1.

_________ is the outcome of extraction and processing activities carried out on

data.

A. Knowledge

B. Information

C. Data

D. Raw Data

Ans: 2

2. The objective of Business Intelligence is

A. To support decision-making and complex problem solving.

B. To support information gathering.

C. To support data collection.

D. To support data analysis.

Ans: A

3. Which of the following is not a component of business intelligence analysis cycle?

A. Analysis

B. Insight

C. Decision

D. Design

Ans: D

4. In BI Architecture, It is used to gather and integrate the data stored in various

primary and secondary sources.

A. Data Warehouse
B. Data mart
C. Data Sources
D. None of the above.

Ans: C

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5. Following are the phases of Development of a business intelligence system.

A. Analysis and Design

B. Planning

C. Implementation and Control

D. All of the above

Ans: D

6. Decision making process is of ____________ phases.

A. Three

B. Five

C. Two

D. Six

Ans: B

7. Well defined and recurring decision making procedure is called

A. Structured

B. Semi-structured

C. Operational

D. Unstructured

Ans: A

8. In ____________ approach, a decision maker considers economic, tactical legal,

ethical, procedural and political factors.

A. Absolute rationality approach

B. Bounded rationality approach
C. Rational approach
D. None of the above.

Ans: C

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Q9. a) Data mart is a subset of data warehouse.

b) Data marts contain repositories of summarized data collected for analysis on a

specific section or unit within an organization.

a) Only a is correct

b) Only b is correct

c)Both are correct

d)Both are wrong.

Ans: c

Q10 ________is the outcome of extraction and processing activities carried out on
data.

a) Data

b) Information

c) Knowledge

d) Wisdom

Ans: b

11. Extraction of information and knowledge from data is known as

A. Data mining

B. Optimisation

C. Data exploration

D. Data mart

Ans: A

Q. 12 What is a model ?

A. a selective abstraction of real world

B. a selective imagination of 1st world
C. a selective proposal of real world
D. a selective example of second word

Correct answer: A

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Q. 13 A material representation of a real system, whose behaviour is imitated for the
the purpose of the analysis is called as ?

A. Analogical Model
B. Iconic Model
C. Symbolic Model
D. Static Model

Correct answer: B

Q. 14 In which model some input information represents random events characterized

by a probability distribution?

A. Stochastic
B. Iconic
C. Symbolic
D. Static

Correct answer: A

Q.15 What is allowed by Sensitivity and Scenario analyses be assessed ?

A. the robustness of optimal decisions from variations in the input parameters.

B. the robustness of optimal decisions to variations into input parameters.
C. the robustness of optimal decisions to variations in the input data.
D. the robustness of optimal decisions to variations in the input parameters.
Correct answer: D

Q. 16 Which model observes the status of a system only at the beginning or at the end
of discrete intervals ?

A. Discrete-time dynamic models

B. Static-time dynamic models
C. Symbolic -time dynamic models
D. Iconic-time dynamic models
Correct answer: A

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Q. 17 The purpose of explanatory models is to functionally identify a possible
relationship between a dependent variable and ___________________ ?
A. a set of positive attributes
B. a set of negative attributes
C. a set of neutral attributes
D. a set of independent attributes

Correct answer: D

Q. 18 Which is one of the primary objective of mathematical models ?

A. to identify regular patterns in the data

B. to identify irregular patterns in the data
C. to identify negative patterns in the data
D. to identify neutral patterns in the data

Correct answer: A

Q.19 The conceptual paradigm outlined determines a wide and popular class of
mathematical models for decision making, represented by _________models

A. optimization models
B. stochastic models
C. supervised models
D. iconic models
E.
Correct answer: A

Q.20 What is the aim of Data Mining?

A. extracting information and knowledge

B. useful for knowledge workers in decision making
C. extracting raw data
D. Both A & B

Correct answer: D

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21. Which of the following is finally produced by Hierarchical Clustering?

a) final estimate of cluster centroids

b) tree showing how close things are to each other

c) assignment of each point to clusters

d) all of the mentioned

Answer: b

22. Which of the following is required by K-means clustering?

a) defined distance metric

b) number of clusters

c) initial guess as to cluster centroids

d) all of the mentioned

Answer: d

23. Point out the wrong statement.

a) k-means clustering is a method of vector quantization

b) k-means clustering aims to partition n observations into k clusters

c) k-nearest neighbor is same as k-means

d) none of the mentioned

Answer: c

24. Which of the following function is used for k-means clustering?

a) k-means

b) k-mean

c) heatmap

d) none of the mentioned

Answer: a

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25. Which of the following clustering requires merging approach?

a) Partitional

b) Hierarchical

c) Naive Bayes

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b

26. Which of the following gave rise to need of graphs in data analysis?

a) Data visualization

b) Communicating results

c) Decision making

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

27. Which of the following is characteristic of exploratory graph?

a) Made slowly

b) Axes are not cleaned up

c) Color is used for personal information

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c

28. Which of the following information is not given by five-number summary?

a) Mean

b) Median

c) Mode

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c

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29. Which of the following graph can be used for simple summarization of data?

a) Scatterplot

b) Overlaying

c) Barplot

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c

30. Which of the following problem is solved by reproducibility?

a) Scalability

b) Data availability

c) Improved data analysis

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b

31. The aim of _______________ strategy is to preserve over time the relationships
between a company and its stakeholders and represented primarily by its customer.
a) Mathematical Marketing c) Sales Marketing
b) Relational Marketing d) Network Marketing

32 ___________ represents a powerful and versatile conceptual paradigm for

analysing and solving problems arising within integrated supply chain planning
and for developing the necessary software.
a) Chain model c) Supply chain optimization model
b) Supplying plants model d) None of these

33 The __________ is to determine the production volumes for each product over the
periods included in medium-term horizon.
a) Tactical Planning c) Revenue Management
b) Decision Processing d) Resource Planning

34 The term ______ refers to possibility that a portion of demand due in period may
be satisfied in a sequent period, incurring an additional penalty cost.
a) Multiple Resource c) Multiple Plants
b) Tactical Planning d) Backlogging

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 35 ________________ is a managerial policy whose purpose is to maximize profits
through an optimal balance between demand and supply.
a) Revenue Management c) Decision Making
b) Process Management d) None of these

36 In data envelopment analysis is the units being compared are called __________,
since they involve certain decisional autonomy.
a) CCR Model c) Processing Units
b) Efficient Frontier d) Decision Making Units

37 The _____________ also known as production function, expresses the relationship

between the inputs utilized and the outputs produced.
a) Efficiency Measures c) Data Envelopment Analysis
b) Efficient Frontier d) DMU

38 The ____________ , made up of DMUs which are characterized by operating

methods.
a) Peer Group c) Target Objectives
b) Priority Order d) Data envelop

39 The ______________ contains as many rows and columns as there are units being
compared.
a) Peer Groups c) Virtual Inputs
b) Square Efficiency matrix d) Virtual Output

40 ____________ are defined as the product of the inputs used by the unit and
corresponding optimal weights.
a) Virtual inputs c) Priority order for output
b) Virtual output d) None of these

41. Knowledge Management Activity aims at

A) Total turning test
B) The rational agent approach
C) To build knowledge infrastructure
D) Thinking humanly
ANSWER: C

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42. The challenges faced by Knowledge Management System are
A) Psychology
B) Communication and Collaboration
C) Control theory and cybernetics
D) Computer Engineering

ANSWER: B

43. Which of the following is not a Capabilities of Expert Systems?

A) Advising
B) Demonstrating
C) Explaining
D) Expanding
ANSWER: D

44. What is the form of Knowledge representation?

A) IF-THEN
B) IF-THEN-ELSE
C) IF-ELSE
D) ELSE
ANSWER: B
45. Which of the following is not a benefits of Expert Systems?
A) Availability
B) Speed
C) Time
D) Less Error Rate
ANSWER: C
46. Which is the key area in which Knowledge Management is applied
A) Technological Advances
B) Inference Engine
C) Globalization of Business
D) a & c
ANSWER: D
47. The advantage of AI over Natural Intelligence are
A) Fabulous speed
B) Less baised
C) Error prone
D) a & b
ANSWER: D

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48. Data, information, and past experience combined together are termed as __________.
A) Inference
B) Acquisition
C) vision
D) knowledge
ANSWER: D
49.Which among these are the key stages for managing organisational transformation
A) Break with the past
B) Manage the future
C) Both
D) None of the above
ANSWER: A

50. which one of the following is not a type of Knowledge

A) Declarative Knowledge
B) Procedural Knowledge
C) Tactic Knowledge
D) Collective Knowledge
ANSWER: D

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