WGU - Introduction to Analytics - D491
Questions with Accurate Answers
Which role is responsible for project initiation and providing the requirements for a
project? - ANSWERSProject sponsor
Which job position is primarily responsible for designing and constructing data pipelines
within the field of data analytics? - ANSWERSData engineer
Which role in a data analytics project helps data scientists shape data for analysis? -
ANSWERSData engineer
Which role in a data analytics project provides expertise for analytical techniques? -
ANSWERSData scientist
Which skills are required by data scientists for converting unstructured data to
structured data in data analytics projects? - ANSWERSData wrangling skills
Which skill must a business intelligence analyst possess to collect and organize data? -
ANSWERSData preparation
Which project-related activity typically takes up the majority of a data analyst's time? -
ANSWERSData preparation
Which software do business intelligence analysts use to perform their responsibilities? -
ANSWERSMicrosoft Excel
What is a skill required of a data engineer? - ANSWERSMaintaining databases
delete - ANSWERS
Which group of stakeholders comprises the professionals, such as line managers? -
ANSWERSBusiness users
Which stakeholder is primarily responsible for ensuring the desired quality of the
project? - ANSWERSProject managers
Which stakeholder has access to essential tables or storage systems and guarantees
the highest levels of security in the data repository? - ANSWERSDatabase
administrator
, Why is it significant to establish failure criteria for a data analytics project in the
discovery phase? - ANSWERSIt helps the team determine when it is best to accept the
conclusions.
Which stakeholder extracts and transforms data during the discovery phase? -
ANSWERSData engineer
A person has been assigned to manage a project to implement a company-wide
customer relationship management (CRM) system. The CRM system aims to centralize
customer details, automate sales processes, and improve customer service.
What skills are crucial for the project team members working on the CRM system
implementation? - ANSWERSData analysis, system integration, and training
Why is formulating an initial hypothesis an integral part of the discovery phase of the
data analytics lifecycle? - ANSWERSIt guides the subsequent data collection,
processing, and analysis activities.
Who should be included as stakeholders in an analytics project? - ANSWERSAnyone
who will benefit from the project
Who offers suggestions on ideas to test as the team formulates hypotheses during the
discovery phase of a data analytics project? - ANSWERSData scientists
Which activity occurs during the data preparation phase of the data analytics lifecycle? -
ANSWERSUnderstanding of data
Which data visualization is most suitable for understanding the trend and progression of
a variable over time in the data preparation phase? - ANSWERSLine charts
Which task is commonly performed to identify and address data quality issues during
the data preparation phase? - ANSWERSConducting data profiling
Which common data cleaning task is used to address the missing data in a data set? -
ANSWERSImputation
Which task is typically performed to handle outliers during the data preparation phase? -
ANSWERSTruncating extreme values
A data analyst at a retail company is provided with a large dataset containing sales
transactions, customer information, and product details. The analyst is tasked with
preparing the data for analysis and modeling.
Which activity would the analyst perform during the data preparation phase? -
ANSWERSExploring available data to understand its characteristics and suitability
Questions with Accurate Answers
Which role is responsible for project initiation and providing the requirements for a
project? - ANSWERSProject sponsor
Which job position is primarily responsible for designing and constructing data pipelines
within the field of data analytics? - ANSWERSData engineer
Which role in a data analytics project helps data scientists shape data for analysis? -
ANSWERSData engineer
Which role in a data analytics project provides expertise for analytical techniques? -
ANSWERSData scientist
Which skills are required by data scientists for converting unstructured data to
structured data in data analytics projects? - ANSWERSData wrangling skills
Which skill must a business intelligence analyst possess to collect and organize data? -
ANSWERSData preparation
Which project-related activity typically takes up the majority of a data analyst's time? -
ANSWERSData preparation
Which software do business intelligence analysts use to perform their responsibilities? -
ANSWERSMicrosoft Excel
What is a skill required of a data engineer? - ANSWERSMaintaining databases
delete - ANSWERS
Which group of stakeholders comprises the professionals, such as line managers? -
ANSWERSBusiness users
Which stakeholder is primarily responsible for ensuring the desired quality of the
project? - ANSWERSProject managers
Which stakeholder has access to essential tables or storage systems and guarantees
the highest levels of security in the data repository? - ANSWERSDatabase
administrator
, Why is it significant to establish failure criteria for a data analytics project in the
discovery phase? - ANSWERSIt helps the team determine when it is best to accept the
conclusions.
Which stakeholder extracts and transforms data during the discovery phase? -
ANSWERSData engineer
A person has been assigned to manage a project to implement a company-wide
customer relationship management (CRM) system. The CRM system aims to centralize
customer details, automate sales processes, and improve customer service.
What skills are crucial for the project team members working on the CRM system
implementation? - ANSWERSData analysis, system integration, and training
Why is formulating an initial hypothesis an integral part of the discovery phase of the
data analytics lifecycle? - ANSWERSIt guides the subsequent data collection,
processing, and analysis activities.
Who should be included as stakeholders in an analytics project? - ANSWERSAnyone
who will benefit from the project
Who offers suggestions on ideas to test as the team formulates hypotheses during the
discovery phase of a data analytics project? - ANSWERSData scientists
Which activity occurs during the data preparation phase of the data analytics lifecycle? -
ANSWERSUnderstanding of data
Which data visualization is most suitable for understanding the trend and progression of
a variable over time in the data preparation phase? - ANSWERSLine charts
Which task is commonly performed to identify and address data quality issues during
the data preparation phase? - ANSWERSConducting data profiling
Which common data cleaning task is used to address the missing data in a data set? -
ANSWERSImputation
Which task is typically performed to handle outliers during the data preparation phase? -
ANSWERSTruncating extreme values
A data analyst at a retail company is provided with a large dataset containing sales
transactions, customer information, and product details. The analyst is tasked with
preparing the data for analysis and modeling.
Which activity would the analyst perform during the data preparation phase? -
ANSWERSExploring available data to understand its characteristics and suitability
