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1. What does Geocoding refer to?
Question 1A. The postal address of a customerB. The geographic location, expressed as an exact position on EarthC. The country code of a telephone numberD. The time zone of a transactionE. The IP address of a device
2. Which data elements exactly represent Geocoding?
Question 2A. Street and cityB. Postcode and countryC. Longitude and Latitude, also known as Lat and LongD. Region and districtE. Altitude and bearing
3. What can one do using Lat and Long?
Question 3A. Reach the exact location anywhere in the worldB. Identify a customer's nameC. Encrypt a datasetD. Aggregate sales by productE. Determine a device's operating system
4. Why has location information become so important in the current era?
Question 4A. Because databases require it as a primary keyB. Because social media, mobile applications, sensors, satellite scans and CCTV have become the norm and millions use mobiles everywhere, all the timeC. Because regulators mandate itD. Because it replaces customer namesE. Because it is cheaper to store than addresses
5. In the Amazon example, what could Amazon not do without knowing where buyers are located?
Question 5A. Process paymentsB. Store product imagesC. Ship productsD. Plan its marketing campaignsE. Calculate taxes
6. According to *I Am Datapedia!*, to whom does Amazon sell data about which products are bought from which locations?
Question 6A. Government regulatorsB. Competing online storesC. Production housesD. Individual customersE. Mobile network operators
7. How do production houses use location-based buying data?
Question 7A. To set employee salariesB. To geocode their factoriesC. To design new logosD. To choose a database vendorE. To plan their next production or relocate products from low-demand to high-demand locations
8. Which of the following is NOT named among the modern sources that have made location data ubiquitous?
Question 8A. Social mediaB. Satellite scansC. CCTVD. Floppy drivesE. Sensors
9. Which statement about Geocoding is correct?
Question 9A. It is about the exact location on Earth rather than just name, street, city or regionB. It is only about the name of a city or regionC. It requires a postal address to workD. It is unrelated to consumer dataE. It is only used by satellite operators
10. How is Amazon characterised in the Geocoding example?
Question 10A. A small regional retailerB. A CCTV manufacturerC. A satellite-scanning companyD. A production houseE. One of the most used online stores worldwide, used by millions to buy and sell products 24/7