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This set of Data Mining and Data Warehouse Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Data Mining And Warehouse Set 12

Q1 | A link is said to be _________ link if it is between pages with different domain names.
  • intrinsic.
  • transverse.
  • direct.
  • contrast.
Q2 | A link is said to be _______ link if it is between pages with the same domain name.
  • intrinsic.
  • transverse.
  • direct.
  • contrast.
Q3 | Patterns that can be discovered from a given database are which type
  • more than one type
  • multiple types always
  • one type only
  • no specific type
Q4 | A snowflake schema is which of the following types of tables?
  • fact
  • dimension
  • helper
  • all of the above
Q5 | Which one manages both current and historic transactions?
  • oltp
  • olap
  • spread sheet
  • xml
Q6 | Expansion for DSS in DW is__________.
  • decision support system
  • decision single system
  • data storable system
  • data support system
Q7 | __________describes the data contained in the data warehouse
  • relational data
  • operational data
  • meta data
  • informational data
Q8 | Converting data from different sources into a common format for processing is called as________.
  • selection.
  • preprocessing
  • transformation
  • interpretation
Q9 | Data warehousing is used in_______________
  • transaction system
  • database management system
  • decision support system
  • expert system
Q10 | Data warehouse is based on_____________
  • two dimensional model
  • three dimensional model
  • multi dimensional model
  • unidimensional model
Q11 | Multidimensional model of data warehouse called as_____
  • data structure
  • table
  • tree
  • data cube
Q12 | In data warehousing what is time-variant data?
  • data in the warehouse is only accurate and valid at some point in time or over time interval
  • data in the warehouse is always accurate and valid
  • data in the warehouse is not accurate
  • data in the warehouse is only accurate sometimes
Q13 | What is a Star Schema?
  • a star schema consists of a fact table with a single table for each dimension
  • a star schema is a type of database system
  • a star schema is used when exporting data from the database
  • none of these
Q14 | What does the acronym ETL stands for?
  • explain,transfer and lead
  • extract,transform and load
  • extract,transfer and load
  • effect,transfer and load
Q15 | Which small logical units do data warehouses hold large amounts of information?
  • data storage
  • data marts
  • access layers
  • data miners
Q16 | Which one is correct for data warehousing?
  • it can be updated by end users
  • it can solve all business questions
  • it is designed for focus subject areas
  • it contains only current data
Q17 | A fact table is related to dimensional table as a ___ relationship
  • 1:m
  • m:n
  • m:1
  • 1:1
Q18 | Minkowski distance is a function used to find the distance between two
  • binary vectors
  • boolean-valued vectors
  • real-valued vectors
  • categorical vectors
Q19 | Data set of designation {Professor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor} is example of__________attribute.
  • continuous
  • ordinal
  • numeric
  • nominal
Q20 | Identify the correct example of Nominal Attributes.
  • weight of person in kg
  • income categories - high, medium, low
  • mobile number
  • all above
Q21 | When objects are represented using single attribute, the proximity value 1 indicates :
  • objects are similar
  • objects are dissimilar
  • not equal
  • reflexive
Q22 | Identity correct equation of Jacard Coefficient:
  • j= f11/f01+f10+f11
  • j= f11+f00/f01+f10+f11
  • j= f11+f00/f01+f10
  • none of these
Q23 | What equation we get when r parameter =2 in Minskowski Distance formula?
  • manhattan distance
  • euclidean distance
  • lmaximum distance
  • all
Q24 | ________is a generalization of Manhattan, Euclidean and Max Distance
  • euclidean distance
  • minkowski distance
  • manhattan distance
  • jaccard distance
Q25 | _________ distance is based on L1 norm.
  • euclidean distance
  • minkowski distance
  • manhattan distance
  • jaccard distance