WGU C207 Data Driven Decision Making
Quizzes
(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
B
(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
C
(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
D
(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
C
(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
B
(Quiz 1) 6. The use of Big Data is increasingly important to businesses in competitive markets.
Which of the following characteristics is NOT true of big data?
A) Requires the use of analytics
B) Contains structured data
C) Contains unstructured data
D) Can be analyzed with traditional spreadsheets
D
(Quiz 1) 7. The Davenport-Kim three-stage model consists of framing the problem, solving the
problem, and communicating results. Which two of the following are part of framing the problem
stage?
A) Determine the scope of the problem
B) Data collection
C) Review of previous findings
D) Presenting a recommendation
A&C
, (Quiz 1) 8. pA phealthcare pprovider pis presearching pblood pglucose plevels pbefore pand pafter
pexercising. pWhat ptwo pelements pshould pbe ppart pof pany pexperimental pstudy psuch pas pthis?
A) Treatment pprocedures
B) Patient pobservation
C) Statistical pvalidity
D) Experimental presponse
pA p& pD
(Quiz p1) p9. pRunners pcover p26.2 pmiles pin pthe pOlympics pmarathon. pWhat plevel pof pmeasurement
pis pthis?
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Interval
D) Ratio
pD
(Quiz p1) p10. pWhat plevel pof pmeasurement pis pthe ptype pof pcars pproduced pin pFord pfactory?
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Interval
D) Ratio
pA
(Quiz p1) p11. pWhat plevel pof pmeasurement pis pthis pthe p10 pbest pcities pin pthe pU.S. pto pretire pin?
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Interval
D) Ratio
pB
(Quiz p1) p12. pWhat plevel pof pmeasurement pare pwomen's pdress psizes p(2,4,6, petc.)?
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Interval
D) Ratio
Quizzes
(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
B
(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
C
(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
D
(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
C
(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
B
(Quiz 1) 6. The use of Big Data is increasingly important to businesses in competitive markets.
Which of the following characteristics is NOT true of big data?
A) Requires the use of analytics
B) Contains structured data
C) Contains unstructured data
D) Can be analyzed with traditional spreadsheets
D
(Quiz 1) 7. The Davenport-Kim three-stage model consists of framing the problem, solving the
problem, and communicating results. Which two of the following are part of framing the problem
stage?
A) Determine the scope of the problem
B) Data collection
C) Review of previous findings
D) Presenting a recommendation
A&C
, (Quiz 1) 8. pA phealthcare pprovider pis presearching pblood pglucose plevels pbefore pand pafter
pexercising. pWhat ptwo pelements pshould pbe ppart pof pany pexperimental pstudy psuch pas pthis?
A) Treatment pprocedures
B) Patient pobservation
C) Statistical pvalidity
D) Experimental presponse
pA p& pD
(Quiz p1) p9. pRunners pcover p26.2 pmiles pin pthe pOlympics pmarathon. pWhat plevel pof pmeasurement
pis pthis?
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Interval
D) Ratio
pD
(Quiz p1) p10. pWhat plevel pof pmeasurement pis pthe ptype pof pcars pproduced pin pFord pfactory?
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Interval
D) Ratio
pA
(Quiz p1) p11. pWhat plevel pof pmeasurement pis pthis pthe p10 pbest pcities pin pthe pU.S. pto pretire pin?
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Interval
D) Ratio
pB
(Quiz p1) p12. pWhat plevel pof pmeasurement pare pwomen's pdress psizes p(2,4,6, petc.)?
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Interval
D) Ratio
