Data Mining Applications Are Used to Accomplish Which of the Following

question 79

Multiple Choice

Data mining applications are used to accomplish which of the following tasks?

• A)Perform what-if analysis
• B)Make predications
• C)Facilitate decision making
• D)A and B
• E)A,B,and C

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Definitions:

Direct Materials Price Variance

The difference between the actual cost of direct materials and the expected standard cost, indicating how well a company controls its material costs.

Controllable Variance

Controllable Variance is the difference between actual spending and budgeted amounts that management could control or influence directly.

Variable Overhead

Costs that vary with production output, such as utilities or raw materials, but are not directly tied to a specific unit of production.

Operating Results

The financial outcomes achieved from a company's core business operations.