Quiz Discussion

The extract process is which of the following?

• 1]

  Capturing all of the data contained in various operational systems

• 2]

  Capturing a subset of the data contained in various operational systems

• 3]

  Capturing a subset of the data contained in various decision support systems

• 4]

  Capturing all of the data contained in various decision support systems

A star schema has what type of relationship between a dimension and fact table?

• 1]

  One-to-one

• 2]

  Many-to-many

• 3]

  One-to-many

• 4]

  All of the above

A data warehouse uses

• 1]

  partial operational data

• 2]

  future operational data

• 3]

  historical operational data

• 4]

  health care data

A multifield transformation does which of the following?

• 1]

  Converts data from one field into multiple fields

• 2]

  Converts data from multiple fields into one field

• 3]

  Converts data from multiple fields into multiple fields

• 4]

  All of the above

An operational system is which of the following?

• 1]

  A system that is used to run the business in real-time and is based on historical data

• 2]

  A system that is used to run the business in real-time and is based on current data

• 3]

  A system that is used to support decision making and is based on current data

• 4]

  A system that is used to support decision making and is based on historical data

The load and index are which of the following?

• 1]

  A process to reject data from the data warehouse and to create the necessary indexes

• 2]

  A process to load the data in the data warehouse and to create the necessary indexes

• 3]

  A process to upgrade the quality of data before it is moved into a data warehouse

• 4]

  A process to upgrade the quality of data after it is moved into a data warehouse

A database application can perform which of the following activities?

• 1]

  Add records

• 2]

  Update records

• 3]

  Read records

• 4]

  All of the above

Data scrubbing is which of the following?

• 1]

  A process to reject data from the data warehouse and to create the necessary indexes

• 2]

  A process to load the data in the data warehouse and to create the necessary indexes

• 3]

  A process to upgrade the quality of data after it is moved into a data warehouse

• 4]

  A process to upgrade the quality of data before it is moved into a data warehouse

Data transformation includes which of the following?

• 1]

  A process to change data from a detailed level to a summary level

• 2]

  Joining data from one source into various sources of data

• 3]

  A process to change data from a summary level to a detailed level

• 4]

  Separating data from one source into various sources of data

Legacy data is which of the following?

• 1]

  Data contained in a newly-installed system

• 2]

  Data contained in a file system

• 3]

  Data rejected during the installation of a new system

• 4]

  Data contained by a system used prior to the installation of a new system