data visualization and dashboards with excel and cognos coursera week 3 quiz answers
Practice Quiz
1. Which URL do you navigate to, in order to sign up for a trial of Cognos Analytics?
- IBM.BIZ/COGNOS_TRIAL
- IBM.BIZ/TRY_COGNOS
- IBM.COM/TRY_COGNOS
- IBM.COM/TRIAL_COGNOS
2. In Cognos Analytics, which are the two main navigational areas of the interface?
- Menu links and Help pages
- Page links and icons
- Left pane and top bar
- Drop-down menu and the right pane
3. What happens first when you use the Cognos Assistant to help create a dashboard?
- You can either ask a question directly or ask the Assistant to suggest some questions to ask.
- It automatically creates a dashboard.
- It suggests which visualizations to add to your dashboard.
- It resizes and rearranges your visualizations on a dashboard.
4. What are the two ways to create calculations in Cognos Analytics? (Select two answers)
- Search for calculations.
- Select operators and functions from the left pane.
- Ask the Cognos Assistant.
- Start typing in the Expression box.
Graded Quiz
5. When signing up for a trial of Cognos Analytics, which item in the account form is the key one to take note of?
- Your country /region
- Your name
- Your closest data center
- Your address
6. In Cognos Analytics what is the first step to build a dashboard?
- Select visualizations
- Provide questions and answers to the assistant
- Choose a template
- Upload a spreadsheet or workbook
7. Which of the following methods can be used in Cognos Analytics to create visualizations? (Select all that apply)
- By automatic recommended visualizations.
- By using the Assistant to suggest questions and suggested visualizations.
- By using widgets.
- By manually populating by dragging and dropping.
8. How can you create infographics in Cognos Analytics?
- Drag and drop a widget shape icon onto a visualization.
- Modify navigation paths.
- Ask the Assistant different questions.
- Use Exclude to filter out some data.
