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Knowledge checks

Use the following information to complete knowledge check questions.

Case

Sunny Day Corp. operates Cedar Oil Production business. The company has two primary revenue
streams: cedar oil and cedar mulch (the byproduct remaining after the cedar oil is extracted from the
cedarwood). The company utilizes a custom-developed inventory management system called NetSuite
for general ledger, accounts payable, and accounts receivable, and it employs an outside payroll service
to handle payroll compliance and reporting. The company’s ability to produce cedar oil is directly tied to
weather conditions during the days leading up to production.

Knowledge check questions

1. Which does a CITP most need a thorough understanding of before beginning an analysis of data at
Sunny Day Corp.?
a. The primary customers of the company.
b. The integrity of the management team.
c. The information life cycle.
d. The structure of the databases.

2. Sunny Day Corp is utilizing multiple systems, all of which may contain pertinent data to be analyzed.
Which should the CITP consider using?
a. A cluster.
b. Data mapping.
c. An information lifecycle management system.
d. A data warehouse.

3. Which step does the CITP not have to perform before effective business intelligence or data mining
can be executed on the Sunny Day Corp. data?
a. Select the data
b. Integrate the data
c. Collect the data
d. Manipulate the data

4. Which describes the overall management of data availability, relevancy, usability, integrity, and
security at Sunny Day Corp.?
a. Data warehousing.
b. Data clustering.
c. Data governance.
d. Data collection.

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