Test : 2 <DWDM> <B.C.A.

(6th Sem)> <9-05-2019 > <Maximum Marks : 15>

Each correct Answer will carry 1 Mark. Minus ½ will be awarded for Wrong Answer.

(I) Expansion for DSS in DW is__________.

A. Decision Support system.
B. Decision Single System.
C. Data Storable System.
D. Data Support System.

(II) The time horizon in Data warehouse is usually __________.

A. 1-2 years.
B. 3-4years.
C. 5-6 years.
D. 5-10 years.

(III) ____________predicts future trends & behaviors, allowing business managers to make
proactive,knowledge-driven decisions.
A. Data warehouse.
B. Data mining.
C. Datamarts.
D. Metadata.

(IV) Which one of the following is the specialized data warehouse database.
A. Oracle.
B. DBZ.
C. Informix.
D. Redbrick.

(V) The star schema is composed of __________ fact table.

A. one.
B. two.
C. three.
D. four.

(VI) ___________ is a good alternative to the star schema.

A. Star schema.
B. Snowflake schema.
C. Fact constellation.
D. Star-snowflake schema.
(VII) Data transformation includes __________.
A. a process to change data from a detailed level to a summary level.
B. a process to change data from a summary level to a detailed level.
C. joining data from one source into various sources of data.
D. separating data from one source into various sources of data.

(VIII) A predictive model makes use of ________.

A. current data.
B. historical data.
C. both current and historical data.
D. assumptions.

(IX) Kohonen self-organizing map referred to

A. The process of finding the right formal representation of a certain body of knowledge
in
order to represent it in a knowledge-based system

B. It automatically maps an external signal space into a system's internal representational

space.
They are useful in the performance of classification tasks

C. A process where an individual learns how to carry out a certain task when making a
transition from a situation in which the task cannot be carried out to a situation in which
the same' task under the same circumstances can be carried out.

D. None of these

(X) Data scrubbing is which of the following?

A. A process to reject data from the data warehouse and to create the necessary indexes
B. A process to load the data in the data warehouse and to create the necessary indexes
C. A process to upgrade the quality of data after it is moved into a data warehouse
D. A process to upgrade the quality of data before it is moved into a data warehouse

(XI) Euclidean distance measure is

A. A stage of the KDD process in which new data is added to the existing selection.
B. The process of finding a solution for a problem simply by enumerating all possible
solutions according to some pre-defined order and then testing them
C. The distance between two points as calculated using the Pythagoras theorem
D. None of these
(XII) Classification is

A. A subdivision of a set of examples into a number of classes

B. A measure of the accuracy, of the classification of a concept that is given by a certain

theory

C. The task of assigning a classification to a set of examples

D. None of these

(XIII) _________ is a the input to KDD.

A. Data.
B. Information.
C. Query.
D. Process.

(XIV) The output of KDD is __________.

A. Data.
B. Information.
C. Query.
D. Useful information.

(XV) Extreme values that occur infrequently are called as _________.

A. outliers.
B. rare values.
C. dimensionality reduction.
D. All of the above.

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