Business Analytics: Data Analysis & Decision Making,
7th Edition. S. Christian Albright, Wayne L. Winston
Verified Chapters 1 - 19, Complete
Business Analytics: Data Analysis & Decision Making,
,Chapter 1. Introduction to Business Analytics
1. The decision-making themes covered in Business Analytics: Data Analysis & Decision Making include which of the
following?
a. optimization techniques b. decision analysis with uncertainty
c. structured sensitivity analysis d. all of these choices
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy | Bloom's: Knowledge
TOPICS: A-Head: 1-2 Overview of the Book
OTHER: BUSPROG: Analytic | DISC: Decision Making
2. Which statement is not true?
a. Dealing with uncertainty includes measuring uncertainty.
b. Dealing with uncertainty includes modeling uncertainty explicitly into the analysis.
c. Dealing with uncertainty includes eliminating uncertainty by using the normal probability distribution.
d. Dealing with uncertainty requires a basic understanding of probability.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy | Bloom's: Knowledge
TOPICS: A-Head: 1.2 Overview of the Book
OTHER: BUSPROG: Analytic | DISC: Decision Making
3. What is not one of the important themes of your Business Analytics: Data Analysis & Decision Making text?
a. data analysis b. dealing with uncertainty
c. decision making d. data mining
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy | Bloom's: Knowledge
TOPICS: A-Head: 1.2 Overview of the Book
OTHER: BUSPROG: Analytic | DISC: Decision Making
4. Data analysis includes:
a. data description b. data inference
c. the search for relationships in data d. all of these choices
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy | Bloom's: Knowledge
TOPICS: A-Head: 1.2 Overview of the Book
Business Analytics: Data Analysis & Decision Making,
,OTHER: BUSPROG: Analytic | DISC: Decision Making
5. Which of the following is not one of the steps in the modeling process?
a. Select the scale for the model.
b. Collect and summarize data.
c. Verify the model.
d. Present the results.
e. Implement the model and update it through time.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy | Bloom's: Comprehension
TOPICS: A-Head: 1.2 Overview of the Book
OTHER: BUSPROG: Analytic | DISC: Decision Making
6. Which of the following would not be included under data analysis?
a. measuring uncertainty b. data description
c. data inference d. search for relationships
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy | Bloom's: Comprehension
TOPICS: A-Head: 1.2 Overview of the Book
OTHER: BUSPROG: Analytic | DISC: Decision Making
7. The decision making process includes:
a. optimization techniques for problems with no uncertainty
b. decision analysis for problems with uncertainty
c. sensitivity analysis
d. all of these choices
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy | Bloom's: Knowledge
TOPICS: A-Head: 1.2 Overview of the Book
OTHER: BUSPROG: Analytic | DISC: Decision Making
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8. Which tool is an Exc el
a. PrecisionTree
b. TopRank
c. Solver
d. @Risk
e. StatTools
ANSWER: b
POINTS:1add-in for performing what-if analyses?
DIFFICULTY: Easy | Bloom's: Comprehension
TOPICS: A-Head: 1.2 Overview of the Book
OTHER: BUSPROG: Analytic | DISC: Decision Making
9. Which fof fthe ffollowing fstatements fare ftrue?
a. Three fimportant fthemes frun fthrough fthe fbook: fdata fanalysis, fdecision fmaking, fand funcertainty.
b. Data fanalysis fincludes fdata fdescription, fdata finference, fand fthe fsearching ffor frelationships fin fdata
c. Decision fmaking fincludes foptimization ftechniques ffor fproblems fwith fno funcertainty, fdecision fanalysis
ffor f problems fwith funcertainty, fand fstructured fsensitivity fanalysis.
d. Dealing fwith funcertainty fincludes fmeasuring funcertainty fand fmodeling funcertainty fexplicitly finto fthe fanalysis.
e. All fof fthese fstatements fare ftrue.
ANSWER: e
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: f Easy f| fBloom's: fKnowledge
TOPICS: A-Head: f1.2 fOverview fof fthe fBook
OTHER: BUSPROG: fAnalytic f| fDISC: fDecision fMaking
10. Data fanalysis fincludes fdata fdescription, fdata finference, fand fthe fsearch ffor frelationships fin fdata.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: f Easy f| fBloom's: fKnowledge
TOPICS: A-Head: f1.2 fOverview fof fthe fBook
OTHER: BUSPROG: fAnalytic f| fDISC: fDecision fMaking
11. Decision-making fincludes foptimization ftechniques ffor fproblems fwith fcertainty, fdecision fanalysis ffor fproblems
fwith f certainty, fand fstructured fsensitivity fanalysis.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: f Easy f| fBloom's: fKnowledge
Business Analytics: Data Analysis & Decision Making,