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1. Data Literacy is described as the key for what?
Question 1A. All data initiativesB. Only machine learning projectsC. Only financial reportingD. Only database administrationE. Only executive dashboards
2. In previous eras, what was the role of a Business Analyst in relation to a Business Intelligence developer?
Question 2A. The BA built the dashboards while the BI developer talked to the businessB. The BA managed the database while the BI developer wrote KPIsC. The BA and BI developer had identical responsibilitiesD. The BA talked to the business, created KPIs and passed them to the BI developer to build reports and dashboardsE. The BA reviewed the BI developer's code for errors
3. According to I Am Datapedia!, what share of Business Intelligence developers in the previous era would not know what a report or dashboard was for?
Question 3A. 10%B. 90%C. 50%D. 25%E. 75%
4. What is the difference between Analysis and Analytics?
Question 4A. Analysis is automated while Analytics is manualB. Analysis is done on unstructured data while Analytics is done on structured dataC. Analysis is a tool while Analytics is a job titleD. Analysis predicts the future while Analytics describes the pastE. Analysis is about finding the Whys and Whats, whereas Analytics is about finding the Hows
5. How does I Am Datapedia! summarise what Analysis and Analytics each do within a dataset?
Question 5A. Analysis stores data and Analytics deletes dataB. Analysis builds tables and Analytics builds chartsC. Analysis searches for questions and Analytics proposes answersD. Analysis proposes answers and Analytics searches for questionsE. Analysis and Analytics both only describe the data
6. What is the current era called, in contrast with the previous era of Analysis?
Question 6A. The Analytics eraB. The Reporting eraC. The Spreadsheet eraD. The Storage eraE. The Dashboard era
7. When Data Literacy says everyone must understand data and its value, who does everyone include?
Question 7A. Only senior executivesB. Only business analystsC. Only data scientistsD. Everyone from the ETL developer through to the BI developerE. Only external consultants
8. Which of the following is NOT one of the questions a data literate person should be able to answer, according to I Am Datapedia!?
Question 8A. Where the data comes from and where it will goB. Which programming language was used to store the dataC. Who needs the report and what its purpose isD. Which KPIs are served and what value it can generateE. What the impact on organisational revenue will be
9. In the era before data became a driving force, where did most decision making happen?
Question 9A. In machine learning modelsB. In real-time dashboardsC. In data science notebooksD. In NoSQL databasesE. In reports extracted into Excel
10. According to Data Literacy, what must someone who is creating a report or dashboard do?
Question 10A. Obtain a certification firstB. Use only approved coloursC. Understand the report or dashboard they are creatingD. Build it in Excel before any other toolE. Ask a data scientist to sign it off