TEST BANK for Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Science: A
Managerial Perspective, 4th edition Author:Ramesh Sharda, Dursun
Delen and Efraim Turban. ISBN-13: 9780137305711 All Chapters
Covered A+ Graded Latest Version
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, Business Intelligence, 4e (Sharda/Delen/Turban)
Chapter 1 An Overview of Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Science
1) Computerized support is only used for organizational decisions that are responses to
external pressures, not for taking advantage of opportunities.
Answer: FALSE Diff:
2 Page Ref:
3
2) During the early days of analytics, data was often obtained from the domain experts
using manual processes to build mathematical or knowledge-based models.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 13
3) Computer applications have moved from transaction processing and monitoring
activities to problem analysis and solution applications.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 11
4) Business intelligence (BI) is a specific term that describes architectures and tools only.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 16
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, 5) The growth in hardware, software, and network capacities has had little impact on
modern BI innovations.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 11
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, 6) Managing data warehouses requires special methods, including parallel computing
and/or Hadoop/Spark.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 11-12
7) Managing information on operations, customers, internal procedures and employee
interactions is the domain of cognitive science.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 12
8) Decision support system (DSS) and management information system (MIS) have
precise definitions agreed to by practitioners.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 13
9) In the 2000s, the DW-driven DSSs began to be called BI systems.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 14
10) Major commercial business intelligence (BI) products and services were well established
in the early 1970s.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 15
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Managerial Perspective, 4th edition Author:Ramesh Sharda, Dursun
Delen and Efraim Turban. ISBN-13: 9780137305711 All Chapters
Covered A+ Graded Latest Version
Test Bank Page 1
, Business Intelligence, 4e (Sharda/Delen/Turban)
Chapter 1 An Overview of Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Science
1) Computerized support is only used for organizational decisions that are responses to
external pressures, not for taking advantage of opportunities.
Answer: FALSE Diff:
2 Page Ref:
3
2) During the early days of analytics, data was often obtained from the domain experts
using manual processes to build mathematical or knowledge-based models.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 13
3) Computer applications have moved from transaction processing and monitoring
activities to problem analysis and solution applications.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 11
4) Business intelligence (BI) is a specific term that describes architectures and tools only.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 16
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, 5) The growth in hardware, software, and network capacities has had little impact on
modern BI innovations.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 11
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, 6) Managing data warehouses requires special methods, including parallel computing
and/or Hadoop/Spark.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 11-12
7) Managing information on operations, customers, internal procedures and employee
interactions is the domain of cognitive science.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 12
8) Decision support system (DSS) and management information system (MIS) have
precise definitions agreed to by practitioners.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 13
9) In the 2000s, the DW-driven DSSs began to be called BI systems.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 14
10) Major commercial business intelligence (BI) products and services were well established
in the early 1970s.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 15
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