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Predictive Analytics Exam 1

Total questions: 105

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following broad categories is not a type of analytic technique?

a)

descriptive analytics

b)

predictive analytics

c)

prescriptive analytics

d)

manipulative analytics

2.

Which of the following is not related to data privacy?

a)

data transmission

b)

data ethics

c)

data collection

d)

data usage

3.

A massive volume of both structured and unstructured data that is extremely difficult to manage, process, and analyze is known by which catch phrase?

a)

general data

b)

data mining

c)

big data

d)

data wrangling

4.

According to a report in US Today, 38% of young people between the ages of 18-29 have at least one tattoo. What does the 38% represent?

a)

population

b)

random data

c)

categorical data

d)

sample set

5.

______ is a set of data that are organized and processed in a meaningful and purposeful way.

a)

Statistics

b)

Information

c)

Knowledge

d)

Data

6.

The time in hours spent sleeping per day is what kind of variable?

a)

categorical

b)

continuous numerical

c)

discrete numerical

d)

distraction

7.

An instructor hands out course evaluations where students have a rank of 0 to 5. What is the best way for the data to be measured?

a)

numerical

b)

nominal

c)

ordinal

d)

filtered

8.

Mary asks her friends in Facebook for recommendations for the best restaurants in Chicago. The results are then placed in a table for review. What does the data represent?

a)

quantitative data

b)

time-series data

c)

cross-sectional data

d)

numerical data

9.

The ability to use qualitative reasoning with quantitative tools allows management to make decisions to improve business performance.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The primary purpose of a(n) _____ is to support decision-making and provide a composite view of the organization

a)

data warehouse

b)

attribute

c)

entity

d)

data mart

11.

Which term represents data items, events, or things stored in a database file?

a)

setting

b)

quantitative

c)

entity

d)

instance

12.

Mary has been tasked with reviewing a large data file. She wants to begin by first inspecting the number of values in each cell, both numeric and non-numeric, for any blank entries. The plan is to first find the blank or missing values for first review. Using Excel, what function(s) should she use to complete this task?

a)

COUNT

b)

COUNTIF

c)

COUNTA

d)

Both COUNT and COUNTA

13.

Which of the following is NOT a process of the data management system?

a)

acquire

b)

distribute

c)

store

d)

summarize

14.

In a data set with 20 variables, if 8% of the values, randomly spread across observations, are missing (blank), what is the probable percent of complete and usable observations?

a)

15.29%

b)

8%

c)

92%

d)

18.87%

15.

In the presence of outliers in a data set, extremely small or large values, it is preferred to use the _____ instead of the _______ to impute missing variables.

a)

mean; median

b)

median; mean

c)

subset; total

d)

average; range

16.

Ann is analyzing a data set that contains two variables, Job Title and 401K. 401K contains the name of the three companies that carry the retirement accounts. It is mandatory to have an account, thus no observation is blank. If 401K was transformed to dummy variables, how many should be created?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

2

d)

3

17.

When too many variables are categorized in an analysis, several potential issues may occur. Which of the following is not one of the issues that may occur?

a)

rarely occurring categories may not be captured accurately

b)

an increase in the number of categories as the data set becomes larger

c)

difficulty in differentiating among observations

d)

model performance suffers

18.

The strategy of removing observations with missing data is called omission.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

If the coefficient correlation is computed to be -0.85, this means the relationship between the two variables are ____.

a)

strong, negative

b)

weak, negative

c)

strong, positive

d)

weak, positive

20.

Survey results provided the skewness coefficient is 0.21672 and the (excess) kurtosis coefficient is -1.15926. These values imply that the return value for the survey is _____ skewed, and the distribution has a _____ tail than a normal distribution.

a)

positively; longer

b)

positive; shorter

c)

negatively; shorter

d)

negative; longer

21.

Survey results provided the skewness coefficient is -0.141974 and the (excess) kurtosis coefficient is 1.15926. These values imply that the return value for the survey is _____ skewed, and the distribution has a _____ tail than a normal distribution.

a)

positively; shorter

b)

positively; longer

c)

negatively; longer

d)

negatively; shorter

22.

In analyzing the S&P 500 and the XYZ Incorporated in a five-year study, the covariance (S&P 500, XYZ Incorporated) is 9,107.30. What kind of linear relationship does the S&P 500 and the XYZ Incorporated have?

a)

neutral linear relationship

b)

positive linear relationship

c)

no linear relationship

23.

In a boxplot, the dashed vertical line in the middle of the box represents which of the following measures of location?

a)

median

b)

percentile

c)

mean

d)

mode

24.

Using R, Bart wants to create a bar chart showing the frequency of the color of cars that pass over the I-270 overpass at the Main Street exit. What function should he use?

a)

abline

b)

table

c)

barplot

d)

view

25.

Which of the following would use a contingency table to visualize the results?

a)

daily stock prices

b)

location and house prices

c)

income and purchase price

d)

gender and restaurant ratings

26.

Which of the following would likely be used to report data related to gender and phone model purchased?

a)

scatterplot

b)

contingency table

c)

line chart

d)

frequency distribution

27.

Which visualization method will Jorge want to use if he wants to understand the relationships between study time, screen time, and academic performance (e.g., GPA) data?

a)

scatterplot with a categorical data

b)

bubble plot

c)

line chart

d)

heat map

28.

Simone is a marketing consultant hired to review the product sales for a new high-end barista machine line. The product line has four variations, selling in four specialty store regions. To clearly show where each variation is selling best and in which regions, she plans to provide a color-scaled chart using percentage by type and location. What is the name of the chart she will be using?

a)

heat map

b)

bubble plot

c)

color map

d)

pivot table

29.

Which visualization method will Jorge want to use if he wants to understand daily sales over the course of the year?

a)

bubble plot

b)

scatterplot with a categorical variable

c)

heat map

d)

line chart

30.

Cross-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining (CRISP-DM) consists of six phases. Of the six, which one represents the phase where data wrangling occurs?

a)

data understanding

b)

deployment

c)

modeling

d)

data preparation

31.

Cross-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining (CRISP-DM) consists of six phases. Which of the following is the first phase?

a)

business understanding

b)

data understanding

c)

data preparation

d)

modeling

32.

The calculated average error measuring the average magnitude of errors in predictive performance measures is called _______.

a)

mean absolute deviation

b)

root mean square error

c)

mean percentage error

d)

mean error

33.

Which chart allows for a visual representation to determine a point where a model's predictions become less useful?

a)

sensitivity measure

b)

cumulative lift chart

c)

decile-wise lift chart

d)

ROC curve

34.

Of the following selections, which is not a descriptor of principal component analysis?

a)

The first principal accounts for most of the variability

b)

Principal components are uncorrelated variables

c)

The first principal account is not suitable for analysis

d)

Principal component variables are weighted linear combinations of the original variables

35.

When using the PCA, all the following are disadvantages except

a)

PCA results are difficult to interpret clearly

b)

PCA significantly increases the dimension of the data

c)

PCA only works with numerical data

d)

components are weighted linear combinations and abstract

36.

develop applications for end users

a)

Data Science

b)

Business Analytics

37.

data analyses for business applications

a)

Data Science

b)

Business Analytics

38.

What has happened?

a)

Descriptive Analytics

b)

Predictive Analytics

c)

Prescriptive Analytics

39.

What could happen in the future?

a)

Descriptive Analytics

b)

Predictive Analytics

c)

Prescriptive Analytics

40.

What should we do?

a)

Descriptive Analytics

b)

Predictive Analytics

c)

Prescriptive Analytics

41.

Data that has been organized, analyzed, and processed in a meaningful and purposeful way become _____.

a)

Information

b)

Knowledge

c)

Figures

d)

Formatted Data

42.

Use a blend of data, contextual information, experience, and intuition to derive _____.

a)

Knowledge

b)

Figures

c)

Charts

d)

Compact Data

43.

collected by recording a characteristic of many subjects at the same point in time; Recording a characteristic of many subjects at the same point in time

a)

Cross-Sectional Data

b)

Time Series Data

c)

Structured Data

d)

Unstructured Data

44.

collected over several time periods focusing on certain groups of people, specific events, or objects; Hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annual observations

a)

Cross-Sectional Data

b)

Time Series Data

c)

Structured Data

d)

Unstructured Data

45.

reside in a pre-defined, row-column format; spreadsheet or database applications; enter, store, query, and analyze; numerical information that is objective and not open to interpretation

a)

Cross-Sectional Data

b)

Time Series Data

c)

Structured Data

d)

Unstructured Data

46.

do not conform to a pre-defined, row-column format; textual; multimedia content; do not conform to database structures

a)

Cross-Sectional Data

b)

Time Series Data

c)

Structured Data

d)

Unstructured Data

47.

price, income, retail sales

a)

Structured Human

b)

Structured Machine

c)

Unstructured Human

d)

Unstructured Machine

48.

sensors, speed cameras, web server logs

a)

Structured Human

b)

Structured Machine

c)

Unstructured Human

d)

Unstructured Machine

49.

email, text, social media, presentations

a)

Structured Human

b)

Structured Machine

c)

Unstructured Human

d)

Unstructured Machine

50.

satellite images, video data, camera images

a)

Structured Human

b)

Structured Machine

c)

Unstructured Human

d)

Unstructured Machine

51.

Three characteristics of big data

a)

Volume

b)

Velocity

c)

Variety

d)

Value

52.

also called qualitative; labels or names to identify distinguishing characteristics; arithmetic operations on the labels/values are not meaningful; coded into numbers for data processing

a)

Categorical Variables

b)

Numerical Variables

53.

also called quantitative; arithmetic operations are meaningful; represent meaningful numbers

a)

Categorical Variables

b)

Numerical Variables

54.

assumes a countable number of values

a)

discrete

b)

continuous

55.

assumes an uncountable number of values within an interval

a)

discrete

b)

continuous

56.

categorical; least sophisticated; values differ by label or name; ex. marital status

a)

nominal

b)

ordinal

c)

interval

d)

ratio

57.

categorical; reflect labels or name, but can be ranked; cannot interpret the difference between the ranked values; ex. reviews from 1 star to 5 stars

a)

nominal

b)

ordinal

c)

interval

d)

ratio

58.

numerical; categorize and rank, differences are meaningful; zero value is arbitrary and does not reflect absence of characteristic; ratios are not meaningful; ex. temperature

a)

nominal

b)

ordinal

c)

interval

d)

ratio

59.

numerical; most sophisticated; a true zero point, reflects absence of characteristics; ratios are meaningful; ex. profits

a)

nominal

b)

ordinal

c)

interval

d)

ratio

60.

each column starts and ends in the same place in every row

a)

fixed-width format

b)

delimited format

61.

something separates fields, typically a comma

a)

fixed-width format

b)

delimited format

62.

structured data, each piece enclosed in a pair of tags, give information in what the data are

a)

Extensible Markup Language (XML)

b)

HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

c)

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)

63.

structured data with tags, gives information on how to display the data

a)

Extensible Markup Language (XML)

b)

HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

c)

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)

64.

transmit human-readable data in compact files, supports wide range of data types, parsing is faster

a)

Extensible Markup Language (XML)

b)

HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

c)

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)

65.

Best for distribution of a single continuous variable

a)

Histogram

b)

Scatterplot

c)

Box Plot

66.

Best for displaying relationship between two continuous variables

a)

Histogram

b)

Scatterplot

c)

Box Plot

67.

Best for side by side comparisons of subgroups on a single continuous variable

a)

Histogram

b)

Scatterplot

c)

Box Plot

68.

the process of retrieving, cleansing, integrating, transforming, and enriching data to support subsequent analysis

a)

Data Wrangling

b)

Data Management

c)

Data Modeling

69.

a process that an organization uses to acquire, organize, store, manipulate, and distribute data

a)

Data Wrangling

b)

Data Management

c)

Data Modeling

70.

the process of defining the structure of a database

a)

Data Wrangling

b)

Data Management

c)

Data Modeling

71.

person, places, things, events

a)

Entity

b)

Instance

c)

Primary Key

d)

Composite Key

e)

Foreign Key

72.

a single occurrence of an entity; represented as a record in a database

a)

Entity

b)

Instance

c)

Primary Key

d)

Composite Key

e)

Foreign Key

73.

attribute that uniquely identifies each instance of the entity; used to create a data structure called an index for fast data retrieval and searches

a)

Entity

b)

Instance

c)

Primary Key

d)

Composite Key

e)

Foreign Key

74.

key that consists of more than one attribute; used when none of the individual attributes alone can uniquely identify each instance of the entity

a)

Entity

b)

Instance

c)

Primary Key

d)

Composite Primary Key

e)

Foreign Key

75.

a primary key of a related entity

a)

Entity

b)

Instance

c)

Primary Key

d)

Composite Primary Key

e)

Foreign Key

76.

specifies the attributes

a)

SELECT

b)

FROM

c)

WHERE

77.

specifies the tables (more than one)

a)

SELECT

b)

FROM

c)

WHERE

78.

specifies selection criteria and/or conditions

a)

SELECT

b)

FROM

c)

WHERE

79.

a small-scale data warehouse

a)

data mart

b)

data store

c)

data storage

d)

data safe

80.

describes business things such as customer, product, location, and time

a)

Dimension table

b)

Fact table

81.

facts about the business operation, often quantitative format

a)

Dimension table

b)

Fact table

82.

complete-case analysis; exclude observations with missing values; appropriate when the amount of missing value is small or concentrated in a small number of observations

a)

Omission

b)

Imputation

83.

replace missing values with some reasonable values

a)

Omission

b)

Imputation

84.

For numerical values, replace missing values with the ______ value across relevant observations.

a)

mean

b)

median

c)

standard deviation

d)

mode

85.

It is noteworthy that in the presence of outliers it is preferred to use the ____ instead of the ____ to impute missing values.

a)

median; mean

b)

mean; median

c)

mode; standard deviation

d)

standard deviation; mode

86.

The process of extracting portions of a data set that are relevant to the analysis is called _____.

a)

subsetting

b)

organizing

c)

subgrouping

d)

ranking

87.

the data conversion process from one format or structure to another

a)

data transformation

b)

data modeling

c)

data shifting

d)

data changing

88.

the process of transforming numerical variables into the categorical variables by grouping the numerical values into a small number of groups or bins

a)

binning

b)

grouping

c)

transitioning

d)

ranking

89.

refers to how numerical data tend to cluster around some middle or central value

a)

central location

b)

clustering

c)

grouping

d)

percentiles

90.

reflect the typical or central value but they fail to describe other characteristics

a)

measures of central location

b)

measures of dispersion

c)

measures of shape

d)

measures of association

91.

gauge the underlying variability of the variable

a)

measures of central location

b)

measures of dispersion

c)

measures of shape

d)

measures of association

92.

reveal whether the distribution of the variable is symmetric or if the tails are more or less extreme than the normal distribution

a)

measures of central location

b)

measures of dispersion

c)

measures of shape

d)

measures of association

93.

show whether two numeric variables have a linear relationship

a)

measures of central location

b)

measures of dispersion

c)

measures of shape

d)

measures of association

94.

a summary measure that tells us whether the tails of the distribution are more or less extreme than the normal distribution

a)

kurtosis coefficient

b)

leptokurtic

c)

platykurtic

d)

skewness

95.

a distribution that has tails that are more extreme than the normal distribution

a)

kurtosis coefficient

b)

leptokurtic

c)

platykurtic

d)

skewness

96.

a distribution that has shorter tails, or tails that are less extreme, than the normal distribution

a)

kurtosis coefficient

b)

leptokurtic

c)

platykurtic

d)

skewness

97.

situational context, specific objectives, project schedule, deliverables; first phase of CRISP-DM

a)

Business Understanding

b)

Data Understanding

c)

Data Preparation

d)

Modeling

e)

Deployment

98.

collecting raw data, preliminary results, potential hypotheses

a)

Business Understanding

b)

Data Understanding

c)

Data Preparation

d)

Modeling

e)

Deployment

99.

record and variable selection, wrangling, cleaning

a)

Business Understanding

b)

Data Understanding

c)

Data Preparation

d)

Modeling

e)

Deployment

100.

selection and execution of data mining techniques, convert or transform data to formats/types needed for certain analyses, document assumptions, cross-validation

a)

Business Understanding

b)

Data Understanding

c)

Data Preparation

d)

Modeling

e)

Deployment

101.

develop a set of actionable insights and a strategy for deployment/monitoring/feedback

a)

Business Understanding

b)

Data Understanding

c)

Data Preparation

d)

Modeling

e)

Deployment

102.

use for developing predictive models

a)

Supervised Data Mining

b)

Unsupervised Data Mining

103.

effective for data exploration, dimension reduction, and pattern recognition

a)

Supervised Data Mining

b)

Unsupervised Data Mining

104.

predict the class memberships of new cases

a)

Classification Model

b)

Prediction Model

105.

predict the target for a new case

a)

Classification Model

b)

Prediction Model