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A. Oracle Essbase
B. IBM TM1
C. Microsoft SSAS
D. All of the Above
A. It is same as data validation
B. Harmonization of data cannot be considered as Data Scrubbing
C. It involves data cleansing
D. Standardization of data cannot be considered as Data Scrubbing
A. Snowflake Schema
B. Entity Relationship Model
C. Star Schema
D. Fact Constellation Schema
A. Selecting the cells of any one dimension of data cube
B. Merging the cells of all but one dimension
C. Merging the cells along one dimension
D. Selecting all but one dimension of the data cube.
A. To maintain data history
B. To enhance data quality
C. To collate data from multiple sources into a multiple databases
D. To integrate data from multiple source systems
A. ODS
B. Cleanroom Table
C. Staging Area
D. No distinct cleansing phase, data cleansed during MDX queries
A. It uses the two level of data storage representation to handle dense and sparse data sets
B. It provides advanced query language and query processing support for SQL queries over star and snowflake schemas
C. It facilitates OLTP operations in SQL
D. It uses array-based multidimensional storage engines
A. It is necessary to keep the operational data free of any warehouse operations
B. It contains data derived from multiple sources
C. A data warehouse cannot afford to allow corrupted data within it
D. A data warehouse contains summarized data whereas the operational database contains transactional data
A. specifying a particular year and region
B. randomizing the year and region
C. specifying a particular year
D. randomizing the year
A. fact table
B. core table
C. metadata table
D. dimension table
A. Can handle large amounts of data
B. Performance can be slow
C. All of the given options are valid
D. Can leverage functionalities inherent in the relational database
A. All of the given options are valid
B. Data warehouses contain data that is generally loaded from the operational databases on a regular interval
C. Time horizon of a data warehouse is significanlty longer than that of operational systems
D. Data Warehouse maintains both historical and (nearly) current data
A. MOLAP cubes are built for fast data retrieval
B. MOLAP cubes are optimal for slicing and dicing operations
C. Data is stored in a multidimensional cube.
D. All of the given options are valid
A. It allows users to analyze data from many different dimensions or angles
B. All of the given options are valid
C. It is the process of analyzing data from different perspectives and summarizing it into useful information
D. It is the process of finding correlations or patterns among various fields
A. SQL
B. ETL
C. OLAP
D. OLTP
A. Incremental Extraction
B. Both Full Extraction and Incremental Extraction
C. Full Extraction
D. Online extraction
A. All of the given options are true
B. It is copy of transaction data specifically structured for query and analysis
C. It is designed to facilitate reporting and analysis
D. It is a non-volatile time-variant repository
A. It is represented by centralized fact tables
B. Its a logical arrangement of tables in a multidimensional database
C. All of the above
D. It is a variation of the star schema
A. Extract, Transform, Load
B. Extract Test Language
C. Export, Transmit, Load
D. Export, Translate, Load
A. Star Schema
B. Snowflake Schema
C. Fact Constellation Schema
D. All of given options are valid
A. OLTP
B. Relational Database
C. ODS
D. OLAP or Multidimensional Database
A. Star Schema
B. OLTP
C. OLAP
D. Snowflake Schema
A. When the two sources have multiple matching columns
B. When the two sources have a primary-key to foreign-key relationship
C. All of the Above
D. When the two sources are heterogeneous
A. the most atomic level at which the facts may be defined
B. the raw data from which the facts are derived
C. the direction along which additive measures can be combined
D. the ratio of facts to dimensions
A. Drill-up
B. Roll-down
C. Roll-up
D. Drill-down
A. Crossjoin
B. AllMembers
C. Leaves
D. Distinct
A. Fortran
B. MDX
C. SQL
D. SPSS
A. dice
B. join
C. pivot
D. slice
A. transaction volume
B. gross profits
C. costs
D. probability of default
A. It rotates the data axes in view in order to provide an alternative presentation of data
B. Two consecutive slice operations in two different dimensions
C. It is also known as rotation
D. All of the given options are valid
A. CRC
B. (both of these choices)
C. (none of these choices)
D. audit columns
A. /* this line */
B. // this line
C. ## this line
D. -- this line
A. an access layer comprising a subset of a data warehouse
B. an online, open exchange in which organizations can trade business information
C. a schema that organizes data into facts and dimensions
D. a central repository where separate organizations can securely backup data
A. Star and snowflake schema contains two Fact tables
B. Snowflake schema contains two Fact tables
C. Fact Constellation schema contains two Fact tables
D. Star schema contains two Fact tables
A. Product name when a Product dimension table exists
B. Store UID when a Store dimension table exists
C. Units sold
D. None of the Above
A. Subject Oriented
B. Volatile
C. Nonvolatile
D. Integrated
A. Database
B. OLAP
C. OLTP
D. Data Warehousing env
A. Roll-up
B. Roll-down
C. Drill-down
D. Drill-up
A. OLAP
B. OLTP
C. Both OLAP and OLTP
D. Neither OLAP nor OLTP
A. an array in which data is stored and characterized by multiple dimensions
B. None of the Above
C. a three-dimensional array for Online Analytical Processing
D. a dimensional-reduction operation that summarizes data
A. normalization
B. All of the Above
C. pivot tables
D. primary keys
A. All of the options are correct
B. OLAP
C. Data Warehousing env
D. OLTP
A. It uses just one level of data storage representation to handle sparse data sets
B. It uses just one level of data storage representation to handle dense data sets
C. It uses one level of data storage representation to handle both dense and sparse data sets
D. It uses two level of data storage representation to handle dense and sparse data sets
A. The Dice operation performs selection of two or more dimension on a given cube
B. It forms a new sub-cube by selecting one or more dimensions
C. The Dice operation performs selection of one dimension on a given cube
D. It navigates the data from less detailed data to highly detailed data
A. dice
B. slice
C. rotating
D. drill-across
A. normalized approach
B. Neither dimensional nor normalized approach
C. Both dimensional and normalized approach
D. dimensional approach
A. Delta, Byte-dictionary, LZO
B. MOSTLY8, Runlength, Raw
C. Byte-dictionary, LZO, Delta
D. LZO, Delta, Raw
A. Read and Write
B. Read Only
C. Write Only
D. Write Deconditional
A. Integrated data warehouse
B. On time data warehouse
C. Offline operational data warehouse
D. Offline data warehouse
A. Relational
B. Multidimensional
C. Hybrid
D. Analytical