Examination Period
EXAM CODES: FIT1045
TITLE OF PAPER: Mock Exam 2
EXAM DURATION:
Rules
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be deemed to be in your possession.
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means following your exam.
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Authorised Materials
CALCULATORS YES NO
DICTIONARIES YES NO
NOTES YES NO
PERMITTED ITEM YES NO
if yes, items permitted are:
Instructions
This is a practice environment. Please go to https://eassessment.monash.edu for your exams. - 1 year old
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Information
The sample exam is in three parts:
Part A: Multiple Choice Questions - 7 questions (7 marks in total)
Part B: Short Answer Questions - 2 questions (6 marks in total)
Part C: Longer Answer Questions - 1 question (5 marks in total)
This is a sample exam. It is not complete, in that it does not have the full complement of questions.
This means that the final exam will have more questions in each section for more total marks.
This is a practice environment. Please go to https://eassessment.monash.edu for your exams. - 1 year old
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Section A
Information
Multiple Choice Questions:
This section is worth 7 marks. Each question is worth 1 mark.
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. There is only one best
answer for each question. Sometimes two answers may appear feasible, but you are to pick the one
you believe is the best.
Marking Scheme for Multiple Choice Questions:
1 mark for a correct answer
0 marks for the wrong answer, or no answer
Question 1
Distributed databases, in-memory databases and RDBMSs are specially designed to address the
following issue: 1
Mark
a.
the need for scalable systems
b.
the need for cheaper systems
c.
the need to handle semi-structured data
d.
the need for security
Question 2
What is the technological reason for the continued increase in lack of privacy?
1
Mark
a.
the flow of technology makes surveillance easier unless particular measures are set in place.
b.
the increase in cybercrime and terrorism makes it a necessity.
c.
the open internet and the cloud removes privacy.
d.
it follows from Koomey's Law.
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Question 3
Text data can also be:
1
Mark
a.
structural metadata
b.
a digital container
c.
image data
d.
markup language
Question 4
Which of the following is visualisation not useful for:
1
Mark
a.
to perform discovery visually
b.
to perform significance tests
c.
to explore the data during the initial cleaning process.
d.
to explain results
Question 5
Which of these tasks might a data scientist typically perform?
1
Mark
a.
Pitching project ideas.
b.
Collecting and cleaning data.
c.
ALL of the three other options.
d.
Integrating and Interpreting data.
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Question 6
Unix shell commands like “less” and “grep”:
1
Mark
a.
can be used to manipulate large data files easily
b.
are poorly documented
c.
are examples of technology that is too old to be useful to a modern data scientist
d.
are used to fit regression tree models
Question 7
Which of the following set of software names consist of operating system, programming language,
database and visualization tool respectively? 1
Mark
a.
Window, R, SQL, Spark
b.
Unix, Java, MySQL, matplotlib
c.
Mac OS, Hadoop, Oracle, Visual Basic
d.
All of the options
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Section B
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Short Answer Questions
This section is worth 6 marks. Each question is worth 3 marks.
Your answers should be written in clear, simple English and should be complete enough in addressing
the question. Extensive prose is not required. Structured bullet points are preferred.
Question 8
List four types of metadata might be associated with an image.
2
Marks
Question 9
Would you consider users' emails to be sensitive information? Why or why not?
2
Marks
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Section C
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Longer Answer Questions
This section is worth 5 marks. (Usually, each question in this section is worth 5 marks).
Your answers should be written in clear, simple English and should be complete enough in addressing
the question. Extensive prose is not required but multiple paragraphs may be required. Structured
bullet points are preferred.
Question 10
Give an example from the government domain where linked data has influenced decision
making. Briefly explain the (1) data linked, the (2) the influence on the decision making and (3) an
important data governance issue related to the example.
5
Marks
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