The 2007 Gartner Magic Quadrant considered 15 data quality management software vendors, and selected four finalists.
', moreInfo : 'Gartner ranks data quality management software, reveals trends' }, { text : 'According to expert Rick Sherman, which of the following is NOT a common data quality management mistake?', img : 'http://media.techtarget.com/WhatIs/images/spacer.gif', responses : [ 'Lack of expertise', 'Not accounting for organizational culture changes', 'Spending too much money on a data quality tool', 'Expecting one tool to solve all data quality problems' ], answer : 2, score : 1, expandedAnswer : 'Lack of expertise in data quality management, not accounting for organizational culture changes and expecting one tool to solve all data quality problems are the three major mistakes that organizations make, according to consultant and expert Rick Sherman. Learn how to avoid these pitfalls in his article.
', moreInfo : 'Data quality management pitfalls: Three common mistakes to avoid' }, { text : 'True or False: Data stewards are responsible for obtaining, creating and extensively controlling the data.', img : 'http://media.techtarget.com/WhatIs/images/spacer.gif', responses : [ 'True', 'False' ], answer : 1, score : 1, expandedAnswer : 'Data owners, not data stewards, are responsible for obtaining, creating and extensively controlling data, according to the book "Master Data Management and Customer Data Integration for the Global Enterprise", by Alex Berson and Larry Dubov. Data stewards are in charge of making sure data quality standards are upheld.
', moreInfo : 'Data governance and data stewardship strategies and best practices' }, { text : 'Data quality features are increasingly being integrated into what other kind of technology platform?', img : 'http://media.techtarget.com/WhatIs/images/spacer.gif', responses : [ 'Analytics', 'Data integration', 'Enterprise search', 'Storage' ], answer : 1, score : 1, expandedAnswer : 'The distinction between data quality vendors and data integration vendors is becoming less clear-cut, according to Ted Friedman, research vice president with Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Inc.
', moreInfo : 'Data quality products position for a pervasive presence' }, { text : 'In September 2007, Business Objects announced its plan to acquire which data quality software vendor?', img : 'http://media.techtarget.com/WhatIs/images/spacer.gif', responses : [ 'FirstLogic', 'SRC Software', 'Cartesis', 'Fuzzy! Informatik' ], answer : 3, score : 1, expandedAnswer : 'Business Objects announced its intention to acquire Fuzzy! Informatik in September 2007, but we may have thrown you a curve ball with this trick question, since it also acquired data quality vendor FirstLogic in 2006. It acquired SRC Software in 2005 and Cartesis in June 2007, both of which are corporate performance management software vendors, not data quality vendors.
', moreInfo : 'Business Objects adds another data quality firm' }, { text : 'Which of the following terms best characterizes the process of examining data for statistics and information about the data?', img : 'http://media.techtarget.com/WhatIs/images/spacer.gif', responses : [ 'Data profiling', 'Data cleansing', 'Business intelligence search', 'Data governance' ], answer : 0, score : 1, expandedAnswer : 'A study co-authored by David Newman, research vice president with Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Inc. predicts that by 2008, less than 10% of organizations will succeed at their first efforts at data governance due to cultural barriers and a lack of senior-level sponsorship. Read Rick Sherman\'s five best practices for completing successful data governance projects
', moreInfo : 'Data quality requires checks and balances, Gartner says' }, { text : 'According to expert Jill Dyché, the concept of data governance has been around approximately since:', img : 'http://media.techtarget.com/WhatIs/images/spacer.gif', responses : [ '1924', '2001', '1970', '1990' ], answer : 2, score : 1, expandedAnswer : '1924 was the year the IBM acquired it\'s current name and became a Fortune 500 company. 1990 was the year Business Objects was founded. In 2001, The Baltimore Ravens beat the New York Giants 34-7 in Super Bowl XXXV.
', moreInfo : 'Data governance: How to get started and find success, featuring Jill Dyché' }, { text : 'According to the SearchDataManagement.com/Whatis.com glossary definition of data scrubbing, data should be removed or amended based on which of the following assumptions about the data:I. The data is incorrect
II. The data is old
III. The data is duplicated
', img : 'http://media.techtarget.com/WhatIs/images/spacer.gif', responses : [ 'I only', 'II only', 'I and III', 'I,II,III' ], answer : 2, score : 1, expandedAnswer : 'Data scrubbing involves removing or amending incorrect, incomplete, duplicated or improperly formatted data. Old data can be accurate, and therefore should not necessarily be subject to data scrubbing.
', moreInfo : 'What is data scrubbing?' }, { text : 'Garter predicts that by 2011, the data quality software market will be worth how much?', img : 'http://media.techtarget.com/WhatIs/images/spacer.gif', responses : [ '$677 million', '$1.5 million', '$59 billion', '$300-500 million' ], answer : 0, score : 1, expandedAnswer : 'Bill Gates is worth an estimated $59 billion. 1.5 million copies of "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial" video games have been sold. Microsoft is supposedly considering an investment of $300-500 million for a 5% stake in Facebook.
', moreInfo : 'Gartner ranks data quality management software, reveals trends' }, { text : 'What percent of data governance projects does Gartner predict will fail by 2008?', img : 'http://media.techtarget.com/WhatIs/images/spacer.gif', responses : [ '50%', '90%', '10%', '25%' ], answer : 1, score : 1, expandedAnswer : 'A study co-authored by David Newman, research vice president with Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Inc. predicts that by 2008, less than 10% of organizations will succeed at their first efforts at data governance due to cultural barriers and a lack of senior-level sponsorship. Read Rick Sherman\'s five best practices for completing successful data governance projects.', moreInfo : 'Data quality requires checks and balances, Gartner says' } ] };