VERIFIED ANSWERS (UPDATED TO PASS)
1. Fact Conformation or validation of an event or object.
2. Information Age The present time, during which infinite quantities of facts are widely
available
to anyone who can use a computer.
3. Internet of A world where interconnected, Internet-enabled devices or "things" can
Things (IoT) collect and share data without human intervention.
4. Machine to devices that connect directly to other devices
Ma- chine
(M2M)
data, information, business intelligence, knowledge
5. Core drivers of
the information
age
6. Data raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event or object.
7. structured data Data that has a defined length, type, and format and includes numbers
dates,
or strings such as Customer Address.
8. Machine- created by a machine without human intervention
generat- ed
data
data that humans, in interaction with computers, generate
9. Human-
generated data
10. unstructured data Data that is not defined and does not follow a specified format and is
typically
free-form text such as emails, Twitter tweets, and text messages
11. Big Data a collection of large, complex data sets, including structured and
unstructured
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data, which cannot be analyzed using traditional database methods and tools
12. snapshot a view of data at a particular moment in time
13. information Data converted into a meaningful and useful context
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14. report a document containing data organized in a table, matrix, or graphical
format
allowing users to easily comprehend and understand information
15. static report a report created once based on data that does not change
16. dynamic report a report that changes automatically during creation
17. Variable a data characteristic that stands for a value that changes or varies ove
time
18. Business Information collected from multiple sources such as suppliers,
Intelli- gence customers, competitors, partners, and industries that analyzes patterns,
(BI)
trends, and re- lationships for strategic decision making
19. Analytics the science of fact-based decision making
20. Business the scientific process of transforming data into insight for making better
Analytics (BA) decisions
21. Descriptive Analytical techniques that describe what has happened in the past.
analyt- ics
22. Predictive Analytics analytical techniques that extract info from data and use it to predict
future
trends and identify behavioral patterns.
23. Three categories Descriptive, Predictive, and Prescriptive
of analytics
24. Prescriptive
techniques that create models indicating the best decision to make or
Analyt- ics
course of action to take.
25. knowledge Skills, experience, and expertise coupled with information and
intelligence that creates a person's intellectual resources
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