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Subject : Business intelligence *Short Answers

Question 1 Current business environments are bound to be influenced by many surrounding factors. One of them is the growing government regulation and deregulation. Explain this notion with example.

Question 2 Explain unstructured decision making. Provide an example of an unstructured decision making in a business.

Question 3 Explain TWO (2) possible reasons why the implementation of business intelligence failed to take businesses to a higher performance level.

Question 4 Explain how Business Intelligence can provide a competitive advantage in a banking industry. Include an example to support your answer.

Question 5 Justify the reason(s) why the design of relational database may not be ideal for Business Intelligence implementation.

Question 6 Describe TWOo (2) data warehouse characteristics. Include an example for each to support your answer.

Question 7 Discuss the TWWO (2) common algorithms used for data mining. Provide an example for each algorithm.

Question 8 Explain Competitive Intelligence and how can it be achieved in retail.