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IT 205 Week 3 Week Three Knowledge Check
Week 3 Knowledge Check
The material presented below is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all you need to know in the content area. Rather it is a starting point for building your knowledge and skills. Additional study materials are recommended in each area below to help you master the material.
Personalized Study Guide Results
Score 15 / 15
Concepts | Mastery | Questions |
Information Policy | 100% | · 1 · 2 · 3 |
Business Intelligence | 100% | · 4 · 5 · 6 |
Knowledge Work Systems | 100% | · 10 · 11 · 12 |
Decision-Support Systems | 100% | · 10 · 11 · 12 |
Knowledge Management Systems | 100% | · 13 · 14 · 15 |
Concept: Information Policy
Mastery | 100% | Questions | · 1 · 2 · 3 |
Materials on the concept
- 5.4. Managing Data Resources
- Establishing an Information Policy
1.
What is the best description of the primary purpose of an information policy?
To specify the formal rules governing the maintenance, distribution, acquisition, classification, and use of information in an organization
To allow each user within an organization access and use of information when working offsite
To enforce policies and procedures through which data can be managed by the IT department within an organization
To decide how policy information can be shared with customers or clients of an organization from state to state
2.
What role does data administration play in a large organization in establishing an information policy?
Determining user accounts for different databases within the organization
Analyzing and reporting data to decision makers within the organization
Developing and implementing an information policy for the organization
Safeguarding data within the organization
3.
What is the primary purpose of a database design and management group within a large organization?
To duplicate the functions of data administration
To perform data mining functions for the organization
To design databases and train users within the organization on how to manage them
To define the structure, organize the content, and maintain the database
Concept: Business Intelligence
Mastery | 100% | Questions | · 4 · 5 · 6 |
Materials on the concept
- 5.3. Using Databases to Improve Business Performance and Decision Making
- Tools for Business Intelligence: Multidimensional Data Analysis and Data Mining
- Group Decision-Support Systems
- Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)
- 10.2. Business Intelligence in the Enterprise
4.
What is business intelligence (BI)?
The series of extractions of data from data warehouses and data mines to help businesses make better decisions
The use of charts and diagrams to analyze business profitability from state to state
A set of tools used to analyze, report, and send information about company competitors
A series of tools used for consolidating, analyzing, and providing access to data to help users make better business decisions
5.
What business intelligence tool enables users to view the same data in multiple dimensions?
OODBMS
OLAP
SQL
DSS
6.
What is the primary use of data mining?
Quickly find and compare transaction data gathered over many years.
Summarize vast amounts of data into condensed reports.
Find hidden relationships in data.
Obtain answers to ad hoc questions in a rapid amount of time
Concept: Knowledge Work Systems
Mastery | 0% | Questions | · 7 · 8 · 9 |
Materials on the concept
- Knowledge Work Systems
- 10.4. Systems for Managing Knowledge
- Examples of Knowledge Work Systems
7.
What is a knowledge work system?
A customized system designed to analyze customer knowledge for businesses in the workplace
A system designed to organize and manage structured knowledge for managers to be sent to CEOs
A system designed to collect and distribute general-purpose knowledge within an organization
A specialized system designed for knowledge workers to promote and manage knowledge creation and integration
8.
What are the requirements of a knowledge work system?
A wide range of capabilities to allow users to customize the system to their needs
Quick access to external databases and great computing power
Large storage capacity and cloud computing options
Quick search features and powerful analysis tools
9.
What are the three major types of knowledge work systems?
Computer-aided design (CAD), virtual reality systems, and investment workstations
Learning management systems (LMS), custom decision-support systems (CDSS), and computer-aided design (CAD)
Custom decision-support systems (CDSS), computer-aided design (CAD), and virtual reality systems
Computer-aided design (CAD), digital assess management systems, and learning management systems (LMS)
Concept: Decision-Support Systems
Mastery | 100% | Questions | · 10 · 11 · 12 |
Materials on the concept
- Group Decision-Support Systems
- Support for Semistructured Decisions
- Review Summary
- The Business Intelligence Environment
- Business Intelligence and Analytics Capabilities
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10.
Which system supports decision making by enabling users to extract useful information that was previously buried in large quantities of data?
Decision-support system (DSS)
Executive support system (ESS)
Transcription processing system (TPS)
Geographic information system (GIS)
11.
A DSS database contains what kind of data?
Historical data extracted from transaction-processing systems
Current or historical data from several applications or groups
External data mined from the Internet and other third-party sources
The organization’s current transaction data
12.
Which type of information system uses data visualization technology to analyze and display data for planning and decision making in the form of digitized maps?
Executive support system (ESS)
Decision-support system (DSS)
Geographic information system (GIS)
Transcription process system (TPS)
Concept: Knowledge Management Systems
Mastery | 100% | Questions | · 13 · 14 · 15 |
Materials on the concept
- Improving Decision Making and Managing Knowledge
- Business Information Systems in Your Career
- 10.4. Systems for Managing Knowledge
- Enterprise-Wide Knowledge Management Systems
13.
What system provides an organization with the ability to identify, incorporate, and distribute knowledge into its business processes and decision making?
Knowledge management system (KMS)
Customer relationship management (CRM)
Enterprise process system (EPS)
Knowledge work system (KWS)
14.
What are the two major types of knowledge management systems?
Management information systems and decision support systems
Enterprise systems and knowledge management systems
Enterprise-wide knowledge management systems and knowledge work systems
Expert systems and knowledge work systems
15.
Enterprise-wide knowledge management systems handle what three types of knowledge?
IT, structured, and tacit knowledge
Structured, semistructured, and tacit knowledge
Structured, unstructured, and general knowledge
Sales, human resources, and IT knowledge