How Well Do You Manage Your Data?

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What is Data Management?

  • The highly technical management of data throughout its lifecycle
  • The development, execution, and supervision of plans, policies, programs, and practices that deliver, control, protect, and enhance the value of data and information assets throughout their lifecycles (correct)
  • The ability to make consistent decisions about how to get strategic value from data
  • The technical deployment and performance of databases

Who can be considered a Data Management Professional?

  • Only people who work in strategic business roles such as Data Stewards and Chief Data Officers
  • Only people who work in nontechnical (i.e., 'business') roles
  • Any person who works in any facet of data management to meet strategic organizational goals (correct)
  • Only people who work in highly technical roles such as database administrators and network administrators

Why is data and information considered vital to the day-to-day operations of most organizations?

  • Because it is the 'life blood' of the information economy (correct)
  • Because it is the 'new oil' of the information economy
  • Because it is the 'currency' of the information economy
  • Because it is the 'new gold' of the information economy

What is the definition of data in relation to information technology?

<p>Information that has been stored in digital form (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between data and truth about the world?

<p>Data is a means of representation and interpretation of the objects it represents (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is Metadata in relation to data management practices?

<p>A specific kind of data that documents the conventions of a representational system (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is Data Architecture, modeling, governance, and stewardship important?

<p>To help people understand and use data (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the problem of multiplicity in relation to data management?

<p>Within a single organization, there are often multiple ways of representing the same idea (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the need for reliable, extensible data management practices?

<p>To take advantage of the variety of data without being overwhelmed by its volume and velocity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of technology in relation to data management?

<p>Changes in technology have expanded the scope of data management needs (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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