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Data-Driven-Decision-Making
Q1:
An organization develops a new strategic plan and seeks ways to improve process performance by reducing variation to only 3.4 defects per million process outputs.
Which tool can the organization use to meet this goal?
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A
Linear programming○
B
Just-in-time○
C
Statistical process control○
D
Six Sigma
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Data-Driven-Decision-Making
Q2:
How do analytics help an organization?
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A
They use data to persuade consumers.○
B
They assist with investment management.○
C
They develop fact-based strategies.○
D
They increase employees' use of information systems.
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Data-Driven-Decision-Making
Q3:
A county government must increase trust among voters that their tallying machines are accurately calibrated to count their votes. Each department is tasked with creating an online marketing campaign; however, the budget for these campaigns is limited.
How can the county apply data analytic approaches to allocate funds to each department?
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A
By measuring the number of voter complaints per department○
B
By benchmarking the voter turnout rates in each county○
C
By surveying the county controllers○
D
By surveying employees on polling strategies
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Data-Driven-Decision-Making
Q4:
What is a basic assumption of a z-score?
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A
The mean is equal to zero with a standard deviation of 1.○
B
Outlier data points must be eliminated from a z-score calculation.○
C
The mean is equal to zero with a standard deviation of 2.○
D
Outlier data points are critical to a z-score calculation.
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Data-Driven-Decision-Making
Q5:
What happens when an organization focuses on customers?
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A
It ensures consistency and efficiency among organization-wide activities.○
B
It reduces bias and fosters trust in decisions and plans.○
C
It leads to an increase in revenue and market share.○
D
It decreases costs for the organization and its suppliers.