Free IIBA CBDA Exam Questions

The marketing department for a major restaurant chain is interested in testing a Kids Eat Free campaign to

determine if it will help to increase sales. They are interested in piloting the campaign to determine which day

of the week will improve sales the most.

The campaign is launched across 7 cities with each city promoting a different day of the week. The sales data

is collected and provided to a team for analysis. What concern might the analytics team have regarding data

quality across cities?

An analyst is looking at a particular dataset that includes the scores across all 8th grade students, across three schools. The analyst is trying to determine which type of statistics average to use to best represent the results. On looking through the dataset, the analyst has identified a few extreme outliers. As a result, the analyst was led to use the following type of average: 

The Vice President at a commercial goods manufacturing company wants to create annual objectives for the team based on the company’s latest strategic goals. The Vice President has reached out to the business analytics team for data analysis that will help build SMART objectives. What type of analytics will help with creating these objectives?

A company wants to gauge the thoughts of their employees towards a new company product. On the 25th of March the interviewer makes a list of all employees who were at work on that day and then chooses a subset of those employees to interview. Which term describes the list of all employees present on March 25th? 

Based on the results of a recently completed analytics initiative, the Human Resource department for a major department store implemented a change to its hiring practice to address the attrition rates of its sales associates. The new policy stated that candidates applying for sales positions must possess at least 3 years of relevant sales experience to be considered. After implementing the change, attrition rates are 10% higher and management is frustrated. Which of the following could result in this outcome?