TOPIC 4 DATA PROCESSING

EASY QUESTIONS

1. ___________is the heart of knowledge discovery in database process.

A. Selection
B. Data warehouse
C. Data mining
D. Creative coding
ANSWER: D

2. EIS stands for______________.

A. Executive information system.
B. Exchange information system.
C. Extra information system
D. Extended information system.
ANSWER: A

3. Which term is commonly used for attribute in data warehouse space?

A. Entity
B. Nominal attributes
C. Dimension
D. Variable
ANSWER: C

4. The set of attributes in a database that refers to data in another table is called______________.
A. Primary keys
B. Super type
C. Composites primary key.
D. Foreign key
ANSWER: D

5. Knowledge discovery in database refers to____________.

A. Selection of data.
B. Coding.
C. Cleaning the data
D. Whole process of extraction of knowledge from data.
ANSWER: D

6. Data mining is used to refer________________ stage in knowledge discovery in database.

A. Discovery
B. Retrieving
C. Coding
D. Selection
ANSWER: A

7. Which of the following is not type of technologies used in data mining?

A. Database systems and data warehouse.
B. Unsupervised learning.
C. KDD.
D. Information retrieval.
ANSWER: C

8. ____________is the application of data mining technique to discover patterns from web.
A. Text mining
B. Multimedia mining.
C. Web mining.
D. Link mining.
ANSWER: C

9. In machine learning_________________ refers to the process of deriving high quality

information from text.
A. Conservation
B. Theory.
C. Analysis.
D. Prediction.
ANSWER: C

10. It is important to know the complexity of the___________________ before developing any

machine learning algorithm.
A. Search space.
B. Data.
C. Algorithm.
D. Learning.
ANSWER: A

11. Which attributes is a nominal attribute with only two states?

A. Binary attributes
B. Nominal attributes
C. Ordinal attributes
D. Numeric attributes
ANSWER: A

12. A _______________ is necessary condition for KDDs effective implement.

A. Data set
B. Database.
C. Data warehouse.
D. Statistics method.
ANSWER: C

13. A binary attributes is _________________if both of its state are equally valuable and carry the
same weight.
A. Symmetric.
B. Asymmetric.
C. Line
D. Scatter.
ANSWER: A

14. KDD is stands for______________.

A. Knowledge defined disclosure.
B. Knowledge discovery from data.
C. Knowledge mining from data.
D. Knowledge data cleaning.
ANSWER: B

15. ______________could generates rule automatically.

A. KDD.
B. AI.
C. Expert system.
D. Machine learning.
ANSWER: D

16. KDD is a_______________________.

A. New technology that is used to store data.
B. Multidisciplinary fields of research
C. Database technology.
D. Expert system.
ANSWER: B

17. ____________is used to find the vaguely known data

A. SQL.
B. KDD.
C. Data mining.
D. Sybase.
ANSWER: C

18. A definition of a concept is_____________ if it does not classify any negative example as falling
under the concept.
A. Complete.
B. Good.
C. Consistent.
D. Bad
ANSWER: C

19. The easiest way to gain access to the data and facilitate effective making is to set up
a______________.
A. Database.
B. Data mart.
C. Data warehouse.
D. Operation.
ANSWER: C

20. Smaller local data warehouse is called as _______________.

A. Data mart
B. Database
C. Data model
D. Meta data
ANSWER: B

21. A______________ algorithm takes a new piece of information at each learning cycle and tries to
revise the theory using new data.
A. Supervised learning.
B. Unsupervised.
C. Incremental learning.
D. Batch learning
ANSWER: B

22. Metadata is used by the end users for________________.

A. Managing database.
B. Query purpose
C. Making decision
D. Structuring database.
ANSWER: B

23. The_________________ represents the best choice for building a data warehouse.
A. Clients or server.
B. Reverse.
C. Replication.
D. Transfer.
ANSWER: A

24. A data warehouse is an integrated collection of data because__________.

A. It is a collection of data of different data type.
B. It is a collection of data derived from multiple source.
C. It contains summarized data.
D. It is a relation database.
ANSWER: B

25. The term that is not associated with data cleaning process is_____________.
A. Domain consistence.
B. Segmentation.
C. De-duplication.
D. Clustering
ANSWER: B

26. Data mining methodology states that in optimal situation data mining is an_____________.
A. Standard process.
B. Complete process.
C. Creative process.
D. Ongoing process.
ANSWER: D
 27. The_________________ algorithm can be applied in cleaning data.
A. Search
B. Learning
C. Clustering
D. Pattern recognition.
ANSWER: B

28. The statement that is true about data mining is_____________________.

A. Data mining is not a single technique.
B. It finds the hidden patterns from data.
C. It is a real discovery process.
D. All forms of pollution are found during the data mining stage itself.
ANSWER: D

29. Which of the following step is not involves in data mining process?
A. Data Cleaning
B. Data selection
C. Data warehouse
D. Data mining
ANSWER: C

30. OR methods deals with_______________ type of data.

A. Quantitative
B. Qualitative
C. Standard
D. Predict
ANSWER: A

31. Fact table are___________________

A. completely demoralized
B. partially normalized
C. completely normalized
D. Partially demoralized.
ANSWER: C

32. The type of relationship in star schema is ___________.

A. M:m
B. M:1
C. 1:1
D. 1:M
ANSWER: D

33. Data compression is to compress the given data by encoding in term of___________.
A. Cluster
B. Bits
C. Bytes
D. Group
ANSWER: A

34. Which is the following function involves data cleaning, data standardizing and summarizing.
A. Storing data.
B. Transformation data.
C. Data acquisition.
D. Data access.
ANSWER: B

35. ______________is data about data.

A. Microdata.
B. Minidata.
C. Metadata
D. Multidata.
ANSWER: C

36. The _______________is an important function component of the metadata.

A. Digital directory.
B. Repository.
C. Information directory.
D. Data dictionary.
ANSWER: C

INTERMEDIATE QUESTIONS

37. The term equality and roll up are associated with________________

A. OLAP.
B. Visualization.
C. Data mart.
D. Decision tree.
ANSWER: C

38. Removing duplicate records is a process called______________.

A. Recovery
B. Data cleaning
C. Data cleansing
D. Data pruning
ANSWER: B

39. Data marts that incorporate data mining tools to extract sets of data is called ______________.
A. Independent data mart
B. Dependent data mart
C. Intra entry data mart
D. Centralized data mart
ANSWER: B

40. _________________is used for discrete target variable.

A. Nominal
B. Classification
C. Clustering
D. Association
ANSWER: B

41. Data mining is an integral part of_______________.

A. SE
B. DBMS
C. KDD
D. OS
ANSWER: C

42. Capability of data mining is to build______________models.

A. Predicts.
B. Imperative.
C. Retrospective.
D. Interrogative.
ANSWER: A

43. _______________are some popular OLAP tools.

A. Metacube, Informix.
B. Oracle express, essbase.
C. HOLAP.
D. MOLAP.
ANSWER: A

44. Data warehouse architecture is based on_________________.

A. DBMS
B. RDBMS
C. SYBASE
D. SQL
ANSWER: B

45. OLAP is used for_____________________.

A. Online application processing.
B. Online analytical processing.
C. Online aptitude processing.
D. Online admin processing.
ANSWER: B

46. The_______________ refers to extracting knowledge from larger amount of data.

A. Data abstraction.
B. database
C. Data warehousing.
D. Data
ANSWER: D
 47. In_______________ approach data warehouse is build first and all formation needed is selected.
A. Bottom-up
B. Client/server
C. DSS
D. Top-down
ANSWER: D

48. Data mining algorithm require_______________.

A. Efficient sampling method.
B. Storage of intermediate results.
C. Capacity to handle larger amount of data.
D. All of the above.
ANSWER: D

49. ________________is one of the traditional query tool.

A. MYSQL
B. OLAP
C. ROLAP
D. SQL
ANSWER: D

50. Which of the following is not true about OLAP?

A. They create no new knowledge.
B. OLAP is powerful that data mining tool.
C. They cannot search for new solution.
D. OLAP tools store their data in specials multidimensional format
ANSWER: B

51. ______________analysis divides data into groups that are meaningful, useful, or both.
A Cluster
B Association
C Classification
D Relation
ANSWER: A

52. Which is not a computer classification?

A. mainframe
B. maxframe
C. mini
D. notebook
ANSWER: B

53. The control unit of a microprocessor

A. Stores data in the memory
B. Accepts input data from keyboard
 C. Performs arithmetic/logic function
D. None of above
ANSWER: D

54. Which of the following is internal memory?

A. Disks
B. Pen Drives
C. RAM
D. CDs
ANSWER: C

55. Which operation is not performed by computer

A. Inputting
B. Processing
C. Controlling
D. Understanding
ANSWER: D

56. Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic material are also called?
A. Hard disks
B. High-density disks
C. Diskettes
D. Templates
ANSWER: C

57. The magnetic storage chip used to provide non-volatile direct access storage of data and that
have no moving parts are known as
A. Magnetic core memory
B. Magnetic tape memory
C. Magnetic disk memory
D. Magnetic bubble memory
ANSWER: D

58. A collection of related instructions organized for a common purpose is referred to as

A. File
B. Database
C. Program
D. None of above
ANSWER: C

ADVANCED QUESTIONS

59. Plotter accuracy is measured in terms of repeatability and

A. Buffer size
B. Resolution
C. Vertical dimensions
D. Intelligence
ANSWER: B
 60. Computer instructions written with the use of English words instead of binary machine code is
called
A. Mnemonics
B. Symbolic code
C. Gray codes
D. Opcode
ANSWER: B

61. Which language is directly understood by the computer without translation program?
A. Machine language
B. Assembly language
C. High level language
D. None of above
ANSWER: A

62. On which aspect the analog computers are better than digital?
A. Speed
B. Accuracy
C. Reliability
D. Automatic
ANSWER: B

63. Which of the following processors use RISC technology?

A. 486dx
B. Power PC
C. 486sx
D. 6340
ANSWER: B

64. Which of the following machine was not invented by Charles Babbage?
A. Tabulating Machine
B. Analytical Engine
C. Difference Engine
D. Both C and D
ANSWER: A

65. How many numbers could ENIAC store in its internal memory
A. 100
B. 20
C. 80
D. 40
ANSWER: B

66. The subject of cybernetics deals with the science of

A. Genetics
B. Control and communication
 C. Molecular biology
D. Biochemistry
ANSWER: B

67. Why ABC is considered electro-mechanical computer?

A. Because it was invented before electronic computers were developed
B. Because there are wheels, drums, bars to rotate and move to produce result
C. Because they use the flow of electrons in different component
D. None of above
ANSWER: B

68. Binary circuit elements have

A. One stable state
B. Two stable state
C. Three stable state
D. None of above
ANSWER: B

69. Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips?

A. Control bus
B. Control unit
C. Parity unit
D. Semiconductor
ANSWER: D

70. Which of the following is not a micro computer?

A. Laptop PCs
B. Tablet PCs
C. Desktop PCs
D. None of above
ANSWER: D

71. The value of each bead in earth is

A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7
ANSWER: A

TOPIC 5 DATA WAREHOUSE & OLAP

EASY QUESTIONS
72. Data warehouse architecture is based on _______
A. DBMS
B. RDBMS
C. Sybase
D. SQL Server
ANSWER: B

73. _______ supports basic OLAP operations, including slice and dice, drill-down, roll-up and pivoting.
A. Information processing
B. Analytical processing
C. Data mining
D. Transaction processing
ANSWER: B

74. The core of the multidimensional model is the _________ , which consists of a large set of facts and
a number of dimensions.
A. Multidimensional cube
B. Dimensions cube
C. Data cube
D. Data model
ANSWER: C

75. The data from the operational environment enter _________ of data warehouse.
A. Current detail data
B. Older detail data
C. Lightly Summarized data
D. Highly summarized data
ANSWER: A

76. A data warehouse is ____________

A. updated by end users.
B. contains numerous naming conventions and formats
C. organized around important subject areas
D. contain only current data
ANSWER: A

77. Business Intelligence and data warehousing is used for ________

A. Forecasting
B. Data Mining
C. Analysis of large volumes of product sales data
D. All of the above
ANSWER: D

78. Data warehouse contains ________ data that is never found in the operational environment.
A. normalized
B. informational
C. summary
D. denormalized
ANSWER: C
79. _________ are responsible for running queries and reports against data warehouse tables.
A. Hardware
B. Software
C. End users
D. Middle ware
ANSWER: C

80. The biggest drawback of the level indicator in the classic star schema is that is limits _______
A. flexibility
B. quantify
C. qualify
D. ability
ANSWER: A

81. __________ are designed to overcome any limitations placed on the warehouse by the nature of
the relational data model.
A. Operational database
B. Relational database
C. Multidimensional database
D. Data repository
ANSWER: C

82. Which of the following computer implemented binary numbers, perform calculations using
electronics and implemented separate computation and memory for the first time?
A. Mark I
B. ABC
C. Z3
D. None of above
ANSWER: B

83. FORTRAN is a programming language. What does FORTRAN stand for?

A. File Translation
B. Format Translation
C. Formula Translation
D. Floppy Translation
ANSWER: C

84. Which of the following memories needs refreshing?

A. SRAM
B. DRAM
C. ROM
D. All of above
ANSWER: B

INTERMEDIATE QUESTIONS

85. Can you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its ports?
A. Data
B. Bytes
C. Graphics
D. Pictures
ANSWER: A

86. An output device that uses words or messages recorded on a magnetic medium to produce audio
response is
A. Magnetic tape
B. Voice response unit
C. Voice recognition unit
D. Voice band
ANSWER: B

87. Which of the items below are considered removable storage media?
A. Removable hard disk cartridges
B. Magneto-optical) disk
C. Flexible disks cartridges
D. All of the above
ANSWER: D

88. Which of the following is not purely output device?

A. Screen
B. Printer
C. Speaker
D. Plotter
ANSWER: A

89. Who developed a mechanical device in the 17th century that could add, subtract, multiple, divide
and find square roots?
A. Napier
B. Babbage
C. Pascal
D. Leibniz
ANSWER: D

90. The first Macintosh computer was from

A. First generation
B. Second generation
C. Third generation
D. Fourth generation
ANSWER: D
91. Which of the following is not a form of data?
A. numbers and characters
B. images
C. sound
D. none of above
ANSWER: D

92. OLAP stands for

A. Online analytical processing
B. Online analysis processing
C. Online transaction processing
D. Online aggregate processing
ANSWER: A

93. Data that can be modeled as dimension attributes and measure attributes are called _______ data.
A. Multidimensional
B. Single dimensional
C. Measured
D. Dimensional
ANSWER: A

94. The generalization of cross-tab which is represented visually is ____________ which is also called as
data cube.
A. Two dimensional cube
B. Multidimensional cube
C. N-dimensional cube
D. Cuboid
ANSWER: A

95. The process of viewing the cross-tab (Single dimensional) with a fixed value of one attribute is
A. Slicing
B. Dicing
C. Pivoting
D. Both a and b
ANSWER: D

96. The operation of moving from finer-granularity data to a coarser granularity (by means of
aggregation) is called a ________.
A. Rollup
B. Drill down
C. Dicing
D. Pivoting
ANSWER: A

ADVANCED QUESTIONS
97. In SQL the cross-tabs are created using
A. Slice
B. Dice
C. Pivot
D. All of the mentioned
ANSWER: A

98. { (item name, color, clothes size), (item name, color), (item name, clothes size), (color, clothes size),
(item name), (color), (clothes size), () }
This can be achieved by using which of the following ?
A. group by rollup
B. group by cubic
C. group by
D. None of the mentioned
ANSWER: D

99. What do data warehouses support?

A. OLAP
B. OLTP
C. OLAP and OLTP
D. Operational databases
ANSWER: A

100. Select item name, color, clothes size, sum(quantity)

from sales
group by rollup(item name, color, clothes size);
How many grouping is possible in this rollup?
A. 8
B. 4
C. 2
D. 1
ANSWER: B

101. Which one of the following is the right syntax for DECODE?
A. DECODE (search, expression, result [, search, result] [, default])
B. DECODE (expression, result [, search, result] [, default], search)
C. DECODE (search, result [, search, result] [, default], expression)
D. DECODE (expression, search, result [, search, result] [, default])
ANSWER: D