Q. What drives the need for summarization and aggregation in a data warehouse?

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Q. What does a family of STAR schemas consist of?

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Q. What is typically shared among the fact tables in a family of STAR schemas?

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Q. In what kind of business would it make sense to have families of STAR schemas consisting of transaction and snapshot schemas?

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Q. In which type of business does it make sense to have a schema capturing transaction data that supports strategic decision making and revenue analysis?

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Q. What kind of data analysis is primarily supported by a transaction schema?

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Q. What kind of questions are typically addressed by a snapshot schema in a telephone company's data warehouse?

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Q. In a bank's data warehouse, what does the core fact table typically contain?

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Q. In a family of STARS with core and custom tables, what is the purpose of the custom fact tables?

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Q. What is the primary advantage of using core and custom tables in a data warehouse for businesses with diverse products and services?

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Q. In a manufacturing business, what are the typical steps through which a product travels before becoming finished goods?

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Q. What is the primary purpose of creating STAR schemas for different steps in a value chain in a business?

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Q. In a healthcare institution, what kind of structure is often observed when adding value to patient services?

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Q. What are some units that may be part of the value circle of a large health maintenance organization?

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Q. What are conformed dimensions in the context of data warehousing?

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Q. What is a key requirement for dimensions to be considered conformed in a data warehouse?

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Q. What is one of the key requirements for standardizing facts in data warehousing?

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Q. Which of the following is an example of a type of fact that needs to be standardized?

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Q. What is the purpose of using conformed dimensions in a data warehouse?

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Q. What is a key consideration for standardizing facts in data warehousing?

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