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EBTM 350 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH

COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE

Which of the following is not a challenge faced by organizations that want to develop analytics

capabilities?


understanding benefits versus perceived costs of analytics studies


What does business analytics use to help managers make better decisions?


All of the above


Determine whether the following statement is true or false.

A deterministic model is one in which all model input information is either known or assumed to be

known with certainty.


True


Which of the following statements is correct about prescriptive analytics?


Prescriptive analytics uses data to determine a course of action to be executed in a given situation.


Which of the following statements is correct about descriptive analytics?


Descriptive analytics helps companies classify their customers into segments to develop specific

marketing campaigns.


Which of the following statements is correct about descriptive decision models?


Descriptive decision models describe relationships but do not tell a manager what to do.

,A manager at Gampco Inc. wishes to know the company's revenue and profit in its previous quarter.

Which of the following business analytics will help the manager?


descriptive analytics


A trader who wants to predict short-term movements in stock prices is likely to use which type of

analytics?


predictive


The demand for coffee beans over a period of three months has been represented in the form of an L-

shaped curve. Which form of model was used here?


visual model


Which of the following statements is true about decision variables?


Decision variables can be selected at the discretion of the decision maker.


Which of the following statements is true about prescriptive decision models?


Prescriptive decision models help decision makers identify the best solution to decision problems.


Identify the uncontrollable variable from the following inputs of a decision model.


investment returns


Which of the following inputs of a decision model is an example of data?


costs


The manager at Soul Walk Inc., a shoe manufacturing company, wants to set a new price (P) for a shoe

model to maximize total profit. The demand (D) as a function of price is represented as

Dequals=1,500minus−2.5P.

,The total cost (C) as a function of demand is represented as

Cequals=3,200plus+3.5D.

Which of the following is a model for total profit as a function of price?


1,508.75times×price)minus−(2.5times×pricesquared2)minus−8,450


Which of the following is the first phase in problem solving?


recognizing the problem


The complexity of a problem increases when the problem belongs to an individual rather than a group.


False


n the accompanying spreadsheet, there is data on the price, cost, demand, and quantity produced for

an item. There are also different "what if" values that can help a manager to calculate costs and

revenue with variability in demand. Which of the following is the Excel formula to determine the

number of units sold?


equals=MIN(B8,B9)


Using the accompanying chart, how many gallons will be sold if the price is increased to $4.75?


843


To select a chart type in Excel from the Charts group, which tab has to be accessed?


Insert Tab


Changes to the type of chart, data included in the chart, and chart layout and styles can be made from

the Layout tab.


False

, Which of the following charts provides a useful means for displaying data over time?


Line Chart


Philip wishes to understand the relative proportion of each data source to the total. Which of the

following charts must Philip use?


Pie Chart


Observations consisting of pairs of variable data are required to construct which type of chart?


Scatter chart


Peige, a stock broker, has data consisting of price, price/earnings ratio, and market capitalization for

seven different stocks on one particular day. She wishes to plot these three variables in two

dimensions. Which of the following charts must Peige use?


Bubble chart


Which of the following charts allows plotting of multiple dimensions of several data series?


Radar chart


To select data bars in Excel from the Home tab, which command would have to be accessed?


Conditional Formatting under Styles group


Color Scales are one of the options under Conditional Formatting.


True


What is the color-coding of quantitative data commonly called?


Heatmap

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