Question 1.

Big Data can be described by four "V" descriptors: velocity, variety, volume, and ________.

Select one:

a.validity

b.valuation

c.viscosity

d.veracity

Question 2

When communicating change, the four stakeholder perspectives that must be considered are:

Select one:

a.Analytical, Process, Personal, and Strategic

b.Authoritarian, Personal, Tactical, and Technical

c.Collaborative, Strategic, Personal, Quality

d.Collaborative, Tactical, Technical, and Quality

Question 3

The research author who started the analytics business revolution is

Evan Stubbs

John Kotter

Thomas Davenport

Catherine Adenle

Question 4

SWOT is one of the strategic planning models that companies use to determine their competitive advantage. The Acronym SWOT stands for

a.Strategy, Wisdom, Opportunity, Transition

b.Strengths, Wisdom, Organization, and Timing

c.Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats

d.Strategy, Weakness, Organization, and Timing

Question 5

A company that is trying to gain competitive advantage over a company in their same industry is most likely going to refer to the ______________ strategic model.

Select one:

SWOT

5 -Forces

Resource-Based View

Porter's Value Chain

Question 6

According to John Kotter, empowering employees is a critical element of managing change. These elements include:

Select one:

a.

Recognizing and rewarding employees for their contribution to the change

b.

Identifying those who are resisting change and work with them to understand what is needed

c.

Promoting people who you think can help the team be successful

d.

A and C

e.

A and B

Use of self-service analytics can surface many issues including,

Select one:

data quality

lack of user training

data governance (ownership)

all of the above

none of the above

Question 8

To implement a successful Business Analytics initiative you need to

Select one:

demonstrate an understanding of ETL

extract, transform, load, and execute data records

define, communicate, deliver, and measure value

extract, clean, load, and execute data

Question 9

When delivering on analytics it is possible to have a model that won't result in good results if,

Select one:

a.

insights are developed without understanding the context of the problem

b.

the tools used to create the model are not compatible with internal systems

c.

the value of the insight is very high, but the value of the outcomes is negligible

d.

all of the above

e.

none of the above