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Chapter 3 Quiz

This document contains 15 multiple choice questions that assess knowledge of key concepts related to big data, including: 1) The definition of big data as being more than 1 petabyte. 2) Transactional data being captured from point-of-sale machines as sales events occur. 3) Accessibility from anywhere being a key challenge in big data storage. 4) Analyzed data being used to support managerial analysis and decision making.

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Chapter 3 Quiz

This document contains 15 multiple choice questions that assess knowledge of key concepts related to big data, including: 1) The definition of big data as being more than 1 petabyte. 2) Transactional data being captured from point-of-sale machines as sales events occur. 3) Accessibility from anywhere being a key challenge in big data storage. 4) Analyzed data being used to support managerial analysis and decision making.

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Question 1

Data is defined as big data if it is more than 1 petabyte.

1. true
2. false

Question 2

A business is analyzing sales information as the sales data is being generated from the point-of-sale (POS)
machines. What type of data is captured and processed as the events happen?

1. saved data
2. transactional data
3. analytical data
4. raw data

Question 3

Which challenge of big data storage is characterized by the need to make data accessible from anywhere at
anytime?

1. security
2. analytics
3. management
4. access

Question 4

Which type of data can be used by a business to support managerial analysis tasks and organizational decision
making?

1. analyzed data
2. saved data
3. raw data
4. transactional data

Question 5

What type of data is being collected when an organization is using spreadsheets and forms for data input?

1. unstructured data
2. application data
3. raw data
4. structured data

Question 6

What is the process of discovering patterns and relationships in large data sets in order to convert raw data into
meaningful information?

1. data mining
2. data formatting
3. data selection
4. data querying
Question 7

What characterizes data management problems associated with big data storage?

1. generating and collecting data from multiple sources


2. making data only available to authorized users
3. maintaining the integrity of stored data
4. ensuring that data is accessible from anywhere at anytime

Question 8
Distributed data processing involves large databases being centrally processed by powerful mainframe computers
and stored in giant disk arrays.

1. true
2. false

Question 9
Making data accessible to only authorized users addresses which data storage problem associated with big data?

1. access
2. redundancy
3. management
4. security

Question 10
Which attribute of big data involves an exponential data growth rate?

1. volume
2. variety
3. velocity
4. value

Question 11
Structured data is easier to analyze and store than unstructured data

1. true
2. false

Question 12
What are three features of Hadoop? (Choose three.)

1. automatic replication of data across clusters


2. uses HDFS as a fault tolerant file system
3. easily scalable cluster sizes
4. must run on a single virtual machine
5. requires proprietary software

Question 13
Web scraping tools are used to extract and manipulate structured data.

1. true
2. false
Question 14

An organization is concerned with the amount of sensor data that is being generated locally, analyzed in the cloud,
and returned for processing at the local site. Which solution will keep the data closer to the source for
preprocessing?

1. data mining
2. distributed processing
3. cloud computing
4. fog computing

Question 15
What is cloud computing?

1. A process that turns raw data into meaningful information using patterns and relationships in data sets
2. A system of data centers or connected servers that provide anywhere/anytime access to data and
applications
3. An architecture that utilizes edge devices for data preprocessing and storage
4. A comprehensive ecosystem of open-source software for big data management

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