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1. How is the term Data Driven Organisation described in I Am Datapedia!?
Question 1A. A legal requirement for listed companiesB. An outdated concept from the reporting eraC. A new buzz word that every organisation wants to tag itself withD. A technical certification for databasesE. A software product sold by vendors
2. Using data for top-level revenue planning and for checking whether a product division meets its planned ROI is described as what?
Question 2A. The definition of a Data Driven OrganisationB. A form of Data LiberalisationC. An example of Data DemocratisationD. A daily chore decisionE. Previous-era organisational behaviour that does not make an organisation data driven
3. In the current era, what kinds of decisions must follow data in a Data Driven Organisation?
Question 3A. Daily chores, such as hiring and firing, transfers, ordering printer ink and paper, procurement and provisioning of resourcesB. Only board-level strategic decisionsC. Only decisions about marketing campaignsD. Only decisions made by the IT departmentE. Only decisions about product pricing
4. Which of the following is NOT listed among the daily chores that a Data Driven Organisation should decide with data?
Question 4A. How employees are hired and firedB. How transfers are doneC. How printer ink and paper are orderedD. How the company logo is designedE. How hardware, software and infrastructure are provisioned or de-provisioned
5. In a Data Driven Organisation, what should ideally happen to everything?
Question 5A. It should be outsourcedB. It should be automatedC. It should be approved by a committeeD. It should be stored in a spreadsheetE. It should be done manually to preserve jobs
6. What is the author's stated view on human intervention in a Data Driven Organisation?
Question 6A. Human intervention should be eliminated entirelyB. Human intervention is only needed for hiringC. Human intervention will never be zeroD. Human intervention is a sign of failureE. Human intervention should be limited to IT staff
7. What is described as the right attitude towards work in a Data Driven Organisation?
Question 7A. Keep doing the same task manually to ensure qualityB. Wait for IT to automate every taskC. Avoid automation until the whole organisation agreesD. Delegate every task to a consultantE. Once you do something, make it automated and move to the next task
8. What is described as the biggest challenge in achieving Data Driven Organisation status?
Question 8A. Cultural changeB. Buying enough serversC. Choosing a database vendorD. Writing the data strategyE. Hiring data scientists
9. Why are people described as not ready for the automation that a Data Driven Organisation requires?
Question 9A. Because automation tools are too expensiveB. Because they lack access to dataC. Because managers forbid automationD. Because they think their jobs are at stake if they automate what they doE. Because automation only works for IT tasks
10. According to I Am Datapedia!, within what maximum period should a person automate what they are doing, and what happens otherwise?
Question 10A. Within one month; otherwise the task is cancelledB. Within one year; otherwise the manager finds a new person or upgrades the team's skill setC. Within five years; otherwise the organisation hires consultantsD. Within one week; otherwise IT takes over the taskE. There is no time limit for automation