Business Intelligence Basics

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What is the primary purpose of business intelligence infrastructure?

  • To collect and store data from the business environment (correct)
  • To create data visualizations for managers
  • To design user interfaces for managerial users
  • To generate predictive views of business operations

What does the term 'structured data' refer to in the context of business intelligence?

  • Data that requires complex analysis techniques
  • Data from unstructured sources like social media
  • Data with no specific format or organization
  • Data in predefined formats and models such as a database (correct)

What is the main purpose of business analytics toolset in the BI environment?

  • To collect and integrate data from big data sources
  • To analyze and present data to managers for decision making (correct)
  • To provide historical views of business operations
  • To store and clean data before analysis

What does the delivery platform in the BI environment refer to?

<p>MIS, DSS, ESS (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important for businesses to integrate both structured and unstructured data in the BI environment?

<p>So that the data can be analyzed and used by human decision makers (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of time do workers spend on searching, finding, and assessing unstructured data?

<p>30–40% (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of data cannot be stored in predictably ordered columns and rows in relational database systems?

<p>Unstructured data (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is metadata?

<p>Data that provides information about other data (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What limits the searchability of unstructured textual data?

<p>Physical access to data (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What forms the underlying foundation of business intelligence?

<p>Powerful database system (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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