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1. John Smith, who works in the marketing department of the Shelterwoods hotel, has been given the responsibility of identifying patterns in the preferences of guests who have repeatedly visited the hotel in the past ten years. Which of the following would best help him categorize the massive amounts of data to reveal preferences of guests, such as type of suite, room service, etc.?
A. online analytical processing
B. forecasting analysis
C. goal seeking analysis
D. what-if analysis
E. All of the above
2. In the normalization process, you begin with a “table” in the form of a “relation”. Which of the following makes a “table” into the academic definition of a “relation”.
A. Rows contain data about an entity.
B. Each column has a unique name.
C. All entries in a column are of the same kind – domain constraints
D. The order of the columns is unimportant.
E. No two rows may be identical.
F. Columns contain data about attributes of the entity.
G. The order of the rows is unimportant.
3. The organization has identified specific due dates for business analysis work within the project. While assessing the performance of the BA work so far, you discover that some of these dates might slip because the work is going slower than expected. Therefore, you do all of the following except:
A. Keep quiet about this discovery because it will probably correct itself.
B. Decide to take corrective action by analyzing the gap between the expected BA work and the current work so far.
C. Update the project team on your findings, incorporating the variance analysis findings and describing a corrective line of action to keep the project on track.
D. Communicate the findings with the stakeholders who will be affected by the change in plans.
4. The main job duty of a typical business analyst is:
A. To document and get approval on meeting minutes
B. To create new processes for the organization
C. To serve as a liaison between the end users and the IT department only
D. To ensure that projects are aligned with the company's objectives