Data Warehousing Questions and Answers

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Q1
 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
Answer: Option D
Q2
The @active data warehouse architecture includes which of the following?
  • A At least one data mart
  • B Data that can extracted from numerous internal and external sources
  • C Near real-time updates
  • D All of the above.
Answer: Option D
Q3
A goal of data mining includes which of the following?
  • A To explain some observed event or condition
  • B To confirm that data exists
  • C To analyze data for expected relationships
  • D To create a new data warehouse
Answer: Option A
Q4
An operational system is which of the following?
  • A A system that is used to run the business in real time and is based on historical data.
  • B A system that is used to run the business in real time and is based on current data.
  • C A system that is used to support decision making and is based on current data.
  • D A system that is used to support decision making and is based on historical data.
Answer: Option B
Q5
A data warehouse is which of the following?
  • A Can be updated by end users.
  • B Contains numerous naming conventions and formats.
  • C Organized around important subject areas.
  • D Contains only current data.
Answer: Option C
Q6
 A snowflake schema is which of the following types of tables?
  • A Fact
  • B Dimension
  • C Helper
  • D All of the above
Answer: Option D
Q7
The generic two-level data warehouse architecture includes which of the following?
  • A At least one data mart
  • B Data that can extracted from numerous internal and external sources
  • C Near real-time updates
  • D All of the above.
Answer: Option B
Q8
Fact tables are which of the following?
  • A Completely denoralized
  • B Partially denoralized
  • C Completely normalized
  • D Partially normalized
Answer: Option C
Q9
Data transformation includes which of the following?
  • 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
Answer: Option A
Q10
Reconciled data is which of the following?
  • A Data stored in the various operational systems throughout the organization.
  • B Current data intended to be the single source for all decision support systems.
  • C Data stored in one operational system in the organization.
  • D Data that has been selected and formatted for end-user support applications.
Answer: Option B
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