Chapter 17

Question 1

technologies used in business into Six broad categories

Answer 1

1. Computers
2. Software
3. Networking
4. Telephone Systems
5. Accounting Systems
6. Computer Aided Manufacturing Systems

Question 2

Amazon Go

Answer 2

a chain of grocery stores operated by the online retailer Amazon

Question 3

Business intelligence (BI)

Answer 3

is a technology-driven process for analyzing data and presenting useful information to help users make informed business decisions

Question 4

Data

Answer 4

can be any character, text, word, number, and, if not put into context, means little or nothing to a human

Question 5

information

Answer 5

is data formatted in a manner that allows it to be utilized by human beings in some significant way

Question 6

The types of data that businesses collect can be broken down into 5 broad categories:

Answer 6

1. business process,
2. physical world observations,
3. biological data,
4. public data
5. personal data

Question 7

Data Mining

Answer 7

the goal of data mining is the identification of patterns and knowledge from large amounts of data