86) Visual analytics is also known as visual data discovery.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 6.2: Explain the three components of business intelligence: information and
knowledge discovery, business analytics, and information visualization.
Classification: Concept
87) Data mining algorithms search for patterns, trends, or rules that are hidden in the data.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 6.2: Explain the three components of business intelligence: information and
knowledge discovery, business analytics, and information visualization.
Classification: Concept
88) Sequence discovery is used to list procedures to follow when handling a security breach.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 6.2: Explain the three components of business intelligence: information and
knowledge discovery, business analytics, and information visualization.
Classification: Concept
89) A decision support system (DSS) uses models to manipulate data.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 6.2: Explain the three components of business intelligence: information and
knowledge discovery, business analytics, and information visualization.
Classification: Concept
90) Business analytics augments business intelligence by using predictive analysis to help
identify trends or predict business outcomes.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 6.2: Explain the three components of business intelligence: information and
knowledge discovery, business analytics, and information visualization.
Classification: Concept
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91) Expert systems are used to mimic human expertise by manipulating knowledge rather than
simply manipulating information.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 6.2: Explain the three components of business intelligence: information and
knowledge discovery, business analytics, and information visualization.
Classification: Concept
92) The output from an expert system is called inferencing.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 6.2: Explain the three components of business intelligence: information and
knowledge discovery, business analytics, and information visualization.
Classification: Concept
93) An intelligent agent is also referred to as a bot.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 6.2: Explain the three components of business intelligence: information and
knowledge discovery, business analytics, and information visualization.
Classification: Concept
94) Data mining agents are also known as shopping bots.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 6.2: Explain the three components of business intelligence: information and
knowledge discovery, business analytics, and information visualization.
Classification: Concept
95) Knowledge portals can be customized to meet the unique needs of their intended users.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 6.2: Explain the three components of business intelligence: information and
knowledge discovery, business analytics, and information visualization.
Classification: Concept
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96) By combining human intelligence and reasoning capabilities with technology’s retrieval and
analysis capabilities, visual analytics can help in decision making.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 6.2: Explain the three components of business intelligence: information and
knowledge discovery, business analytics, and information visualization.
Classification: Concept
97) Describe online analytical processing.
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Obj.: 6.2: Explain the three components of business intelligence: information and
knowledge discovery, business analytics, and information visualization.
Classification: Concept
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98) Differentiate between clustering and classification processes in data mining.
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 6.2: Explain the three components of business intelligence: information and
knowledge discovery, business analytics, and information visualization.
Classification: Synthesis
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99) Compare and contrast expert systems and neural networks.
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Obj.: 6.2: Explain the three components of business intelligence: information and
knowledge discovery, business analytics, and information visualization.
Classification: Synthesis
100) Differentiate between buyer agents and Web crawlers.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 6.2: Explain the three components of business intelligence: information and
knowledge discovery, business analytics, and information visualization.
Classification: Concept
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101) Distinguish explicit knowledge assets from tacit knowledge assets.
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 6.2: Explain the three components of business intelligence: information and
knowledge discovery, business analytics, and information visualization.
Classification: Synthesis
102) Describe geographic information systems.
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 6.2: Explain the three components of business intelligence: information and
knowledge discovery, business analytics, and information visualization.
Classification: Concept
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