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Data Mining

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Semantic object link (SOL) attributes establish a relationship between one _______ and another.






2. ___________ is not a characteristic of a data warehouse.






3. ___________________ is used to relate one set of outcomes (dependent variable) to a set of predictor (independent) variables (e.g. - in time series analysis). Through this analysis we attempt to predictive future events - as the dependent variables b






4. The _____ operation of two tables results in a single table with the same columns as the first table - and containing all rows that are in the first table merged with all the rows in the second table - minus any duplicate rows.






5. This is not considered one of the four major categories of processing algorithms and rule approaches.






6. The term "ETL" in data warehousing stands for: Extraction - ________________________ - & Loading.






7. A single column that you create for an entity to serve as the primary key - because you otherwise would need many concatenated columns to do so - is called a(n) ____________.






8. Models that do ___________: MLR; KNN; Regression and Classification Trees; ANN; SVM






9. The term _____ has been generally agreed to represent the broadest category of software technology that enables decision makers to conduct many dimensional analysis of consolidated enterprise data.






10. _________ seeks to ensure that each application under development is fully integrated within its own boundaries and to eliminate any inconsistencies in the final software product.






11. Which data mining technique utilizes linkage analysis to search operational transactions for patterns with a high probability of repetition?






12. A Star diagram has two types of tables (objects). They are called the___________________ tables and ; fact tables.






13. Within most organizations - the person known as the _____ determines the type of access various users can have to the corporate or enterprise database.






14. Which statement will take away user privileges to the database?






15. Twice as likely to identify the important class (compared to avg. prevalence)






16. To add a new row to a table - use the _____ command.






17. Which of the following is at the center of a star schema?






18. An ___________ relates two other objects.






19. A common example of the use of association methods where a retailer can mine the data generated by a point-of-sale system - such as the price scanner you are familiar with at the grocery store is referred to as:






20. The SQL command for deleting the Warehouse field from the Part table is _____.






21. Which rule would you be violating - if you tried to delete a sales rep record - who currently has customers on file?






22. An economic feasibility measure. So is Internal rate of return.






23. Organizes and analyzes data as an n-dimensional cube. The cube can be thought of as a common spreadsheet with two extensions: (1) support for multiple dimensions and (2) support for multiple concurrent users.






24. The product of two tables is also called the ________ product.






25. The _______________________ represents the source data for the DW. This layer is comprised - primarily - of operational transaction processing systems and external secondary databases.






26. A synonym for data mining






27. ____________ would not normally be associated with ROUTINE data warehouse maintenance.






28. An alternative to the data warehouse concept is a lower-cost - scaled-down version referred to as the _____________.






29. The ACCESS feature that tests to see if your tables are normalized properly is the ____.






30. Useful for assessing performance in terms of identifying the most important class. Helps such choices as: How many tax records to examine; How many loans to grant; How many customers to mail an offer






31. The minimum cardinality and m is the maximum cardinality Cardinalities in Semantic Objects are shown as subscripts in the format n-m where _____






32. Which clause would be used to create groups of records?






33. Gives us an idea of the magnitude of errors. Actual value - estimated value.






34. A _____________ is a system-generated primary key.






35. In general - ______________ are transformed to relations/tables by defining one relation for the object itself and another relation for each multivalued attribute.






36. Information about tables in the database is kept in the _____.






37. The SQL built-in functions - which may appear on the same line as the SELECT statement (before the FROM clause) are called _____ functions.






38. Are a data mining technology.






39. __________ occurs when the initial scope of a project continues to expand as new features are incorporated into the project.






40. On an ER Diagram the number (mark) on relationship line that is farthest away from each entity (rectangle) represents the _______ cardinality.






41. The set of activities used to find new - hidden - or unexpected patterns in data is referred to as _____.






42. To create the primary key clause for the Customer table on the CustomerNum field - which of the following is the correct statement?






43. Which of the following database design and data warehouse design approaches is viewed to take a more strategic rather than operational perspective?






44. Why are Star Schemas so useful in Financial Planning and Accounting Information Systems?






45. Increased affordability of ____________ is a reason for the growth in popularity of data mining.






46. R- squared(and adjusted r-squared) - A measure of how much of the variability around the target mean is explained by your predictive variables. Doesn't mean you have a good predictive model—only validation will tell you that






47. These are considered an alternate storage techniques for data warehousing include.






48. An analytical-oriented organizational structure is a data warehouse _____________.






49. Which statement removes the table Salesrep from a DBMS?






50. When an entity has a minimum cardinality of one it means the entity is required in _______.