated checkers against a CPU
Types of Artificial Intelligence - General
Narrow
Narrow AI - The type of AI that exists today
Technologies that are able to perform specific tasks as well as (or better- faster, more accurate, better
endurance) than humans can
General AI (and tests) - Machines that:
Have all of our senses (or more)
Can have complex nuanced conversations that can pass for human
Can solve new problems on the spot
Can interpret accents it has never heard before
That understand vocabulary through context and can create sentences it has never had to express before
Tests:
Turing test: are you talking to a computer or a person
Wozniak's coffee test: can a machine go into a new kitchen and make a cup of coffee
2025/2026
big data - any data that cannot reside on a hard disc or in memory
The three V's - apply to big data
Velocity: data speed
Variety: data types
Volume: data quantity
Digital Exhaust - Unstructured information or data that is a by-product of the online activities of Internet
users: Collecting and analyzing data exhaust can provide valuable insight into the purchasing habits of
consumers.
Big data in business - to secure data:
fingerprints
voice recognition
To improve customer experience:
refine marketing strategy
modifying/stocking goods
consumer trends and churn
Big Data in Healthcare - Epidemic/ disease outbreak prediction
Individual disease predictions
Increased access to databases on symptoms and new treatments
Real time monitoring of patients
data brokers - companies that collect and sell personal information about consumers
Structured v Unstructured Data - structured data: data that can be stored in a table or database (our
focus)
, Unstructured data: does not reside in fixed locations
Up to how much faster can Google predict the flu than the CDC? - 2 weeks
What is meant by "word birth"? - the first time a baby/or toddler says a new word
Timeline of AI - Early AI (1950's) --> Machine Learning (1980's) --> Deep Learning (2010's)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Machines that can perform tasks that are a characteristic of human
intelligence
Earliest AI - Automated checkers against a CPU
Types of Artificial Intelligence - General
Narrow
Narrow AI - The type of AI that exists today
Technologies that are able to perform specific tasks as well as (or better- faster, more accurate, better
endurance) than humans can
General AI (and tests) - Machines that:
Have all of our senses (or more)
Can have complex nuanced conversations that can pass for human
Can solve new problems on the spot
Can interpret accents it has never heard before
That understand vocabulary through context and can create sentences it has never had to express before
Tests:
Turing test: are you talking to a computer or a person
Wozniak's coffee test: can a machine go into a new kitchen and make a cup of coffee
