decisions, decisions: dashboards and reports coursera weekly challenge 1 answers
Test your knowledge: Data visualizations and dashboards
1. A business intelligence professional wants to answer ongoing business questions, and these answers are likely to change over time. Therefore, they choose to use dynamic visualizations in their dashboard. In this situation, what is the primary benefit of dynamic visualizations?
- They are static.
- They are printed.
- They are constant.
- They are interactive.
2. What is the primary goal of the stories told by dashboards?
- To display raw data as comprehensively as possible
- To provide important information about what’s currently happening
- To gather and present all available data about a single metric
- To provide important information about what previously happened
3. Who typically uses business intelligence tools in order to make informed decisions?
- Business intelligence professionals
- Customers
- Data governance professionals
- Stakeholders
Test your knowledge: Planning a dashboard
4. What is the term for a simple draft of a visualization that is used when planning a dashboard?
- Gauge chart
- Low-fidelity mockup
- Data model
- Summary table
5. Fill in the blank: If a business intelligence professional creates a dashboard without considering the _____, there is likely to be an audience problem.
- Users
- Hardware
- Software
- Time period
6. A business intelligence team collects and prepares data for a presentation to stakeholders. Then, they consider available visualization tools, as well as the team’s user interfaces and workstreams. In this situation, what is the primary purpose of the visualization tools?
- To represent and communicate data insights
- To critique business needs
- To confirm that the data is compatible
- To evaluate dashboard progress
Weekly challenge 1
7. Which of the following statements correctly describe data analytics and business intelligence visualizations? Select all that apply.
- Stakeholders use the insights from business intelligence visualizations to make decisions both now and in the future.
- Stakeholders use the insights from data analytics visualizations to make a single business decision.
- Stakeholders use the insights from data analytics visualizations to make decisions both now and in the future.
- Stakeholders use the insights from business intelligence visualizations to make a single business decision.
8. Fill in the blank: Business intelligence professionals constantly improve their dashboards in order to enable users to _____ on their own.
- Build dashboards
- Interpret data
- Troubleshoot data transfer
- Maintain datasets
9. At what point in the dashboard-iteration process do business intelligence professionals create low-fidelity mockups?
- During the planning and evaluation stages
- During data transfer
- During the visualization design process
- During data analysis
10. A dashboard is running slowly because it tracks and features more data than necessary. What type of problem is occuring?
- Audience problem
- Visualization problem
- Data problem
- Tool problem
11. Which of the following issues are examples of tool problems? Select all that apply.
- Systems are overwhelmed because of the volume of metrics being tracked.
- A server crashes because too many people are editing the same visualization.
- A dashboard is ineffective because it includes incorrect datasets.
- The wrong software or hardware was selected for the project.
12. Which of the following issues are examples of audience problems? Select all that apply.
- A dashboard includes private information that users are not permitted to access.
- Necessary dashboard data is inaccessible and therefore cannot be imported.
- The business intelligence team selected a software that is not approved by their company.
- A dashboard includes metrics that are irrelevant to users.
13. Fill in the blank: One strategy to avoid data problems involves planning how dashboard data will be _____ and accessed.
- Cleaned
- Filtered
- Imported
- Analyzed
14. In order to empower stakeholders, a business intelligence professional determines what their dashboard needs to do. What other steps are taken to help dashboard users interpret data on their own? Select all that apply.
- Maintain the dashboard
- Build the appropriate dashboard tool
- Improve the dashboard
- Analyze dashboard data and present findings
15. What are some key benefits of sharing a low-fidelity mockup with dashboard users? Select all that apply.
- Enhance collaboration and get feedback
- Create better static reports
- Avoid potential errors
- Find and rectify incorrect assumptions
16. A business intelligence professional discovers that the dashboard they created is missing critical information that stakeholders need. What type of problem is occuring?
- Data problem
- Tool problem
- Audience problem
- Visualization problem
17. A dashboard includes metrics that are irrelevant to users. What type of problem needs to be fixed?
- Tool problem
- Data problem
- Visualization problem
- Audience problem
18. Fill in the blank: One strategy to avoid _____ problems involves considering the needs of different team members when building a single dashboard for multiple users.
- Tool
- Maturity
- Data
- Audience
19. A company’s systems are overwhelmed because of the volume of metrics being tracked by their dashboards. What type of problem is this company experiencing?
- Audience problem
- Tool problem
- Data problem
- Visualization problem
20. A dashboard includes private information that users are not permitted to access. What type of problem needs to be fixed?
- Tool problem
- Visualization problem
- Data problem
- Audience problem
21. What steps do business intelligence professionals take when empowering users to interpret dashboard data on their own? Select all that apply.
- Determine what the dashboard needs to do
- Build the appropriate tool
- Analyze the data and present findings
- Maintain and improve the dashboard