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201.

Quadratic complexity is

A. A reference to the speed of an algorithm, which is quadratically dependent on the size of the dat(A)
B. Attributes of a database table that can take only numerical values.
C. Tools designed to query a database.
D. None of these
Answer» B. Attributes of a database table that can take only numerical values.
202.

In ________ algorithm each cluster is represented by the center of gravity of the cluster.

A. k-medoid.
B. k-means.
C. stirr.
D. rock.
Answer» C. stirr.
203.

RBF stands for _____________.

A. radial basis function.
B. radial bio function.
C. radial big function.
D. radial bi function.
Answer» B. radial bio function.
204.

The actual amount of reduction at each learning step may be guided by _________.

A. learning cost.
B. learning level.
C. learning rate.
D. learning time.
Answer» D. learning time.
205.

The goal of _____ is to discover both the dense and sparse regions of a data set.

A. association rule.
B. classification.
C. clustering.
D. genetic algorithm.
Answer» D. genetic algorithm.
206.

Link Analysis is otherwise called as ___________.

A. affinity analysis.
B. association rules.
C. both a & b.
D. prediction.
Answer» D. prediction.
207.

Dynamuc Itemset Counting Algorithm was proposed by ____.

A. bin et al.
B. argawal et at.
C. toda et al.
D. simon et at.
Answer» B. argawal et at.
208.

__________ describes the discovery of useful information from the web contents.

A. web content mining.
B. web structure mining.
C. web usage mining.
D. all of the above.
Answer» B. web structure mining.
209.

Data warehousing is used in_______________

A. transaction system
B. database management system
C. decision support system
D. expert system
Answer» D. expert system
210.

___________ training may be used when a clear link between input data sets and target outputvalues does not exist.

A. competitive.
B. perception.
C. supervised.
D. unsupervised.
Answer» E.
211.

___________ is a method of incremental conceptual clustering.

A. corba.
B. olap.
C. cobweb.
D. sting.
Answer» D. sting.
212.

__________ is a subject-oriented, integrated, time-variant, nonvolatile collection of data in supportof management decisions.

A. data mining.
B. data warehousing.
C. web mining.
D. text mining.
Answer» C. web mining.
213.

The second phaase of A Priori algorithm is ____________.

A. candidate generation.
B. itemset generation.
C. pruning.
D. partitioning.
Answer» D. partitioning.
214.

If T consist of 500000 transactions, 20000 transaction contain bread, 30000 transaction containjam, 10000 transaction contain both bread and jam. Then the support of bread and jam is _______.

A. 2%
B. 20%
C. 3%
D. 30%
Answer» B. 20%
215.

The cluster features of different subclusters are maintained in a tree called ___________.

A. cf tree.
B. fp tree.
C. fp growth tree.
D. b tree.
Answer» B. fp tree.
216.

The biggest drawback of the level indicator in the classic star-schema is that it limits_________.http://grdmcqonline/printqp.php?heading=II M.Sc(IT) [2012-2014], Se...4 of 34 8/20/2013 2:47 PM

A. quantify.
B. qualify.
C. flexibility.
D. ability.
Answer» D. ability.
217.

The technology area associated with CRM is _______________.

A. specialization.
B. generalization.
C. personalization.
D. summarization.
Answer» D. summarization.
218.

The basic idea of the apriori algorithm is to generate________ item sets of a particular size &scans the database.

A. candidate.
B. primary.
C. secondary.
D. superkey.
Answer» B. primary.
219.

An algorithm called________is used to generate the candidate item sets for each pass after thefirst.

A. apriori.
B. apriori-gen.
C. sampling.
D. partition.
Answer» C. sampling.
220.

_______________ is an example of application development environments.

A. visual basic.
B. oracle.
C. sybase.
D. sql server.
Answer» B. oracle.
221.

_____________ helps to uncover hidden information about the data.http://grdmcqonline/printqp.php?heading=II M.Sc(IT) [2012-2014], Se...17 of 34 8/20/2013 2:47 PM

A. induction.
B. compression.
C. approximation.
D. summarization.
Answer» D. summarization.
222.

_____________ helps to uncover hidden information about the data.

A. induction.
B. compression.
C. approximation.
D. summarization.
Answer» D. summarization.
223.

In data warehousing what is time-variant data?

A. data in the warehouse is only accurate and valid at some point in time or over time interval
B. data in the warehouse is always accurate and valid
C. data in the warehouse is not accurate
D. data in the warehouse is only accurate sometimes
Answer» B. data in the warehouse is always accurate and valid
224.

_________ is the connectivity of the neuron that give simple devices their real power. a. b. c. d.

A. water.
B. air.
C. power.
D. fire.
Answer» E.
225.

______ are effective tools to attack the scalability problem.

A. sampling.
B. parallelization
C. both a & b.
D. none of the above.
Answer» D. none of the above.
226.

___________ data are noisy and have many missing attribute values.

A. preprocessed.
B. cleaned.
C. real-world.
D. transformed.
Answer» D. transformed.
227.

An operational system is _____________.

A. used to run the business in real time and is based on historical data.
B. used to run the business in real time and is based on current data.
C. used to support decision making and is based on current data.
D. used to support decision making and is based on historical data.
Answer» C. used to support decision making and is based on current data.
228.

In a feed- forward networks, the conncetions between layers are ___________ from input to output.

A. bidirectional.
B. unidirectional.
C. multidirectional.
D. directional.
Answer» C. multidirectional.
229.

________________defines the structure of the data held in operational databases and used byoperational applications.

A. user-level metadata.
B. data warehouse metadata.
C. operational metadata.
D. data mining metadata.
Answer» D. data mining metadata.
230.

Evolutionary computation is

A. Combining different types of method or information
B. Approach to the design of learning algorithms that is structured along the lines of the theory of evolution.
C. Decision support systems that contain an Information base filled with the knowledge of an expert formulated in terms of if-then rules.
D. None of these
Answer» C. Decision support systems that contain an Information base filled with the knowledge of an expert formulated in terms of if-then rules.
231.

Describing some characteristics of a set of data by a general model is viewed as ____________

A. induction.
B. compression.
C. approximation.
D. summarization.
Answer» C. approximation.
232.

____________ is a metadata repository.

A. prism solution directory manager.
B. corba.
C. stunt.
D. cobweb.
Answer» B. corba.
233.

What is a Star Schema?

A. a star schema consists of a fact table with a single table for each dimension
B. a star schema is a type of database system
C. a star schema is used when exporting data from the database
D. none of these
Answer» B. a star schema is a type of database system
234.

Minkowski distance is a function used to find the distance between two

A. binary vectors
B. boolean-valued vectors
C. real-valued vectors
D. categorical vectors
Answer» D. categorical vectors
235.

A directory to help the DSS analyst locate the contents of the data warehouse is seen in ______.

A. current detail data.
B. lightly summarized data.
C. metadata.
D. older detail data.
Answer» D. older detail data.
236.

The ________ algorithm is based on the observation that the frequent sets are normally very fewin number compared to the set of all itemsets.

A. a priori.
B. clustering.
C. association rule.
D. partition.
Answer» E.
237.

Maintenance of cache consistency is the limitation of __________________.

A. numa.
B. unam.
C. mpp.
D. pmp.
Answer» D. pmp.
238.

Prolog is

A. A programming language based on logic
B. A computer where each processor has its own operating system, its own memory, and its own hard disk.
C. Describes the structure of the contents of a database.
D. None of these
Answer» B. A computer where each processor has its own operating system, its own memory, and its own hard disk.
239.

What does the acronym ETL stands for?

A. explain,transfer and lead
B. extract,transform and load
C. extract,transfer and load
D. effect,transfer and load
Answer» C. extract,transfer and load
240.

The FP-growth algorithm has ________ phases.

A. one.
B. two.
C. three.
D. four.
Answer» C. three.
241.

_____ method is used to find the distance between two objects represented by numerical attributes.

A. euclidean distance
B. minkowski distance
C. manhattan distance
D. all of these
Answer» E.
242.

Data warehouse architecture is based on ______________.

A. dbms.
B. rdbms.
C. sybase.
D. sql server.
Answer» C. sybase.
243.

___________ of data means that the attributes within a given entity are fully dependent on the entireprimary key of the entity.

A. additivity.
B. granularity.
C. functional dependency.
D. dimensionality.
Answer» D. dimensionality.
244.

Highly summarized data is _______.

A. compact and easily accessible.
B. compact and expensive.
C. compact and hardly accessible.
D. compact.
Answer» B. compact and expensive.
245.

Fact tables are ___________.

A. completely demoralized.
B. partially demoralized.
C. completely normalized.
D. partially normalized.
Answer» D. partially normalized.
246.

If o1 and o2 are two objects and distance between these objects is zero then it means_____

A. o1 and o2 are totally similar
B. o1 and o2 are totally dissimilar
C. o1 and o2 are similar
D. o1 and o2 are partially dissimilar
Answer» B. o1 and o2 are totally dissimilar
247.

SQL stand for _________.

A. standard query language.
B. structured query language.
C. standard quick list.
D. structured query list.
Answer» C. standard quick list.
248.

_______ are needed to identify training data and desired results.

A. programmers.
B. designers.
C. users.
D. administrators.
Answer» D. administrators.
249.

A ___________ model identifies patterns or relationships.

A. descriptive.
B. predictive.
C. regression.
D. time series analysis.
Answer» B. predictive.
250.

DB/2 is

A. A family of relational database manage- ment systems marketed by IBM
B. Interactive systems that enable decision makers to use databases and models on a computer in order to solve ill- structured problems
C. It consists of nodes and branches starting from a single root node. Each node represents a test, or decision.
D. None of these
Answer» B. Interactive systems that enable decision makers to use databases and models on a computer in order to solve ill- structured problems