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1. Data scrubbing is which of the following? A. A process to reject data from the data warehouse and to create the necessary indexes B. A process to load the data in the data warehouse and to create the necessary indexes C. A process to upgrade the quality of data after it is moved into a data warehouse D. A process to upgrade the quality of data before it is moved into a data warehouse 2. The following technology is not well-suited for data mining: A. Expert system technology B. Data visualization C. Technology limited to specific data types such as numeric data types D. Parallel architecture 3. Cube is a __________ entity containing values of a certain fact at a certain aggregation level at an intersection of a combination of dimensions. A. Logical B. Physical C. Analytical D. None of these 4.Which of the following features usually applies to data in a data warehouse? A. Data are often deleted B. Most applications consist of transactions C. Data are rarely deleted D. Relatively few records are processed by applications 5. Data in the data warehouse are loaded and refreshed from operational systems. A. True B. False 6. The @active data warehouse architecture includes which of the following? A. At least one data mart B. Data that can extracted from numerous internal and external sources C. Near real-time updates D. All of the above. 7. A goal of data mining includes which of the following? A. To explain some observed event or condition B. To confirm that data exists C. To analyze data for expected relationships D. To create a new data warehouse 8. An operational system is which of the following? A. A system that is used to run the business in real time and is based on historical data. B. A system that is used to run the business in real time and is based on current data. C. A system that is used to support decision making and is based on current data. D. A system that is used to support decision making and is based on historical data. 9. Joining is the process of partitioning data according to predefined criteria. A. True B. False 10. A data warehouse is which of the following? A. Can be updated by end users. B. Contains numerous naming conventions and formats. C. Organized around important subject areas. D. Contains only current data.

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11. The following is true of three-tier data warehouses: A. Once created, the data marts will keep on being updated from the data warehouse at periodic times B. Once created, the data marts will directly receive their new data from the operational databases C. The data marts are different groups of tables in the data warehouse D. A data mart becomes a data warehouse when it reaches a critical size 12. A snowflake schema is which of the following types of tables? A. Fact B. Dimension C. Helper D. All of the above 13. Data scrubbing can help upgrade data quality; it is not a long-term solution to the data quality problem. A. True B. False 14. The generic two-level data warehouse architecture includes which of the following? A. At least one data mart B. Data that can extracted from numerous internal and external sources C. Near real-time updates D. All of the above. 15. Grain is the ________ level of data stored in the warehouse. A. Atomic B. Summarized C. Aggregated D. Cube 16. Star schema is suited to online transaction processing, and therefore is generally used in operational systems, operational data stores, or an EDW. A. True B. False 17. Fact tables are which of the following? A. Completely denoralized B. Partially denoralized C. Completely normalized. D. Partially normalized 18. Periodic data are data that are physically altered once added to the store. A. True B. False 19. The need to synchronize data upon update is called A. Data Manipulation B. Data Replication C. Data Coherency D. Data Imitation 20. Data transformation includes which of the following? A. A process to change data from a detailed level to a summary level B. A process to change data from a summary level to a detailed level C. Joining data from one source into various sources of data D. Separating data from one source into various sources of data

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21. Data Capture is one of the challenging technical issues in _____________ A. Data Extraction B. Data Loading C. Data Transformation D. Data Cleansing 22. Most operational systems are based on the use of transient data. A. True B. False 23. Reconciled data is which of the following? A. Data stored in the various operational systems throughout the organization. B. Current data intended to be the single source for all decision support systems. C. Data stored in one operational system in the organization. D. Data that has been selected and formatted for end-user support applications 24. Which of the following statements is not true about refreshing a data warehouse: A. It is a process of managing timing differences between the updating of data sources and the related data warehouse objects B. Updates to dimension tables may occur at different times than the fact table C. The data warehouse administrator has more control over the load time lag than the valid time lag D. None of the above 25. Which of the following is NOT a definition of Operational Data? A. Operational Data is one source of data ina Data Warehouse. B. Operational Data is transformed before its placed in a Data Warehouse. C. Operational Data represents a point-in-time view of the business. D. Operational Data is non-volatile 26. Independent data marts are often created because an organization focuses on a series of short-term business objectives. A. True B. False 27. The extract process is which of the following? A. Capturing all of the data contained in various operational systems B. Capturing a subset of the data contained in various operational systems C. Capturing all of the data contained in various decision support systems D. Capturing a subset of the data contained in various decision support systems 28. The goal of star schema design is to simplify ________ A. Logical data model B. Physical data model C. Conceptual data model D. None of these 29. What is true of the multidimensional model? A. It typically requires less disk storage B. It typically requires more disk storage C. Typical business queries requiring aggregate functions take more time D. Increasing the size of a dimension is difficult 30. Data in operational systems are typically fragmented and inconsistent. A. True B. False

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31. A star schema has what type of relationship between a dimension and fact table? A. Many-to-many B. One-to-one C. One-to-many D. All of the above. 32. Successful data warehousing requires that a formal program in total quality management (TQM) be implemented. A. True B. False 33. Transient data is which of the following? A. Data in which changes to existing records cause the previous version of the records to be eliminated B. Data in which changes to existing records do not cause the previous version of the records to be eliminated C. Data that are never altered or deleted once they have been added D. Data that are never deleted once they have been added 34. Normalization effects performance A. True B. False 35. Which of the following statement is true? A. The data warehouse consists of data marts and operational data B. The data warehouse is used as a source for the operational data C. The operational data are used as a source for the data warehouse D. All of the above 36. A data mart is designed to optimize the performance for well-defined and predicable uses. A. True B. False 37. A multifield transformation does which of the following? A. Converts data from one field into multiple fields B. Converts data from multiple fields into one field C. Converts data from multiple fields into multiple fields D. All of the above 38. Star schema is suited to online transaction processing, and therefore is generally used in operational systems, operational data stores, or an EDW. A. True B. False 39. Fact tables are which of the following? A. Completely demoralized B. Partially de-normalized C. Completely normalized. D. Partially normalized 40. Cube is a __________ entity containing values of a certain fact at a certain aggregation level at an intersection of a combination of dimensions. A. Logical B. Physical C. Analytical D. None of these