Course 1 Week 1

Question 1

Which of the following statements best defines data?

Answer 1

Data a collection of facts.

Question 2

Fill in the blank: in data analytics, the data ecosystem refers to the various elements that interact with one another to produce, manage, store, ___, analyze, and share data.

Answer 2

Organize

Question 3

Which of the following terms refers to the collection, transformation, and organization of data in order to draw conclusions, make predictions, and drive informed decision – making?

Answer 3

Data Analysis

Question 4

An airline collects, observes, and analyzes its customers online behaviors. Then, it uses insights to gained to choose what new products and services to offer. What business process does this describe?

Answer 4

Data-driven decision making

Question 5

The various elements that interact with one another in order to produce, manage, store, organize, analyze, and share, data.

Answer 5

Data ecosystems

Question 6

A place to keep data online, rather than a computer hard drive.

Answer 6

Cloud

Question 7

Creating new ways of modeling and understanding the unknown by using raw data. Data Scientist create new questions using data, while data analysts find answers to existing questions by creating insights from data sources.

Answer 7

Data Science

Question 8

The collection, transformation, and organization of data in order to draw conclusions, make predictions, and drive informed decision-making.

Answer 8

Data Analysis

Question 9

The science of data

Answer 9

Data Analytics

Question 10

Using facts to guide business strategy.

Answer 10

Data-driven decision-making

Question 11

Data analysis is the various elements that interact with one another in order to provide, manage, store, organize, analyze, and share data.

Answer 11

False. Correct answer is data analytics.

Question 12

Fill in the blank: Data ecosystems are made up of elements that _____ with each other. This makes it possible for them to produce, manage, store, organize, analyze, and share data.

Answer 12

Interact

Question 13

Fill in the blank: The primary goal of a data _____ is to create new questions using data.

Answer 13

Scientist

Question 14

Fill in the blank: The term _____ is defined as an intuitive understanding of something with little or no explanation.

Answer 14

Gut instinct

Question 15

A furniture manufacturer wants to find a more environmentally friendly way to make its products. A data analyst helps solve this problem by gathering relevant data, analyzing it, and using it to draw conclusions. The analyst then shares their analysis with subject-matter experts from the manufacturing team, who validate the findings. Finally, a plan is put into action. This scenario describes data science.

Answer 15

False. Correct answer is data-driven decision-making.

Question 16

To get the most out of data-driven decision-making, it’s important to include insights from people very familiar with the business problem. Identify what these people are called.

Answer 16

Subject-matter experts

Question 17

Sharing the results of your analysis with colleagues who are very familiar with the business problem supports what practice?

Answer 17

Data-driven decision-making

Question 18

You read an interesting article in a magazine and want to share it in the discussion forum. What should you do when posting? Select all that apply.

Answer 18

Check your post for typos or grammatical errors. Make sure the article is relevant to data analytics.