1) Which of the following is NOT an example that falls within the four major categories of business environment factors for today's organizations? A) globalization B) increased pool of customers C) fewer government regulations D) increased competition Why are analytical decision making skills now viewed as more important than interpersonal skills to managers? A) because interpersonal skills are never important in organizations B) because personable and friendly managers are always the least effective C) because analytical-oriented managers produce better results over time D) because analytical-oriented managers tend to be flashier and less methodical 3) For the majority of organizations, a daily accounts receivable transaction is an) A) strategic decision B) structured decision C) unstructured decision D) managerial control decision 4) All of the following may be viewed as decision support systems EXCEPT A) an expert system to diagnose a medical condition. B) a knowledge management system to guide decision makers. C) a system that helps to manage the organization's supply chain management D) a retail sales system that processes customer sales transactions 5) Business intelligence (BI) can be characterized as a transformation of A) data to information to decisions to actions. B) Big Data to data to information to decisions. C) actions to decisions to feedback to information D) data to processing to information to actions. 6) In answering the question "Which customers are most likely to click on my online ads and purchase my goods, you are most likely to use which of the following analytic applications? A) customer profitability B) propensity to buy C) customer attrition D) channel optimization 7 In answering the question "Which customers are likely to be using fake credit cards". you are most likely to use which of the following analytic applications? A) channel optimization B) customer segmentation C) fraud detection D) customer profitability 5) Big Data often involves a form of distributed storage and processing using Hadoop and MapReduce. One reason for this is A) centralized storage creates too many vulnerabilities B) the "Big" in Big Data necessitates over 10.000 processing nodes. C) the processing power needed for the centralized model would overload a single computer, D) Big Data systems have to match the geographical spread of social media