Structured vs. Unstructured Data

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1. A teacher keeps a spreadsheet with student names, test scores, and attendance percentages. What type of data is this?

   1. Unstructured data
   2. Raw data
   3. Semi-structured data
   4. Structured data

2. Which of the following is an example of unstructured data?

   1. A database of customer account numbers
   2. An inventory spreadsheet with item quantities
   3. A temperature log with date and degree readings
   4. A collection of scanned photographs

3. A music streaming service stores thousands of MP3 audio files. What type of data are these files?

   1. Unstructured data
   2. Structured data
   3. Tabular data
   4. Semi-structured data

4. A weather station records temperature, humidity, and wind speed every hour. What type of data is this?

   1. Multimedia data
   2. Semi-structured data
   3. Unstructured data
   4. Structured data

5. What type of database is typically used to store structured data?

   1. File system folder
   2. Blob storage
   3. Data lake
   4. Relational database

6. A file containing student grades organized by subject, score, and term would be classified as what type of data?

   1. Semi-structured data
   2. Multimedia data
   3. Unstructured data
   4. Structured data

7. Which statement best describes semi-structured data?

   1. It has no organization at all
   2. It has some tags or keys but no rigid structure
   3. It must fit in rows and columns
   4. It can only contain numbers

8. Modern AI language models like GPT-4 were primarily trained on what type of data?

   1. Structured tables from companies
   2. Spreadsheets and databases
   3. Financial transaction records
   4. Unstructured text from books and web pages

9. A company stores thousands of customer emails in a system. What type of data are these emails?

   1. Structured data
   2. Tabular data
   3. Semi-structured data
   4. Unstructured data

10. What is a data lake primarily used to store?

    1. Encrypted database records
    2. Only formatted reports
    3. Only structured data in tables
    4. Unstructured and semi-structured data

11. Which format is an example of semi-structured data?

    1. A CSV spreadsheet file
    2. A traditional SQL database
    3. A JSON file with key-value pairs
    4. A compiled binary program

12. What is a schema in the context of data?

    1. A search algorithm for databases
    2. A type of unstructured data
    3. A blueprint that defines how structured data is organized
    4. A type of computer virus

13. Social media posts with text, images, and videos are examples of what type of data?

    1. Semi-structured data
    2. Tabular data
    3. Structured data
    4. Unstructured data

14. Why is AI particularly useful for analyzing unstructured data?

    1. AI can organize unstructured data into spreadsheets
    2. AI can find patterns in data without a predefined structure
    3. AI requires structured data to function
    4. AI cannot process unstructured data

15. A scanned document (PDF) that was originally a paper form would be classified as what type of data?

    1. Indexed data
    2. Semi-structured data
    3. Structured data
    4. Unstructured data