Describe and illustrate the relationship between the operational ...

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Describe and illustrate the relationship between the operational and analytical information.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

In an interview, which of the following is not a way to identify a major point for a problem definition from an interview?
 
  A) Users may communicate the same metaphors, such as saying the business is a journey, war, game, organism, machine, and so on.
  B) Users may be purposely brief when talking about the problem.
  C) Identifying an issue, topic, or theme that is repeated several times, sometimes by different people in several interviews.
  D) It may be the first thing mentioned by the user.
  E) Users may communicate importance by body language or may speak emphatically on an issue.

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Answer to Question 1

Analytical information is based on operational (transactional) information. For example, to create the analytical information showing a pattern of use of ATM machines at different times of the day, we have to combine numerous instances of transactional information resulting from individual ATM withdrawals. Similarly, to create the analytical information showing sales trends over various routes, we have to combine numerous instances of transactional information resulting from individual airline ticket purchases.

Answer to Question 2

B