ITEC39 Flashcards

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It is a collective information that gives you the ability to make effective, important, and strategic business decisions.

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Business Intelligence

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2
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It is the science of fact-based decision making.

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Analytics

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3
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OLTP stands for?

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Online Transaction Processing

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4
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OLAP stands for?

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Online Analytical Processing

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5
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It is the collection of information that you organize and access according to the logical structure of the information.

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Database

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The series of logically related two-dimensional tables or files for storing information.

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Relational Database

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7
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The field (or group of fields) that uniquely describes each record.

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Primary Key

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8
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The primary key of one file that appears in another file.

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Foreign Key

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9
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It helps you specify the logical requirements for a database and access and use the information in a database

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Database Management System (DBMS)

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10
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5 Components of DBMS

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  1. DBMS engine
  2. Data definition subsystem
  3. Data manipulation subsystem
  4. Application generation subsystem
  5. Data administration subsystem
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It is the collection of information
(from many places) that supports business analysis activities and decision making.

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Data Warehouse

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12
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Analytics Life Cycle

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  • Gather analytics needs
  • Find the data
  • ETL
  • Mine the data
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13
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The subset of a data warehouse in
which only a focused portion of the data warehouse information is kept.

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Data Mart

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14
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Decision and Decisions Support

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  • Intelligence
  • Design
  • Choice
  • Implementation
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15
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A highly flexible and interactive system that is designed to support decision making when the problem is not structured.

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Decisions Support System (DSS)

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16
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DSS designed specifically to analyze spatial information.

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Geographic Information System (GIS)

17
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The Tool Set of the Analytics Professional

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  • Query and Reporting Tools
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Multidimensional Analysis Tools
  • Digital Dashboard
  • Statistical Tools
18
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A highly computational data mining technology that uses information and business intelligence to build a predictive model for a given business application.

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Predictive Analytics

19
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Uses of Predictive Analytics

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  • Insurance
  • Retail
  • Healthcare
  • Travel
  • Financial services
  • CRM
  • SCM
  • Credit scoring
20
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It uses statistical, AI, and linguistic technologies to convert textual information into structured information.

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Text Analytics

21
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The science of making machines imitate human thinking and behavior, can replace human decision making in some instances.

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Artificial Intelligence

22
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An artificial intelligence system that applies reasoning capabilities to reach a conclusion.

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Expert System

23
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An artificial intelligence system that is capable of finding and differentiating patterns.

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Neural Network

24
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A mathematical method of handling
imprecise or subjective information, like “short” or “tall”.

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Fuzzy Logic

25
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An artificial intelligence system that mimics the evolutionary, survival-ofthe-fittest process to generate increasingly better
solutions to a problem.

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Genetic Algorithm

26
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A piece of software that acts on your behalf (or on behalf of another piece of software) performing tasks assigned to it.

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Agent-based technology (software agent)

27
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Learning from ecosystems and adapting their characteristics to human and organizational situations.

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Biomimicry

28
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The collective behavior of groups of simple agents that are capable of devising solutions to problems as they arise, eventually learning to coherent global patterns.

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Swarm (collective) Intelligence

29
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A resource you must manage and organize to help the organization meet its goals and objectives.

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Information