DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2017.
Fourth Semester
DATA MINING AND WAREHOUSING
(2013 2014 Academic Year and 2014 Calendar Year
Onwards)
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. Discuss how information acts as a production factor.
2. Explain datawarehouse in the context of marketing.
3. Write in brief about decision trees.
4. What is Genetic algorithm? Discuss its importance with
respect to KDD.
5. Explain about OLAP tools.
6. What do you mean by data mart? Explain briefly.
7. Discuss about the performance impact of security in data
warehousing.
8. Explain briefly about data backup strategies.
Sub. Code
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DE-3360
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Sp 1
SECTION B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. What are the differences between data mining and data
ware housing? What are their uses?
10. Discuss in detail about neural networks with suitable
illustration.
11. Write a detailed note on association rules.
12. With a suitable diagram explain the architecture of a
data ware house.
13. Discuss about service level agreements and its
importance in operating a data ware house.
14. Explain in detail about horizontal partitioning of a data
ware house.
15. Give a detailed note on capacity planning of a data ware
house.