WGU C207 DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT
DETAILED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2022 – 2023
1.Analytics is a broad term that refers to a variety of tools that inform managerial
decisions.Which term can be used to describe managerial decisions? (correct
answers)Prescriptive
2.What are two reasons for the increasing use of analytics in organizational decision-making?
Choose 2 answers. (correct answers)Relatively lower cost of computer storage
Higher computer processing power
3.How does probability theory inform decision-making for managers? (correct answers)By
quantifyingrisk
4.Which type of data are the Olympic medals of gold, silver, and bronze examples of?
(correctanswers)Ordinal data
5.What are two aspects of data quality management?
Choose 2 answers. (correct answers)It reduces the amount of incomplete data.
It cleans data.
6.Which two attributes indicate potential data quality issues when evaluating a set of nominal data?
Choose 2 answers. (correct answers)Missing data
Misspelled data
7.When conducting a study that measures an individual’s weight, all scales are calibrated prior to
use inmeasurement.
Which type of error should this procedure significantly reduce? (correct answers)Systematic error
8.An advertising manager creates a research study by presenting low, medium, or high frequency
of thesame ad in matched markets. The manager then reports on sales in each market location.
What is the term for the different sales in this study? (correct answers)Response variable
9.A healthcare study follows a particular sample over time to identify how the health habits of
teenagers impact their likelihood of acquiring various diseases later in their life. The healthcare
organization hopes this data will allow them to create early prevention programs.
Which type of research design does this study describe? (correct answers)Cohort study
- Several missing values in a particular field in a dataset were observed. The likelihood of a
recordhaving a missing value is correlated to another variable in the dataset.
Which two types of error might be introduced into the dataset if the removed record included
missingvalues?
Choose 2 answers. (correct answers)Systematic error
Omission error