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Q: Asset tracking ________. A. occurs when a company places active or semi-passive RFID tags on expensive products or assets to gather data on the items location with little or no manual intervention B. uses plastic or conductive polymers instead of silicon-based microchips, allowing them to be washed or exposed to water without damaging the chip C. measures the acceleration (the rate of change of velocity) of an item and is used to track truck speeds or taxi cab speeds D. provides extremely accurate position, time, and speed, using a satellite-based navigation system

Q: Network convergence includes VoIP, UC, and IPTV.

Q: A semi-passive RFID tag is ________. A. an electronic identification device that is made up of a chip and antenna B. a transmitter/receiver that reads the contents of RFID tags in the area C. a device that does not have a power source D. a device that uses a battery to run the microchip's circuitry but communicates by drawing power from the RFID reader

Q: The network protocols include TCP/IP, FTP, and DHCP.

Q: An active RFID tag is ________. A. an electronic identification device that is made up of a chip and antenna B. a transmitter/receiver that reads the contents of RFID tags in the area C. a device that does not have a power source D. a device that has its own transmitter and a power source (typically a battery)

Q: The network access technologies include DSL, cable modem, and broadband.

Q: A passive RFID tag is ________. A. an electronic identification device that is made up of a chip and antenna B. a transmitter/receiver that reads the contents of RFID tags in the area C. a device that does not have a power source D. a device that has its own transmitter and a power source (typically a battery)

Q: The network providers include ISP, NSP, and RSP.

Q: An RFID reader (RFID interrogator) is ________. A. an electronic identification device that is made up of a chip and antenna B. a transmitter/receiver that reads the contents of RFID tags in the area C. a device that does not have a power source D. a device that has its own transmitter and a power source (typically a battery)

Q: The network categories include LAN, WAN, and MAN.

Q: An RFID tag is ________. A. an electronic identification device that is made up of a chip and antenna B. a transmitter/receiver that reads the contents of RFID tags in the area C. a device that does not have a power source D. a device that has its own transmitter and a power source (typically a battery)

Q: What is an RFID tag device made up of? A. chip, antenna B. chip, reader C. battery, reader D. battery, antenna

Q: Which tags do NOT depend on a silicon microchip and use plastic or conductive polymers instead of silicon-based microchips allowing them to be washed or exposed to water without damaging the chip? A. active RFID B. semi-passive RFID C. RFID accelerometer D. chipless RFID

Q: What is a device that measures the acceleration (the rate of change of velocity) of an item and is used to track truck speeds or taxi cab speeds? A. active RFID B. semi-passive RFID C. RFID accelerometer D. chipless RFID

Q: What occurs when a company places active or semi-passive RFID tags on expensive products or assets to gather data on the items' location with little or no manual intervention? A. active RFID B. semi-passive RFID C. RFID accelerometer D. asset tracking

Q: Which tags use a battery to run the microchip's circuitry but communicate by drawing power from the RFID reader? A. active RFID B. semi-passive RFID C. RFID accelerometer D. chipless RFID

Q: Which tags have their own transmitter and a power source (typically a battery)? A. active RFID B. semi-passive RFID C. RFID accelerometer D. chipless RFID

Q: Which business application uses electronic tags and labels to identify objects wirelessly over short distances? A. radio-frequency identification B. global positioning systems C. geographic information systems D. location-based services

Q: Which of the choices below is experiencing rapid growth due to wireless technology? A. RFID B. GPS C. GIS D. All of these are correct.

Q: What is mobile application management (MAM)? A. the blending of personal and business use of technology devices and applications B. remotely controls smart phones and tablets, ensuring data security C. allows mobile voice calls to be made over broadband networks, creatingunder the right network conditionsclearer audio and fewer dropped calls D. administers and delivers applications to corporate and personal smart phones and tablets

Q: What is mobile device management (MDM)? A. allows mobile voice calls to be made over broadband networks, creatingunder the right network conditionsclearer audio and fewer dropped calls B. remotely controls smart phones and tablets, ensuring data security C. the blending of personal and business use of technology devices and applications D. administers and delivers applications to corporate and personal smart phones and tablets

Q: What is IT consumerization? A. allows mobile voice calls to be made over broadband networks, creatingunder the right network conditionsclearer audio and fewer dropped calls B. remotely controls smart phones and tablets, ensuring data security C. deliberately searching for Wi-Fi signals while driving by in a vehicle D. the blending of personal and business use of technology devices and applications

Q: What is war driving? A. allows mobile voice calls to be made over broadband networks, creatingunder the right network conditionsclearer audio and fewer dropped calls B. the practice of tagging pavement with codes displaying where Wi-Fi access is available C. deliberately searching for Wi-Fi signals while driving by in a vehicle D. remotely controls smart phones and tablets, ensuring data security

Q: What is war chalking? A. allows mobile voice calls to be made over broadband networks, creatingunder the right network conditionsclearer audio and fewer dropped calls B. the practice of tagging pavement with codes displaying where Wi-Fi access is available C. deliberately searching for Wi-Fi signals while driving by in a vehicle D. remotely controls smart phones and tablets, ensuring data security

Q: What is a Wi-Fi protected access (WPA)? A. a metropolitan area network that uses radio signals to transmit and receive data B. a communications technology aimed at providing high-speed wireless data over metropolitan area networks C. a means by which portable devices can connect wirelessly to a local area network, using access points that send and receive data via radio waves D. a wireless security protocol to protect Wi-Fi networks

Q: What is wired equivalent privacy (WEP)? A. a metropolitan area network that uses radio signals to transmit and receive data B. a communications technology aimed at providing high-speed wireless data over metropolitan area networks C. a means by which portable devices can connect wirelessly to a local area network, using access points that send and receive data via radio waves D. an encryption algorithm designed to protect wireless transmission data

Q: Why do we use satellite communications? A. cell phones B. mobile base stations C. satellite dish receivers D. All of these are correct.

Q: What is voice over LTE (VoLTE)? A. allows mobile voice calls to be made over broadband networks, creatingunder the right network conditionsclearer audio and fewer dropped calls B. the practice of tagging pavement with codes displaying where Wi-Fi access is available C. deliberately searching for Wi-Fi signals while driving by in a vehicle D. remotely controls smart phones and tablets, ensuring data security

Q: What is a space station that orbits the Earth receiving and transmitting signals from Earth-based stations over a wide area? A. GPS B. satellite C. GIS D. LBS

Q: What displays information graphically so it can be easily understood? A. informing B. infographics C. data visualization D. business intelligence dashboards

Q: Affinity determines values for an unknown continuous variable behavior or estimated future value.

Q: What is a common association detection analysis technique where you analyze certain items to detect customers buying behavior and predict future behavior? A. clustering factors B. mashup technology C. market basket analysis D. drill-down basket analysis

Q: Clustering assigns records to one of a predefined set of classes.

Q: Which of the choices below reveals the relationship between variables along with the nature and frequency of the relationship? A. association detection B. masking detection tool C. cluster grouping D. blocking barriers

Q: Clustering segments a heterogeneous population of more homogeneous subgroups.

Q: What is an example of using cluster analysis in business to create target-marketing strategies? A. Google search B. first name information C. zip code segmentation D. last name associations

Q: Affinity grouping determine which things go together.

Q: What is the technique used to divide information sets into mutually exclusive groups such that the members of each group are as close together as possible to one another and the different groups are as far apart as possible? A. statistical detection B. cluster analysis C. association detection D. social media analytics

Q: Estimation determines values for an unknown continuous variable behavior or estimated future value.

Q: What is web analytics? A. unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation B. analyzes structured data associated with a website C. filters information, both structured and unstructured, to help identify strong web customers D. None of these are correct.

Q: Classification assigns records to one of a predefined set of classes.

Q: What analyzes unstructured data to find trends and patterns in words and sentences? A. structured data B. unstructured data C. text analytics D. web analytics

Q: Optimization is a statistical process for estimating the relationships among variables.

Q: What is a data scientist? A. a collection of large, complex data sets, including structured and unstructured data, which cannot be analyzed using traditional database methods and tools B. processes and manages algorithms across many machines in a computing environment C. focuses on forecasting future trends and producing insights using sophisticated quantitative methods, including statistics, descriptive and predictive data mining, simulation, and optimization D. extracts knowledge from data by performing statistical analysis, data mining, and advanced analytics on big data to identify trends, market changes, and other relevant information

Q: Regression is a prediction based on time-series information.

Q: What are advanced analytics? A. processes and manages algorithms across many machines in a computing environment B. focuses on forecasting future trends and producing insights using sophisticated quantitative methods, including statistics, descriptive and predictive data mining, simulation, and optimization C. occurs when the user goes into an emotional state of over-analysis (or over-thinking) a situation so that a decision or action is never taken, in effect paralyzing the outcome D. a business analytics specialist who uses visual tools to help people understand complex data

Q: Prediction is a statistical process that finds the way to make a design, system, or decision as effective as possible; for example, finding the values of controllable variables that determine maximal productivity or minimal waste.

Q: What is distributed computing? A. processes and manages algorithms across many machines in a computing environment B. focuses on forecasting future trends and producing insights using sophisticated quantitative methods, including statistics, descriptive and predictive data mining, simulation, and optimization C. occurs when the user goes into an emotional state of over-analysis (or over-thinking) a situation so that a decision or action is never taken, in effect paralyzing the outcome D. a business analytics specialist who uses visual tools to help people understand complex data

Q: Regression is a statement about what will happen or might happen in the future, for example, predicting future sales or employee turnover.

Q: What focuses on forecasting future trends and producing insights using sophisticated quantitative methods, including statistics, descriptive and predictive data mining, simulation, and optimization? A. distributed computing B. advanced analytics C. analysis paralysis D. data artist

Q: Regression is a statistical process for estimating the relationships among variables. It includes many techniques for modeling and analyzing several variables when the focus is on the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Q: What processes and manages algorithms across many machines in a computing environment? A. distributed computing B. advanced analytics C. analysis paralysis D. data artist

Q: Forecasts are predictions based on time-series information.

Q: What analyzes unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation? A. social media analytics B. speech analytics C. text analytics D. web analytics

Q: Time-series information is time-stamped information collected at a particular frequency.

Q: What analyzes unstructured data to find trends and patterns in words and sentences? A. social media analytics B. speech analytics C. text analytics D. web analytics

Q: Optimization is a statistical process that finds the way to make a design, system, or decision as effective as possible; for example, finding the values of controllable variables that determine maximal productivity or minimal waste.

Q: What is the process of analyzing recorded calls to gather information; brings structure to customer interactions and exposes information buried in customer contact center interactions with an enterprise? A. social media analytics B. speech analytics C. text analytics D. web analytics

Q: Prediction is a statement about what will happen or might happen in the future; for example, predicting future sales or employee turnover.

Q: What analyzes text flowing across the Internet, including unstructured text from blogs and messages? A. social media analytics B. speech analytics C. text analytics D. web analytics

Q: Unstructured data do not exist in a fixed location and can include text documents, PDFs, voice messages, emails, and so on.

Q: What is web analytics? A. analyzes text flowing across the Internet, including unstructured text from blogs and messages B. the process of analyzing recorded calls to gather information; brings structure to customer interactions and exposes information buried in customer contact center interactions with an enterprise C. analyzes unstructured data to find trends and patterns in words and sentences D. analyzes unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation

Q: Data mining occurs on structured data that are already in a database or a spreadsheet.

Q: What is text analytics? A. analyzes text flowing across the Internet, including unstructured text from blogs and messages B. the process of analyzing recorded calls to gather information; brings structure to customer interactions and exposes information buried in customer contact center interactions with an enterprise C. analyzes unstructured data to find trends and patterns in words and sentences D. analyzes unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation

Q: Data-mining tools use a variety of techniques to find patterns and relationships in large volumes of information that predict future behavior and guide decision making.

Q: What is speech analytics? A. analyzes text flowing across the Internet, including unstructured text from blogs and messages B. the process of analyzing recorded calls to gather information; brings structure to customer interactions and exposes information buried in customer contact center interactions with an enterprise C. analyzes unstructured data to find trends and patterns in words and sentences D. analyzes unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation

Q: A data mart is the process of analyzing data to extract information not offered by the raw data alone.

Q: What is social media analytics? A. analyzes text flowing across the Internet, including unstructured text from blogs and messages B. the process of analyzing recorded calls to gather information; brings structure to customer interactions and exposes information buried in customer contact center interactions with an enterprise C. analyzes unstructured data to find trends and patterns in words and sentences D. analyzes unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation

Q: Many firms complete data quality audits to determine the accuracy and completeness of its data.

Q: What extracts knowledge from data by performing statistical analysis, data mining, and advanced analytics on big data to identify trends, market changes, and other relevant information? A. big data B. distributed computing C. advanced analytics D. data scientist

Q: Information cleansing or scrubbing is a process that weeds out and fixes or discards inconsistent, incorrect, or incomplete information.

Q: What focuses on forecasting future trends and producing insights using sophisticated quantitative methods, including statistics, descriptive and predictive data mining, simulation, and optimization? A. big data B. distributed computing C. advanced analytics D. data scientist

Q: Duplicate data, inaccurate data, misleading data, and incorrect data are all problems associated with dirty data.

Q: What processes and manages algorithms across many machines in a computing environment? A. big data B. distributed computing C. advanced analytics D. data scientist

Q: Dirty data is erroneous or flawed data. The complete removal of dirty data from a source is impractical or virtually impossible.

Q: What is advanced analytics? A. a collection of large, complex data sets, including structured and unstructured data, which cannot be analyzed using traditional database methods and tools B. processes and manages algorithms across many machines in a computing environment C. focuses on forecasting future trends and producing insights using sophisticated quantitative methods, including statistics, descriptive and predictive data mining, simulation, and optimization D. extracts knowledge from data by performing statistical analysis, data mining, and advanced analytics on big data to identify trends, market changes, and other relevant information

Q: An information cube is the common term for the representation of multidimensional information.

Q: What is distributed computing? A. a collection of large, complex data sets, including structured and unstructured data, which cannot be analyzed using traditional database methods and tools B. processes and manages algorithms across many machines in a computing environment C. focuses on forecasting future trends and producing insights using sophisticated quantitative methods, including statistics, descriptive and predictive data mining, simulation, and optimization D. extracts knowledge from data by performing statistical analysis, data mining, and advanced analytics on big data to identify trends, market changes, and other relevant information

Q: Within the data warehouse model, the external databases could include competitor information, industry information and stock market analysis.

Q: What is big data? A. a collection of large, complex data sets, including structured and unstructured data, which cannot be analyzed using traditional database methods and tools B. processes and manages algorithms across many machines in a computing environment C. focuses on forecasting future trends and producing insights using sophisticated quantitative methods, including statistics, descriptive and predictive data mining, simulation, and optimization D. extracts knowledge from data by performing statistical analysis, data mining, and advanced analytics on big data to identify trends, market changes, and other relevant information