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Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) - correct answer ✔✔A method of querying and reporting that takes
data from standard relational databases, calculates and summarizes the data, and then stores the data in
a special database called a data cube.
Awareness, evaluation, purchase, delivery, after sales - correct answer ✔✔What is the correct order of
channel phases?
data mart - correct answer ✔✔A database or databases focused on addressing the concerns of a specific
problem (e.g., increasing customer retention, improving product quality) or business unit (e.g.,
marketing, engineering).
data cube - correct answer ✔✔A special database used to store data in OLAP reporting.
Inventory Turnover Ratio - correct answer ✔✔The ratio of a company's annual sales to its inventory.
loyalty card - correct answer ✔✔Systems that provide rewards and usage incentives, typically in
exchange for a method that provides a more detailed tracking and recording of customer activity. In
addition to enhancing data collection, loyalty cards can represent a significant switching cost.
dashboards - correct answer ✔✔A heads-up display of critical indicators that allow managers to get a
graphical glance at key performance metrics.
legacy system - correct answer ✔✔Older information systems that are often incompatible with other
systems, technologies, and ways of conducting business. Incompatible legacy systems can be a major
roadblock to turning data into information, and they can inhibit firm agility, holding back operational and
strategic initiatives.
,Genetic Algorithms (GAs) - correct answer ✔✔model building techniques where computers examine
many potential solutions to a problem, iteratively modifying various mathematical models, and
comparing the mutated models to search for a best alternative
data mining - correct answer ✔✔The process of using computers to identify hidden patterns in, and to
build models from, large data sets.
Omnichannel - correct answer ✔✔Providing customers with a unified experience across customer
channels, which may include online, mobile, catalog, phone, and retail. Pricing, recommendations, and
incentives should reflect a data-driven, accurate, single view of the customer.
neural networks - correct answer ✔✔An AI system that examines data and hunts down and exposes
patterns, in order to build models to exploit findings.
information - correct answer ✔✔Data presented in a context so that it can answer a question or support
decision making.
knowledge - correct answer ✔✔insight derived from experience and expertise
Big Data - correct answer ✔✔A general term used to describe massive amount of data available to
today's managers.
Analytics - correct answer ✔✔A term describing the extensive use of data, statistical and quantitative
analysis, explanatory and predictive models, and fact-based management to drive decisions and actions.
canned reports - correct answer ✔✔Reports that provide regular summaries of information in a
predetermined format.
row or record - correct answer ✔✔A row in a database table. Records represent a single instance of
whatever the table keeps track of (e.g., student, faculty, course title).
(column) (field) - correct answer ✔✔A column in a database table. Columns represent each category of
data contained in a record (e.g., first name, last name, ID number, date of birth).
,Expert Systems - correct answer ✔✔AI systems that leverage rules or examples to perform a task in a
way that mimics applied human expertise
table or file - correct answer ✔✔A list of data, arranged in columns (fields) and rows (records).
relational database - correct answer ✔✔The most common standard for expressing databases, whereby
tables (files) are related based on common keys.
artificial intelligence - correct answer ✔✔computer software that seeks to reproduce or mimic human
thought, decision making, or brain functions
e-discovery - correct answer ✔✔The process of identifying and retrieving relevant electronic information
to support litigation efforts.
Business Intelligence - correct answer ✔✔A term combining aspects of reporting, data exploration and
ad hoc queries, and sophisticated data modeling and analysis.
data warehouse - correct answer ✔✔A set of databases designed to support decision making in an
organization.
transaction processing systems (tps) - correct answer ✔✔Systems that record a transaction (some form
of business-related exchange), such as a cash register sale, ATM withdrawal, or product return.
Data - correct answer ✔✔raw facts and figures
transaction - correct answer ✔✔some kind of business exchange
database - correct answer ✔✔A single table or a collection of related tables.
Machine Learning - correct answer ✔✔Leverages massive amounts of data so that computers can act
and improve on their own without additional programming.
, Database Administrator (DBA) - correct answer ✔✔Job title focused on directing, performing, or
overseeing activities associated with a database or set of databases. These may include (but not
necessarily be limited to): database design, creation, implementation, maintenance, backup and
recovery, policy setting and enforcement, and security.
data aggregators - correct answer ✔✔Firms that collect and resell data.
ad hoc reporting tools - correct answer ✔✔Tools that put users in control so that they can create custom
reports on an as-needed basis by selecting fields, ranges, summary conditions, and other parameters.
over-engineer - correct answer ✔✔Build a model with so many variables that the solution arrived at
might only work on the subset of data you've used to create it.
Database Management System (DBMS) - correct answer ✔✔Sometimes called "database software";
software for creating, maintaining, and manipulating data.
conclusion - correct answer ✔✔which is not a design thinking stage?
a. invent
b. test
c. prototyping
d. conclusion
target a wide audience - correct answer ✔✔what did proctor & gamble not do?
A. create new advertisements
B. develop new products
C. target a wide audience
D. prototype products based on geography
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