Decision Making & Data
Amazon & Data Use

E-Commerce

Technology Systems

Security & Ethics

100

What system analyzes large sets of data to help make decisions?

What is a Decision Support System (DSS)?

100

What does Amazon use to recommend products?

What is data mining?

100

What is buying and selling goods online called?

What is e-commerce?

100

What system mimics human expert decision-making?

What is an expert system?

100

What is harmful software called?

What is malware?

200

What tools turn raw data into useful insights?

What is Business Intelligence (BI)?

200

Name one type of data Amazon collects.

What is purchase history/searches/clicks/reviews?

200

What does B2C stand for?

What is business-to-consumer?

200

What is the name of the component in an expert system that applies rules to make decisions?  

 What is the inference engine?

200

What are unwanted bulk messages called?

What is spam?

300

What type of decisions combine data with human judgment?

What are semi-structured decisions?

300

Why does Amazon store customer data?

What is to understand behavior/improve experience?

300

What does B2B stand for?

What is business-to-business?

300

What are the two parts of an expert system?

What is knowledge base and inference engine?

300

What is tricking users into giving personal info?

What is phishing?

400

What is analyzing large datasets to find patterns called?

What is data mining?

400

How does Amazon benefit from data mining?

What is increased sales through recommendations?

400

Give an example of B2B.

What is a company buying supplies from another company?

400

What stores facts and rules in an expert system?

What is the knowledge base?

400

What is redirecting users to fake websites?

What is pharming?

500

What system stores large amounts of data for businesses?

What is a data warehouse?

500

What business area improves using stored data?

What is inventory management/decision-making?

500

Name one similarity between B2B and B2C.

What is both use websites/apps that both use and rely on trust, involve payment and delivery?

500

Name one limitation of expert systems.

What is lack of flexibility / no human judgment / needs updates?

500

Name one ethical issue companies face with data.

What is privacy concerns / data security / algorithm bias?