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Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Multiple Choice Questions

UNIT-I: Data Mining: Data–Types of Data, Data Mining Functionalities– Interestingness Patterns–
Classification of Data Mining systems– Data mining Task primitives –Integration of Data mining
system with a Data warehouse–Major issues in Data Mining–Data Preprocessing.

S.No Question Answer

A) CORBA
1. B) OLAP C
C) COBWEB
D) STING.

Effect of one attribute value on a given class is independent of values of other attribute
is called .
A) value independence.
2. A
B) class conditional independence.
C) conditional independence
D) unconditional independence.
The main organizational justification for implementing a data warehouse is to provide
.
A) cheaper ways of handling transportation.
3. B) decision support. C
C) storing large volume of data.
D) access to data.
 Multidimensional database is otherwise known as .
A) RDBMS
4. B) DBMS B
C) EXTENDED RDBMS
D) EXTENDED DBMS
Data warehouse architecture is based on .
A) DBMS.
5. B) RDBMS B
C) Sybase
D) SQL Server
Source data from the warehouse comes from .
A) ODS.
6. B) TDS A
C) MDDB.
D) ORDBMS
is a data transformation process
A) Comparison.
7. B) Projection. D
C) Selection.
D) Filtering
The technology area associated with CRM is .
A) specialization.
8. B) Generalization C
C) personalization.
D) summarization.
SMP stands for .
A) Symmetric Multiprocessor.
9. B) Symmetric Multiprogramming. A
C) Symmetric Metaprogramming.
D) Symmetric Microprogramming.
are designed to overcome any limitations placed on the warehouse by the
nature of the relational data model.
A) Operational database
10. C
B) Relational database
C) Multidimensional database.
D) Data repository.
are designed to overcome any limitations placed on the warehouse by the
nature of the relational data model
A) Operational database.
11. C
B) Relational database.
C) Multidimensional database.
D) Data repository.
MDDB stands for
A) multiple data doubling.
12. B) multidimensional databases B
C) multiple double dimension.
D) multi-dimension doubling.
is data about data.
13. A) When mouse is moved over a new element A
B) When mouse is clicked
 C) When mouse is both moved and clicked
D) When mouse is blinked
is an important functional component of the metadata.
A) Digital directory.
14. B) Repository. C
C) Information directory.
D) Data dictionary.
EIS stands for .
A) Extended interface system.
15. B) Executive interface system. C
C) Executive information system.
D) Extendable information system.
is data collected from natural systems.
A) MRI scan.
16. B) ODS data. A
C) Statistical data.
D) Historical data.
is an example of application development environments
A) Visual Basic
17. B) Oracle. A
C) Sybase.
D) SQL Server.
The term that is not associated with data cleaning process is
A) domain consistency.
18. B) deduplication. D
C) disambiguation.
D) segmentation.
are some popular OLAP tools.
A) Metacube, Informix.
19. B) Oracle Express, Essbase A
C) HOLAP.
D) MOLAP.
Capability of data mining is to build models
A) retrospective.
20. B) interrogative. C
C) Predictive
D) imperative.
is a process of determining the preference of customer's majority.
A) Association.
21. B) Preferencing. B
C) Segmentation.
D) Classification.
Strategic value of data mining is
A) cost-sensitive.
22. B) work-sensitive C
C) time-sensitive.
D) technical-sensitive.
proposed the approach for data integration issues
23. A) Ralph Campbell. B
B) Ralph Kimball.
 C) John Raphlin.
D) James Gosling
The terms equality and roll up are associated with
A) OLAP.
24. B) visualization. C
C) data mart.
D) decision tree.
Exceptional reporting in data warehousing is otherwise called as .
A) exception.
25. B) alerts. B
C) Errors
D) bugs
is a metadata repository
A) Prism solution directory manager.
26. B) CORBA. A
C) STUNT.
D) COBWEB.
is an expensive process in building an expert system.
A) Analysis.
27. B) Study D
C) Design.
D) Information collection.
The full form of KDD is .
A) Knowledge database.
28. B) Knowledge discovery in database B
C) Knowledge data house.
D) Knowledge data definition.
The first International conference on KDD was held in the year .
A) 1996.
29. B) 1997 C
C) 1995.
D) 1994.
Removing duplicate records is a process called .
A) recovery.
30. B) data cleaning B
C) data cleansing.
D) data pruning.
contains information that gives users an easy-to-understand perspective
of the information stored in the data warehouse.
A) Business metadata.
31. A
B) Technical metadata.
C) Operational metadata.
D) Financial metadata.
helps to integrate, maintain and view the contents of the data
warehousing system
A) Business directory.
32. B
B) Information directory.
C) Data dictionary.
D) Database.
33. Discovery of cross-sales opportunities is called . D
 A. segmentation.
B. visualization.
C. correction.
D. association
Data marts that incorporate data mining tools to extract sets of data are called .
A. independent data mart.
34. B. dependent data marts. B
C. intra-entry data mart.
D. inter-entry data mart
can generate programs itself, enabling it to carry out new tasks.
A. Automated system.
35. B. Decision making system. D
C. Self-learning system.
D. Productivity system
The power of self-learning system lies in .
A. cost.
36. B. speed. C
C. accuracy.
D. simplicity.
Building the informational database is done with the help of .
A. transformation or propagation tools.
37. B. transformation tools only. A
C. propagation tools only.
D. extraction tools.
How many components are there in a data warehouse?
A. two.
38. B. three. D
C. four.
D. five.
Which of the following is not a component of a data warehouse?
A. Metadata.
39. B. Current detail data. D
C. Lightly summarized data.
D. Component Key.
is data that is distilled from the low level of detail found at the current
detailed leve.
A. Highly summarized data.
40. B
B. Lightly summarized data.
C. Metadata.
D. Older detail data.
Highly summarized data is .
A. compact and easily accessible.
41. B. compact and expensive. A
C. compact and hardly accessible.
D. compact.
A directory to help the DSS analyst locate the contents of the data warehouse is seen in
.
42. A. Current detail data. C
B. Lightly summarized data.
C. Metadata.
 D. Older detail data.
Metadata contains atleast .
A. the structure of the data.
43. B. the algorithms used for summarization. D
C. the mapping from the operational environment to the data warehouse.
D. all of the above.
Which of the following is not a old detail storage medium?
A. Phot Optical Storage.
44. B. RAID. D
C. Microfinche.
D. Pen drive.
The data from the operational environment enter of data warehouse.
A. Current detail data.
45. B. Older detail data. A
C. Lightly summarized data.
D. Highly summarized data.
The data in current detail level resides till event occurs.
A. purge.
46. B. summarization. D
C. archieved.
D. all of the above.
The dimension tables describe the .
A. entities.
47. B. facts. B
C. keys.
D. units of measures.
The granularity of the fact is the of detail at which it is recorded.
A. transformation.
48. B. summarization. C
C. level.
D. transformation and summarization.
Which of the following is not a primary grain in analytical modeling?
A. Transaction.
49. B. Periodic snapshot. B
C. Accumulating snapshot.
D. All of the above.
Granularity is determined by .
A. number of parts to a key.
50. B. granularity of those parts. C
C. both A and B.
D. none of the above.