Q. Why do users in a data warehouse often start with summary data when querying for analysis?

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Q. What does data granularity in a data warehouse refer to?

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Q. What is the finer data granularity in a data warehouse?

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Q. What is the single most important issue facing IT managers when considering data warehousing, according to Bill Inmon?

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Q. Which approach focuses on individual departmental requirements and building departmental data marts?

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Q. What is the main focus of the top-down approach in data warehousing?

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Q. What does Bill Inmon's top-down approach emphasize?

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Q. What are the advantages of the top-down approach?

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Q. What are the disadvantages of the top-down approach?

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Q. Which approach is characterized by the building of departmental data marts that later combine into a data warehouse?

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Q. What is the primary focus of the bottom-up approach?

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Q. What is the primary focus of the bottom-up approach in data warehousing?

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Q. What is the key consideration in the bottom-up approach advocated by Ralph Kimball?

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Q. What are the advantages of the bottom-up approach in data warehousing?

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Q. What is a major drawback of the bottom-up approach?

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Q. What is the key challenge in the bottom-up approach?

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Q. What is the practical approach that combines elements of both top-down and bottom-up approaches?

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Q. In the Centralized Data Warehouse architectural type, how is data stored in the data warehouse?

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Q. What is a characteristic of Independent Data Marts?

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Q. In the Federated Data Marts architectural type, what is the relationship between the data marts?

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