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Big Data & E-Science Long Quiz

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The term used to describe massive data research processes with the intention of revealing hidden patterns or identifying secret correlations.

a)

big data

b)

big data analytics

c)

analytic report

d)

cost analysis

2.

A kind of business report that analyzes and evaluates a business strategy or process with qualitative and quantitative company data, empowering employees to take decisions based on evidence and analytics.

a)

analytical report

b)

big data analytics

c)

business report

d)

e-science

3.

You also get dynamic data visualization with the help of a dashboard creator to provide insight into the most important functions and processes of your business.

a)

communication & collaboration

b)

productivity

c)

evolution

d)

innovation

4.

By using a/an __________ you will be able to gain access to dynamic metrics and data in a way that’s digestible, actionable, and accurate.

a)

online dashboard

b)

analytical reports

c)

dashboard reporting software

d)

analytics dashboard

5.

By gaining this level of shared insight, you can streamline inefficient processes across the board while motivating your team to focus on more strategic activities to grow the business.

a)

Communication & collaboration

b)

Productivity

c)

Innovation

d)

Evolution

6.

For powerful analytical reporting, you must make sure your dashboard provides clear-cut answers to the questions linked to key aspects of your business’s performance.

a)

Work with the right KPIs

b)

Follow design best practices

c)

Choose the right chart types

7.

It exposes enterprises to the risk of misinterpretation of data, and wrong decision making.

a)

Unorganized data

b)

Incompetent analytics

c)

Data privacy

d)

Data Security

8.

A security incident can not only affect critical data and bring down your reputation; it also leads to legal actions and heavy penalties.

a)

Data privacy

b)

Cost management

c)

Data storage

d)

Data retention

9.

Organizations are also exposed to internal privacy risks from angry or simply uninformed employees. Therefore, it’s essential to educate all employees on best practices for ensuring data privacy like changing passwords frequently and logging off unused computers.

a)

Avoid collecting too much data

b)

Employ real-time monitoring

c)

Prevent internal threats

10.

It enables the encryption of the content of a data object, file, and network packet or application.

a)

firewall

b)

anti-virus

c)

data backup

d)

data encryption

11.

It is the process of interchanging or modifying certain elements of the data, enabling security and ensures confidentiality of data.

a)

Data Encryption

b)

Data Backup

c)

Data Masking

d)

Data Security

12.

It is one of the best security practices for many years. It is applied in Big data environments, especially on those having wide geographical distribution.

a)

USER ACCESS CONTROL

b)

PHYSICAL SECURITY

c)

CENTRALIZED KEY MANAGEMENT (CKM)

13.

Which is NOT a product of NON-SCIENTIFIC application of E-Science?

a)

Weather forecasting

b)

Mobile communications

c)

Computer games development

d)

Bioinformatics

14.

A challenge on E-Science that is produced through research process that is difficult because of the heterogeneous nature of the data.

a)

Preserving and providing access to data

b)

Privacy issues

c)

Collaboration in scientific research

15.

Person who come up with the term ‘e-science’ in 1999.

a)

John Blake

b)

John Taylor

c)

Matthew Taylor

16.

This is one of the most obvious risks associated with big data. When data gets accumulated at such a rapid pace and in such huge volumes, the first concern is its depository.

a)

Unorganized data

b)

Data storage and retention

c)

Incompetent analytics

d)

Cost management

17.

For any curator of big data, it’s crucial to have effective security measures in place and to ensure that these are up to date you have to ________.

a)

check compliance with data legislation

b)

stay vigilant about security measures

c)

eliminate unnecessary information

d)

make a Hippocratic oath of big data

18.

One of the surest ways to prevent a data breach is not to have sensitive data in the first place. Many companies do this, thinking it may be helpful in the future.

a)

check compliance with data legislation

b)

stay vigilant about security measures

c)

eliminate unnecessary information

d)

make a Hippocratic oath of big data

19.

A practice that help companies/business be aware of a problem as soon as it happens and can take appropriate steps to resolve it right away.

a)

Implement homomorphic encryption

b)

Prevent internal threats

c)

Employ real-time monitoring

d)

Avoid collecting too much data

20.

A form of encryption that allows users to compute data without decrypting it first.

a)

homomorphic encryption

b)

symmetric encryption

c)

asymmetric encryption

21.

Its technology uses data, statistical algorithms and machine-learning techniques to identify the likelihood of future outcomes based on historical data.

a)

Text mining

b)

In-memory analytics

c)

Hadoop

d)

Predictive analytics

22.

It has become a key technology to doing business due to the constant increase of data volumes and varieties, and its distributed computing model processes big data fast.

a)

Text mining

b)

In-memory analytics

c)

Hadoop

d)

Predictive analytics

23.

This technology can analyze text data from the web, comment fields, books and other text-based sources to uncover insights you hadn't noticed before.

a)

Text mining

b)

In-memory analytics

c)

Data mining

d)

Predictive analytics

24.

It is a program that helps to protect your computing devices, data files, and others important files against viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and unwanted threats.

a)

digital signatures

b)

user access control

c)

antivirus software

d)

firewall

25.

It is type of data security which is used to validate the authenticity and integrity of a digital messages or documents such as e-mail, spreadsheet, and text file.

a)

digital signatures

b)

user access control

c)

antivirus software

d)

firewall

26.

The user is the one who decides what to share and what to keep private.

a)

Privacy

b)

User Access Control

c)

Security

d)

Encryption

27.

How does the app above counts as a big data?

a)

It stores their user healthcare data

b)

It helps people find a date with their data

c)

It stores videos that is uploaded by their user

d)

It helps stores people's fat

28.

Which characteristic of Big Data will the below problem have?

Clustering cars into a tree structure based on the data given about each car. Please note that while classifying the cars you have to compare each car against the rest.

a)

Volume

b)

Variety

c)

Velocity

d)

None

29.

The recommendations generation of an e-commerce global leader on huge data as well as real-time data represent which characteristic of Big Data?

a)

Velocity - since we might have to generate the recommendations in real time

b)

Volume - since we will have to record the behaviour of many users

c)

Variety - since computation of recommendations is complex and might require processing data in various forms

d)

All of the above

30.

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of making digital information and scientific databases openly available across the internet?

a)

Data scientists can discover previously unnoticed trends and patterns hidden with large data sets.

b)

Scientific researchers can more easily share data on research projects.

c)

Innovations in medicine can be developed from the increased knowledge gained from large data sets.

d)

Inaccurate and misleading data can be more easily disseminated to scientist researchers.

31.

Which of the following tasks best shows an example of using searching and sorting techniques of big data in order to find a useful pattern.

a)

Tallying how many pencils and pens you use throughout a school year so you know how many to buy for the start of the next school year to insure you will have enough

b)

Creating a seating chart for a classroom based on an alphabetized list of student Names

c)

Keeping track of all employees’ email use to see how many personal or work-related emails are sent during work time to check for productivity

d)

Recording the amount of time it takes a student to travel from one class to another class in order to find the average

32.

Which of the following are Benefits of Big Data Processing?

a)

Businesses can utilize outside intelligence while taking decisions

b)

Improved customer service

c)

Better operational efficiency

d)

All of the above

33.

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of making digital information and scientific databases openly available across the internet?

a)

Data scientists can discover previously unnoticed trends and patterns hidden with large data sets.

b)

Scientific researchers can more easily share data on research projects.

c)

Innovations in medicine can be developed from the increased knowledge gained from large data sets.

d)

Inaccurate and misleading data can be more easily disseminated to scientist researchers.

34.

Which of the following tasks best shows an example of using searching and sorting techniques of big data in order to find a useful pattern.

a)

Tallying how many pencils and pens you use throughout a school year so you know how many to buy for the start of the next school year to insure you will have enough

b)

Creating a seating chart for a classroom based on an alphabetized list of student Names

c)

Keeping track of all employees’ email use to see how many personal or work-related emails are sent during work time to check for productivity

d)

Recording the amount of time it takes a student to travel from one class to another class in order to find the average

35.

A popular restaurant likes to keep track of what food their patrons are ordering so that they can be better informed about what items they need to order in preparation for the next week. What would be the best way for the restaurant to organize this data with that end goal in mind?

a)

Record the exact name of the meal that was ordered (Dave’s Famous Wings, Southwest Bacon Burger, Grilled Chicken Panini, etc).

b)

Keep track of what was ordered by the category that they fall under (Entree, Dinner, Appetizer, Salad, etc).

c)

List what meat, vegetable and fruit each customer ordered (steak - corn - apples, fish - peas - peaches, etc).

d)

Record the cost of each meal purchased and whether the customer got the meal as-is or substituted some items.