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Year & Semester: III & V

Subject Code & Subject Name: U15CSE05 & Data Warehousing and Data Mining
Question Bank
UNIT 2
Part-A
1. OLAP stands for
a. Online Analytical Processing
b. Online Attribute Processing
c. Online Assertion Processing
d. Online Association Processing
2. Which one manages both current and historic transactions?
a. OLTP c. Spread sheet
b. OLAP d. XML
3. To minimize storage requirements dimension attributes are usually short identifiers that are
foreign keys into other tables called ____________.
a. fact table
b. dimensional table
c. lookup table
d. info table

4. Fact tables are ___________.

a. Completely demoralized
b. Partially demoralized.
c. Completely normalized.
d. Partially normalized
5. Business Intelligence and data warehousing is used for ________.
a. Forecasting
b. Data Mining.
c. Analysis of large volumes of product sales data.
d. All of the above
6. The data administration subsystem helps you to perform all of the following, except__________.
a. backups and recovery.
b. query optimization.
c. security management.
d. create, change, and delete information
7. ________ are responsible for running queries and reports against data warehouse tables.
a. Hardware. c. End users
b. Software. d. Middle ware.
8. Query tool is meant for _________.
a. data acquisition.
b. information delivery.
c. information exchange.
d. communication
9. Multidimensional database is otherwise known as,
a. RDBMS
b. DBMS
c. Extended RDBMS
d. Extended DBMS
10. The terms equality and roll up are associated with?
a. OLAP
b. visualization.
c. data mart.
d. decision tree
11. SQL stand for,
a. Standard Query Language.
b. Structured Query Language.
c. Standard Quick List.
d. Structured Query list

12. Impromptu is an
a. Interactive database reporting tool.
b. Executive interface system.
c. Operational database
d. Relational database

13. Impromptu allows __________ to query data without programming knowledge.

a. Casual users
b. Power Users
c. Expert users
d. Both a & b
14. Uses of Prompts are
a. filter reports
b. calculate data items
c. format data
d. All of the above
15. Features of Impromptu are
a. Unified query and reporting interface
b. Object oriented architecture
c. Complete integration with PowerPlay
d. All of the above
16. Types of frames are
a. Form frame
b. List frame
c. OLE Object
d. All of the above
17. Multidimensional data model is to view it as a
a. Cable
b. Cube
c. Triangle
d. All of the above
18. Operations in Multidimensional Data Model are
a. Aggregation
b. Selection
c. Visualization
d. All of the above
19. Categories of OLAP Tools
a. MOLAP
b. HOLAP
c. ROLAP
d. All of the above
20. HOLAP technologies attempt to combine the advantages of
a. MOLAP and ROLAP
b. MOLAP and HOLAP
 c. ROLAP and HOLAP
d. All of the above
21. The roll-up operation is also called as _______
a. drill-up operation
b. drill-down operation
c. slice operation
d. All of the above
22. Drill-down is the reverse of
a. drill-up operation
b. roll-up operation
c. slice operation
d. All of the above
23. Which operation performs a selection on one dimension of the cube resulting in a sub
cube?
a. drill-up operation
b. roll-up operation
c. slice operation
d. All of the above
24. Which operation defines a sub cube by performing a selection on two (or) more
Dimensions?
a. drill-up operation
b. roll-up operation
c. dice operation
d. All of the above
25. Which operation rotates the data axes in an alternative presentation of the data?
a. Pivot operation
b. roll-up operation
c. dice operation
d. All of the above
26. Which model is an extended relational DBMS that maps operations on multidimensional
data to standard relational operations?
a. MOLAP
b. HOLAP
c. ROLAP
d. All of the above.
27. Which is a special purpose server that directly implements multidimensional data and
operations?
a. MOLAP
b. HOLAP
c. ROLAP
d. All of the above
28. Reporting tools can be divided into
a. production reporting tools
b. desktop report writers
c. Data mining
d. Both a & b
29. OLAP system should also support __________.
a. Comprehensive database management tools
b. Incremental database refresh
c. Structured Query Language
d. All of the above
30. OLAP Tools are based on the concepts of _______________.
a. Data mart
b. Enterprise Warehouse.
c. Relational database
d. Multidimensional database
31. The distinct types of reporting are ____________.
a. Creation and viewing of standard reports.
b. Definition and creation of Adhoc reports.
c. Data Exploration.
d. All of the above
32. Types of Exception reporting is __________
a. Conditional Filters
b. Conditional Highlighting
c. Conditional Display
d. All of the above
33. PowerBuilder supports Windows facilities of
a. DDE
b. OLE
c. MDI
d. All of the above
34. The products from Information builder are
a. Catcus
b. FOCUS
c. OLE controls
d. Both a & b
35. OLAP is a
a. Contiuous process.
b. Iterative process.
c. Interactive process.
d. All of the above
36. Pivot is also called as
a. drill-up operation
b. rotate operation
c. dice operation
d. All of the above
37. The client can access the decision support report through static HTML pages via web
browsers is done in
a. First-generation Web sites
b. Second-generation Web sites
c. Third-generation Web sites
d. All of the above
38. Which support Interactive database query into a CGI?
a. First-generation Web sites
b. Second-generation Web sites
c. Third-generation Web sites
d. All of the above
39. Which websites replace HTML gateways with web based servers?
a. First-generation Web sites
b. Second-generation Web sites
c. Third-generation Web sites
d. All of the above
40. Vendors approaches for deploying tools on the Web include
a. HTML publishing
b. Helper applications
c. Plug-ins
d. All of the above

41. ___________ consists of formal definitions, such as a COBOL layout or a database schema.
a.Classical metadata
b.Transformation metadata
c. Historical metadata
d.Structural metadata

42. The data administration subsystem helps you perform all of the following, except,
a. query optimization
b.backups and recovery
c. security management
d.create, change, and delete information
43. _________ are designed to overcome any limitations placed on the warehouse by the nature of
the relational data model.
a. Operational database
b. Relational database
c. Multidimensional database
d. Data repository
44. Record cannot be updated in,
a. OLTP
b.files
c. RDBMS
d.data warehouse
45. How a database design is represented in OLAP systems?
a.Star schema
b. Snowflake schema
c.Fact constellation schema
d. All of the above
46. A ……………… system is market-oriented and is used for data analysis by knowledge workers,
including managers, executives, and analysts.
a. OLAP
b. OLTP
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
47. Fact tables are
a. Completely demoralized
b. Partially demoralized
c. Completely normalized
d. Partially normalized
48. The data is stored, retrieved and updated in ………………..
a. OLAP
b. OLTP
c. SMTP
d. FTP
49. Tools used to analyze the data in multi dimensional and complex views
a. Data mining tools
b. OLAP Tools
c. Application development tools
d. Managed Query tools
50. A catalog contains:
a. Folders
b. Columns
c. Calculations
d. All of the above

PART B
TWO MARKS

1. Explain typical OLAP operations.

2. Define the following terms: Relational OLAP (ROLAP) , Multidimensional OLAP
3. Write short notes on ROLAP-based cubing algorithms.
4. Define schema hierarchy
5. What is roll-up operation?
6. What is drill-down operation?
7. What is slice operation?
8. What is dice operation?
9. What is pivot operation?
10. Define ROLAP
11. Define MOLAP
12. Define HOLAP
13. Define Slice and Dice operation.
14. List out the views in the design of a data warehouse
15. What is data mart?
16. Mention the three types of reporting.
17. What is impromptu?
18. What is Catalog?
19. List the uses of Catalogs.
20. Define Picklists and prompts.
21. Mention the features of Impromptu.
22. What are limitations of SQL?
23. What is the need for OLAP?
24. Define the following terms: star schema, fact schema, fact constellations.
25. What is snowflake schema?
26. Compare OLTP and OLAP Systems
27. Point out the major difference between the star schema and the snowflake schema?
28. List the operations in Multidimensional Data Model:
29. List the OLAP Guidelines.
30. Mention the Categories of OLAP Tools.
31. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of MOLAP.
32. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of ROLAP
33. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of MQE.
34. What are the steps involved in decision making process.
35. What are the three main Components in Business Intelligence?
36. What are the additional guidelines an OLAP system should support?

Part C
1. Explain typical OLAP operations on multidimensional data with examples.
2. What kinds of OLAP Servers exist? Explain it.
3. In data warehouse technology, a multiple dimensional view can be implemented by a
relational database technique (ROLAP), or by a multidimensional database technique
(MOLAP), or by a hybrid database technique (HOLAP).
(a) Briefly describe each implementation technique.
(b) For each technique, explain how each of the following functions may be
implemented:
i. The generation of a data warehouse (including aggregation)
ii. Roll-up
iii. Drill-down
iv. Incremental updating
Which implementation techniques do you prefer, and why?
4. List and discuss the basic features that are provided reporting and query tools used for
business analysis.
5. What are the differences between the three main types of data warehouse usage:
Information processing, analytical processing and data mining? Discuss the motivation
behind OLAP mining (OLAM).
6. With relevant example discuss Multidimensional online analytical processing and Multi
relational online analytical processing.
7. Illustrate and discuss the concept of various Multidimensional schemas.
8. Discuss briefly about OLAP tools and the Internet.
9. Define all the Reporting and query tools for data analysis.
10. What are the needs for OLAP?
11. Explain Multidimensional Data Model with neat diagram.
12. Name all the OLAP Guidelines and rules for implementation process.
13. Differentiate the MultiDimensional OLAP and MultiRelational OLAP in detail.
14. Briefly explain about the Categories of OLAP Tools.
15. In what way the OLAP Tools are use for the Internet? Explain it.
16. COGNOS Impromptu explain in detail with examples
17. Write short notes on Online Analytical Processing.
18. Suppose that a data warehouse consists of the three dimensions time, doctor, and patient,
and the two measures count and charge, where charge is the fee that a doctor charges a
patient for a visit.
a. Enumerate three classes of schemas that are popularly used for modeling data
warehouses.
b. Draw a schema diagram for the above data warehouse using one of the schema
classes listed in (a).
c. Starting with the base cuboid [day, doctor, patient], what specific
OLAP operations should be performed in order to list the total fee collected by each
doctor in 2004?
d. To obtain the same list, write an SQL query assuming the data are stored in a
relational database with the schema fee (day, month, year, doctor, hospital, patient,
count, charge).