Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals Practice Mode

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  Answer to 3. Descriptive ChatGpt said this and kind of makes sense: Type of Analysis: Determining which people are mentioned in business documents is a descriptive analysis, because: Descriptive analysis is used to summarize or describe the characteristics of a dataset. You're extracting and listing information as it is, without trying to infer or predict behavior, relationships, or outcomes. In contrast: Cognitive analysis (sometimes used interchangeably with AI-driven analysis) involves mimicking human thinking to interpret context, meaning, and intent — e.g., understanding why someone is mentioned or predicting future behavior based on mentions. So, if your goal is just to identify or count the people mentioned, it's descriptive. If you're trying to understand their roles, sentiment about them, or intent, it leans into cognitive or inferential analysis.

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  a. Why did sales increase last month Diagnostic Diagnostic analytics is used to determine why something happened by examining historical data to identify patterns or relationships. b. How do I allocate my budget to buy different inventory items Prescriptive Prescriptive analytics provides recommendations on actions to take, such as how to allocate resources or optimize decision-making. c. Which people are mentioned in a company's business documents? Cognitive Cognitive analytics uses AI and natural language processing to extract information from text and recognize entities like people, places, and things.

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  1 diagnostic : it answers the question "why did it happen?" 2 prescritive : it answers the question "how can we make it happen?" 3 descriptive: it answers the question "what happened'" ref: Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals - page 23-24