1.Analytics is making the world ?

Intelligent
Smarter
Knowledgeable
Good

The correct answer is: Smarter.

2. Business intelligence (BI) is a broad category of application programs which

includes _____________.
Decision support
Data mining
OLAP
All of the mentioned

The correct answer is: All of the mentioned.

3. ____is a system where operations like data extraction, transformation and

loading operations are executed.
Data staging
Data integration
ETL
None of the mentioned

The correct answer is: ETL (Extract, Transform, Load).

4. ______is a category of applications and technologies for presenting and

analyzing corporate and external data.
Data warehouse
MIS
EIS
All of the mentioned

The correct answer is: All of the mentioned.

5. Which of the following is the process of basing an organization’s actions and

decisions on actual measured results of performance ?
Institutional performance management
Gap analysis
Slice and Dice
None of the mentioned

The correct answer is: Institutional performance management.

1. Is it possible to join multiple Databases in a Catalog ?

True
False
None of the mentioned

The correct answer is: True.

2. which is not a type of prompt in cognos ?

Value prompt
Text Prompt
Date prompt
Time prompt
list Prompt

The correct answer is: List Prompt.

3. which is not a component of Report Net ?
Framework manager
Cognos connection
watson studio
Report Studio
Query Studio

The correct answer is: Watson Studio.

4. A report is a ?
Document
Data
Info
None

The correct answer is: Document.

5. Dashboard is which type of Interface ?

Graphical.
Descriptive
Predictive
None

The correct answer is: Graphical.

1.Which of the following are components of a Knowledge Management Environment?

Production database
People
Data Warehouse
Internet
All ABove

The correct answer is: All Above.

2. A Data Warehouse contains informational data.

True

False

The correct answer is: True.

3. A Business Intelligence System is a combination of a Data Warehouse and a

Knowledge Management system.

True

False

The correct answer is: True.

4. Tacit Knowledge can be captured as Explicit Knowledge.

True
False

The correct answer is: True.

5. Why isn't the data in operational systems appropriate for Business Analysis?

It is not conformed for consistency

It is too detailed
It is transient in nature
It is not optimized for Decision Support applications and tools
It is not personalized
All of the above

The correct answer is: All of the above.

6. Knowledge Management, Data Warehousing and Decision Support:?

Are three interrelated information organization, manipulation, delivery and

presentation disciplines

Were invented by Microsoft

Were invented by IBM

Are vendor marketing programs with little commercial relevance

Are independent complex technologies for Business Intelligence

Are products that discover hidden jewels in your data

The correct answer is: Are three interrelated information organization,

manipulation, delivery and presentation disciplines.

7.The major difference between Information and Knowledge is:?

Information is a fact that conveys a message while knowledge is experience to act

appropriately based on that message

Knowledge is achieved by processing volumes of information with advanced tools

while information is singular in nature

Knowledge is more valuable than information

Knowledge is simpler to assemble than information

Information systems are more expensive than Knowledge systems

The correct answer is: Information is a fact that conveys a message while knowledge
is experience to act appropriately based on that message.

8. A Data Mart is:

A small data warehouse
A departmental data warehouse
A cheaper data warehouse
A simple data warehouse
All of the above

The correct answer is: All of the above.

9. A Central Data Warehouse is:

The source for all knowledge management

Always a relational database

The Data Mart for the large enterprise

Needed for data mining

How dependent Data Marts achieve consistency

Only needed by large enterprises

The correct answer is: The Data Mart for the large enterprise.

10. Knowledge Management is:

A complex IBM Data Management product

A process requiring business cultural and technological support

A requirement for a Data Warehouse

A Business Intelligence application

The correct answer is: A process requiring business cultural and technological
support.

11. Explicit Knowledge is:

Created by and exists within employees

Stored and publicly available

Obvious information

Learned only from prior failures

Obtained only from prior successes

The correct answer is: Stored and publicly available.

12. Tacit Knowledge is:

Obtained only from prior successes

Learned only from prior failures

Obvious information

Stored and publicly available

Created by and exists within employees

The correct answer is: Created by and exists within employees.

13. Tacit knowledge is exchanged by:

Informal meetings

Database queries

Lotus Notes database queries

Intelligent Miner or Text Feature Extraction

All of the above

The correct answer is: Informal meetings.

1. A star schema is the structure for an ERM ?

True
False

The correct answer is: False.

2. Metadata is critical to the success of a DW.

False

True

The correct answer is: True.

1. Drill down, slice, and dice operations are used to aggregate fact values

True

False

The correct answer is: False.

2. Which of the following is NOT a feature of the text analysis tools in IM for
Text ?

Sentence extraction

Linguistic analysis

Document categorization

Language identification

The correct answer is: Sentence extraction.

A simple demonstration of DB2 UDB Warehouse could include the following basic
steps:

1. Overview of DB2 UDB Warehouse

DB2 UDB is a database management system by IBM, optimized for storing and managing
large amounts of data in a warehouse, designed for analytics and reporting.
2. Setting Up the Database
Create a Warehouse:
In DB2, you create a database (e.g., CREATE DATABASE WarehouseDB).
Create Tables:
Create tables to store your data (e.g., CREATE TABLE Sales (ID INT, Product
VARCHAR(100), Amount DECIMAL)).
3. Loading Data
Insert Data:
Add sample data to your tables using INSERT INTO statements (e.g., INSERT INTO
Sales VALUES (1, 'Product A', 100.50)).

Summary of DB2 UDB Warehouse

DB2 UDB Warehouse is IBM’s database system designed to store and manage large
amounts of data for business analysis. It is optimized for quick data retrieval,
reporting, and data integration. Key features include scalability, performance
optimization, security, and robust backup/recovery options.

Planning Considerations for DB2 UDB Warehouse

Data Structure: Plan how to organize your data (tables, indexes, relationships).
Data Integration: Plan how to load data from different sources into the warehouse
(ETL process).
Performance: Use techniques like indexing and partitioning to speed up data
queries.

4.The end user community should be allowed to select:

The DW Data Management engine

The extract, transform and load tools

The Business Intelligence Decision Support tools

The best data cleansing tools

The Metadata management tool

All of the above

The correct answer is: The Business Intelligence Decision Support tools.

1. Point out the correct statement.

OLAP is an umbrella term that refers to an assortment of software applications for

analyzing an organization's
raw data for intelligent decision making
Business intelligence equips enterprises to gain business advantage from data
BI makes an organization agile thereby giving it a lower edge in today's evolving
market condition
None of the mentioned

The correct answer is: Business intelligence equips enterprises to gain business
advantage from data.

2. BI can catalyze a business's success in terms of ______

Distinguish the products and services that drive revenues

Rank customers and locations based on profitability

Ranks customers and locations based on probability

All of the mentioned

The correct answer is: All of the mentioned.

3. Which of the following areas are affected by BI ?

Revenue

CRM

Sales

All of the mentioned

The correct answer is: All of the mentioned.

4. Point out the wrong statement.

Data is factual information for analysis

BI is a category of database software that provides an interface to help users

quickly and interactively scrutinize the results in a variety of dimensions of the
data

Customer relationship management (CRM) entails all aspects of interaction that a

company has with its customer

None of the mentioned

The correct answer is: None of the mentioned.

5. _______is a performance management tool that recapitulates an organization's

performance from several standpoints on a single page

Balanced Scorecard

Data Cube

Dashboard

All of the mentioned

The correct answer is: Dashboard.

6. Which of the following is the process of basing an organization's actions and

decisions on actual measured results of performance ?

Institutional performance management

Gap analysis

Slice and Dice

None of the mentioned

The correct answer is: Institutional performance management.

7. Which of the following does not form part of BI Stack in SQL Server ?

SSRS

SSIS

SSAS

OBIEE

The correct answer is: OBIEE.

8. Cognos analytics is a ?

Data

Info

Tool

All the above

The correct answer is: Tool.

9. Bussiness intelligence is applied to manage the________

Data

Hardware

Software

None

The correct answer is: Data.

10. Cognos helps to______ the data

format

Write

Read

None

The correct answer is: Read.

11. IBM Cognos analytics reporting is a________

Web authoring tools

set of processes,architectures.

iterative and methodical exploration of data.

None of the above

The correct answer is: Web authoring tools.

12. IBM Cognos also helps in

Formatting

Presentation

Distributes

All of the above

The correct answer is: All of the above.

13. What are all the different types of prompt in Cognos ?

Value prompt

Text Prompt

Date prompt

All of the above

The correct answer is: All of the above.

14. IBM cognos analytics provides a toolset for ?

Reporting

query models

keys

none of the above

The correct answer is: Reporting.

15. IBM cognos analytics reporting work against the ?

Single databases

Multiple databases

Double databases

None of the above

The correct answer is: Multiple databases.