Big Data

An orange grove company has sensors in the trees and on the machines that harvest the oranges. A camera mounted on the harvester takes a close-up picture of the orange every 5 minutes. Live data is sent to the distributor who gets this data from 100 companies. Does the distributor have big data?

• Yes

• No

Which of the following refers to different types of data?

• Volume

• Velocity

• Variety

Which of the following refers to data coming in quickly?

• Volume

• Velocity

• Variety

An independent t-shirt vendor advertises through Facebook and other social media sites. The vendor receives statistics on the customer demographics. Does the vendor have big data?

• Yes

• No

Smart parking meters, real-time street traffic video, and crime statistics feed data to an app that shows users recommended and available parking spaces as well as information regarding cost and a safety/security rating. Does the app use big data?

• Yes

• No

Which of the following refers to a lot of data?

• Volume

• Velocity

• Variety

A large European city has sensors installed in ambulances and police cars to verify that the emergency response services are adequate in all areas of the city. This example would generate big data.

• True

• False

Which of the following means data can be trusted

• Veracity

• Velocity

• Variety

A corporation generates data from their web site, from sensors, and from internal documents. What characteristic of big data does this describe?

• Variety

• Redundancy

• Viscocity

• Volume

Small companies cannot analyze big data since they do not generate enough themselves

• True

• False