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Business Analytics Quiz

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the primary goal of business analytics?

a)

To replace human decision-making

b)

To transform data into actionable insights

c)

To increase data storage costs

d)

To eliminate the need for data collection

2.

Which of the following is NOT a type of analytics?

a)

Descriptive

b)

Predictive

c)

Prescriptive

d)

Speculative

3.

Structured data refers to:

a)

Data with no predefined format

b)

Data organized in a fixed schema (e.g., tables)

c)

Data collected from social media only

d)

Data that can be analyzed

4.

Data governance ensures:

a)

Data quality and compliance

b)

Faster data processing

c)

Reducing data volume

d)

Ignoring privacy laws

5.

Which functional area uses analytics for customer segmentation?

a)

Finance

b)

Marketing

c)

Human Resources

d)

Operations

6.

Which is a key challenge in data quality?

a)

Missing values

b)

High data volume

c)

Fast processing speed

d)

Colorful visualizations

7.

Descriptive analytics answers:

a)

"What happened?"

b)

"What will happen?"

c)

"What should we do?"

d)

"Why ignore data?"

8.

Data quality dimensions include:

a)

Accuracy and completeness

b)

Speed and cost

c)

Color and font size

d)

Number of spreadsheets

9.

Ethical data use requires:

a)

Ignoring user consent

b)

Obtaining user consent

c)

Hiding data sources

d)

Selling raw data

10.

Which is NOT a business analytics application?

a)

Sentiment analysis

b)

Fraud detection

c)

Hardware repair

d)

Demand forecasting

11.

RDBMS stands for:

a)

Relational Database Management System

b)

Random Data Benchmarking System

c)

Rapid Data Backup Method

d)

Raw Data Business Model

12.

Effective data visualization should:

a)

Complicate the message

b)

Simplify complex data

c)

Use only text

d)

Exclude labels

13.

A bar chart is best for:

a)

Highlighting outliers

b)

Showing trends over time

c)

Displaying correlations

d)

Comparing categories

14.

Which is a principle of good visualization?

a)

Clutter

b)

Clarity

c)

Monochrome colors

d)

Large fonts

15.

A heatmap shows:

a)

Intensity of values via color

b)

Only text data

c)

Geographical maps

d)

Future predictions

16.

ETL stands for:

a)

Edit, Transfer, Loop

b)

Enter, Track, Leave

c)

Extract, Transform, Load

d)

Export, Tag, Label

17.

A primary key in a database:

a)

Is always a text field

b)

Uniquely identifies a record

c)

Repeats across tables

d)

Is optional

18.

Which tool is NOT used for visualization?

a)

Matplotlib

b)

MySQL

c)

Tableau

d)

Power BI

19.

A scatter plot shows:

a)

Relationships between two variables

b)

Only categorical data

c)

Time-series trends

d)

Hierarchical data

20.

Data normalization reduces:

a)

Data redundancy

b)

Data volume

c)

Data security

d)

Data visualization

21.

Measures of central tendency include:

a)

Mean, median, mode

b)

Variance, standard deviation

c)

Correlation, covariance

d)

Range, quartiles

22.

Standard deviation measures:

a)

The average value of a dataset

b)

Data spread around the mean

c)

Data entry speed

d)

Number of outliers

23.

Seasonality in data refers to:

a)

Data entry errors

b)

Random fluctuations

c)

Repeating patterns at fixed intervals

d)

Constant trends

24.

A moving average helps to:

a)

Ignore trends

b)

Increase data variability

c)

Delete historical data

d)

Smooth out short-term fluctuations

25.

Which is NOT a measure of dispersion?

a)

Range

b)

Mean

c)

Variance

d)

Standard deviation

26.

Exploratory data analysis (EDA) aims to:

a)

Delete raw data

b)

Build predictive models

c)

Discover patterns and anomalies

d)

Create dashboards

27.

A skewed distribution has:

a)

A longer tail on one side

b)

Perfect symmetry

c)

No outliers

d)

Uniform spread

28.

Outliers in data can:

a)

Distort analysis results

b)

Improve model accuracy

c)

Have no impact

d)

Replace missing values

29.

Which is a time series forecasting method?

a)

A/B testing

b)

ARIMA

c)

K-means clustering

d)

Sentiment analysis

30.

A correlation coefficient ranges from:

a)

-∞ to +∞

b)

0 to 100

c)

-1 to +1

d)

1 to 10

31.

Predictive modeling aims to:

a)

Summarize past data

b)

Forecast future outcomes

c)

Delete raw data

d)

Create visualizations

32.

Simple linear regression involves:

a)

Multiple independent variables

b)

One independent variable

c)

No dependent variables

d)

Only categorical data

33.

Which metric evaluates regression models?

a)

P-value

b)

R-squared

c)

Mean absolute error

d)

All of the above

34.

Random forests improve accuracy by:

a)

Using a single tree

b)

Combining multiple trees

c)

Ignoring features

d)

Reducing data volume

35.

Clustering groups data by:

a)

Time stamps

b)

Similarity

c)

Data size

d)

Randomness

36.

Which is a classification algorithm?

a)

Linear regression

b)

ARIMA

c)

Logistic regression

d)

K-means

37.

Overfitting occurs when a model:

a)

Performs well on training data but poorly on test data

b)

Ignores all features

c)

Uses too little data

d)

Has high bias

38.

A confusion matrix evaluates:

a)

Regression models

b)

Classification models

c)

Clustering models

d)

Data storage

39.

Which technique handles imbalanced datasets?

a)

Oversampling

b)

Deleting minority classes

c)

Ignoring the issue

d)

Using linear regression

40.

Feature selection helps to:

a)

Increase model complexity

b)

Remove irrelevant features

c)

Add noise

d)

Ignore data quality

41.

Python is commonly used in business analytics for:

a)

Data manipulation

b)

Hardware design

c)

Graphic design

d)

Writing novels

42.

Pandas is used for:

a)

Data visualization

b)

Data manipulation (e.g., DataFrames)

c)

Machine learning only

d)

Web scraping only

43.

NumPy is optimized for:

a)

Text processing

b)

Numerical operations

c)

Creating PowerPoint slides

d)

Database design

44.

Which Python library is NOT for analytics?

a)

Scikit-learn

b)

TensorFlow

c)

Pygame

d)

Pandas

45.

SQL is used to:

a)

Query databases

b)

Create visualizations

c)

Build machine learning models

d)

Edit images

46.

API stands for:

a)

Automated Program Interface

b)

Application Programming Interface

c)

Analytical Performance Index

d)

Advanced Predictive Insights

47.

Which is a data wrangling task?

a)

Cleaning missing values

b)

Building dashboards

c)

Writing reports

d)

Designing logos

48.

Which is a limitation of Excel for analytics?

a)

Handles small datasets only

b)

Lacks visualization options

c)

Cannot perform calculations

d)

Too expensive

49.

Which Python method reads CSV files?

a)

open_csv()

b)

read_csv()

c)

import_csv()

d)

load_csv()

50.

Which is a key skill for a business analyst?

a)

Hardware repair

b)

Graphic design

c)

Data storytelling

d)

Music composition