Multiple Choice Questions 6.

What are OLAP tools used for in a data

warehouse?
Topic 1: The Need for Data Warehousing
a. Storing raw data
1. What is the primary purpose of a data b. Cleaning unstructured data
warehouse? c. Performing complex
a. Store real-time data multidimensional analysis
b. Handle day-to-day transactions d. Generating metadata
c. Analyze historical data Answer: c
d. Replace metadata systems
7. Which of the following is a
Answer: c
characteristic of subject-oriented data
2. Which characteristic of a data warehouses?
warehouse ensures data does not a. Focused on transactional data
change once stored? b. Organized by business subjects like
a. Time-variant sales or customers
b. Subject-oriented c. Stores unstructured data
c. Non-volatile d. Processes real-time transactions
d. Integrated Answer: b
Answer: c
8. What is the role of metadata in a data
3. What is the main purpose of warehouse?
operational systems? a. Enable real-time analysis
a. Enable trend analysis b. Describe the structure and
b. Manage daily transactions characteristics of data
c. Perform multidimensional analysis c. Store historical data
d. Generate executive reports d. Replace ETL tools
Answer: b Answer: b

4. What does "time-variant" mean in a 9. What does the ETL process involve?
data warehouse? a. Extracting, Transforming, and Loading
a. Data changes in real-time data
b. Data is stored with timestamps for b. Evaluating, Testing, and Logging data
historical analysis c. Exporting, Translating, and Linking
c. Data is overwritten regularly data
d. Only current data is stored d. Extracting, Testing, and Learning data
Answer: b Answer: a

5. What is an example of a failure of past 10. What type of data is typically stored in a
decision-support systems? data warehouse?
a. Centralized data a. Real-time data
b. Lack of real-time data b. Historical, aggregated data
c. Consistent reporting c. Unstructured video data
d. Effective ETL processes d. Raw transactional data
Answer: b Answer: b
Topic 2: Data Warehousing 16. Which component of a data warehouse
allows for slicing and dicing of data?
11. What is the first stage in building a data
a. Metadata
warehouse?
b. OLAP tools
a. Design
c. ETL pipelines
b. Maintenance
d. Data marts
c. Planning
Answer: b
d. Construction
Answer: c 17. What is a benefit of cloud-based data
warehousing?
12. What is data consolidation?
a. High upfront costs
a. Splitting data across multiple
b. Limited scalability
repositories
c. Pay-as-you-go cost model
b. Combining data from multiple
d. Requires on-premises hardware
sources into one repository
Answer: c
c. Organizing raw data for real-time
processing 18. What is a primary advantage of data
d. Generating dashboards from marts?
metadata a. Provide enterprise-wide data analysis
Answer: b b. Focus on department-specific data
c. Eliminate metadata usage
13. What does "integration" in data
d. Store real-time data only
warehousing refer to?
Answer: b
a. Keeping data isolated
b. Combining data from various sources 19. What is the function of dimensional
in a consistent format analysis?
c. Storing raw transactional data a. Transform raw data
d. Automating ETL processes b. Organize data into facts and
Answer: b dimensions
c. Automate reporting tools
14. Which stage includes testing and
d. Replace OLAP tools
deploying the data warehouse?
Answer: b
a. Planning
b. Maintenance 20. What is "centralization" in data
c. Testing and deployment warehousing?
d. Requirement gathering a. Storing data in isolated silos
Answer: c b. Creating a single, unified repository
for data
15. What is the role of data cleaning in a
c. Dividing data for specific departments
data warehouse?
d. Automating dashboard creation
a. Remove errors and inconsistencies
Answer: b
from data
b. Improve real-time analytics
c. Replace dimensional analysis
d. Automate ETL processes
Answer: a
Topic 3: Data Planning and Requirements 26. Which role oversees the entire data
warehouse project?
21. What is the goal of requirements
a. Data architect
gathering in data warehousing?
b. Business analyst
a. Develop OLAP tools
c. Project manager
b. Identify business needs and
d. ETL developer
objectives
Answer: c
c. Automate ETL processes
d. Store historical data 27. What type of data is stored in a
Answer: b dimension table?
a. Categorical attributes
22. Which of the following is a method for
b. Aggregated facts
gathering requirements?
c. Real-time metrics
a. Dimensional analysis
d. Raw unstructured data
b. Workshops
Answer: a
c. Metadata modeling
d. Dashboard creation 28. Which requirement gathering method
Answer: b focuses on real-time observation of
workflows?
23. What does an information package
a. Interviews
include?
b. Workshops
a. Facts, dimensions, and filters for
c. Document analysis
analysis
d. Observation
b. Real-time data streams
Answer: d
c. Metadata schema definitions
d. Automation workflows 29. What is the purpose of validation in
Answer: a requirements definition?
a. Automating dashboards
24. What is an example of a "fact" in
b. Ensuring stakeholder agreement on
dimensional modeling?
project needs
a. Product name
c. Developing OLAP tools
b. Revenue
d. Cleaning metadata
c. Store location
Answer: b
d. Customer category
Answer: b 30. What is the role of stakeholders in a
data warehousing project?
25. What is a major risk in data
a. Define goals and approve
warehousing projects?
requirements
a. Automated ETL processes
b. Build ETL workflows
b. Scope creep
c. Develop OLAP tools
c. High metadata quality
d. Manage metadata updates
d. Efficient OLAP usage
Answer: a
Answer: b
31. What is dimensional modeling
commonly used for?
a. Organizing facts and dimensions for
 easy querying 35. What is a fact table used for?
Answer: a a. Storing descriptive data
b. Storing numerical, measurable
32. Why is metadata essential?
business metrics
a. It explains the structure and origin of
c. Containing metadata details
data in the warehouse.
d. Consolidating data from external
Answer: b
sources
Topic 3: Data Planning and Requirements Answer: b
(Continued)
36. What is a "filter" in an information
31. What is a key purpose of dimensional package?
analysis? a. A component for categorizing
a. Automating ETL processes metadata
b. Allowing data to be queried across b. A criterion for refining data during
dimensions analysis
c. Storing raw data in silos c. A process for cleaning raw data
d. Replacing real-time analytics d. A tool for automating reporting
Answer: b Answer: b

32. What is a component of an information 37. What is a prioritized requirement?

package? a. A requirement ranked by its urgency
a. Metadata and importance
b. Facts b. A low-value requirement
c. OLAP tools c. An incomplete stakeholder request
d. Transactional logs d. An automated task in data
Answer: b preparation
Answer: a
33. Which of the following is an example of
a dimension in dimensional analysis? 38. What is a risk commonly associated
a. Revenue with data warehousing projects?
b. Product category a. Real-time data integration
c. Average sales b. Metadata inaccuracies
d. Total profit c. Scope creep
Answer: b d. Cloud-based storage issues
Answer: c
34. What is the primary advantage of
gathering requirements through 39. What does "stakeholder alignment" in
workshops? requirements gathering ensure?
a. Captures unspoken needs a. That ETL processes are optimized
b. Encourages group collaboration b. Agreement on project goals and
c. Collects individual opinions needs
d. Automates requirement gathering c. Real-time data analytics are enabled
Answer: b d. All project phases are automated
Answer: b
40. Which requirement gathering method 45. What does "traceability" in
involves analyzing existing reports and requirements definition refer to?
systems? a. Tracking the origin and purpose of
a. Observation each requirement
b. Interviews b. Automating reporting systems
c. Document analysis c. Tracking data movement across silos
d. Workshops d. Monitoring real-time analytics
Answer: c Answer: a

41. What is the main goal of testing a data 46. Which is an example of a high-priority
warehouse? requirement?
a. Ensure the system meets user a. Custom report design for low-use
expectations metrics
b. Replace dimensional models b. Fraud detection dashboards
c. Analyze raw data c. Formatting metadata records
d. Automate metadata updates d. Real-time social media data
Answer: a Answer: b

42. Which of the following is NOT a 47. What is the purpose of business
component of an information package? dimensions in a data warehouse?
a. Facts a. Provide context to facts and allow for
b. Dimensions data grouping
c. OLAP tools b. Automate ETL workflows
d. Filters c. Store raw data for real-time
Answer: c processing
d. Consolidate enterprise-wide
43. Why is iterative validation important in
metadata
requirements definition?
Answer: a
a. It reduces rework by refining needs
as the project progresses 48. What is the role of a business analyst in
b. It eliminates the need for workshops a data warehouse project?
c. It automates metadata creation a. Approve data architecture
d. It speeds up ETL processes b. Gather and document requirements
Answer: a c. Develop OLAP tools
d. Manage project milestones
44. Which role is responsible for building
Answer: b
ETL processes in a data warehouse
project? 49. What does the "design" phase of a data
a. Project manager warehouse project involve?
b. ETL developer a. Extracting and transforming data
c. Stakeholder b. Creating schemas and planning
d. Business analyst storage
Answer: b c. Validating business requirements
d. Conducting stakeholder interviews
Answer: b
50. Why is requirement gathering critical in
data warehouse projects?
a. It aligns the project with strategic
goals and stakeholder needs
b. It replaces the need for dimensional
modeling
c. It automates OLAP tool development
d. It ensures metadata consistency
Answer: a