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210-255 Question #121: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is C: probabilistic. Probabilistic analysis differs from other analysis types by quantifying both the possible outcomes and the likelihood (probability) of each occurring.
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Question
Which type of analysis shows what the outcome is as well how likely each outcome is?
Options
- Aexploratory
- Bdescriptive
- Cprobabilistic
- Ddeterministic
Explanation
Probabilistic analysis differs from other analysis types by quantifying both the possible outcomes and the likelihood (probability) of each occurring.
Common mistakes.
- A. Exploratory analysis is used to discover unknown patterns or relationships in data and does not assign probabilities to outcomes.
- B. Descriptive analysis summarizes historical data to explain what has already occurred, without modeling future outcome likelihoods.
- D. Deterministic analysis assumes fixed inputs produce a single, certain output with no probability distribution across outcomes.
Concept tested. Types of data analysis and probabilistic modeling
Reference. https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/2017/05/09/SP800-30r1.pdf
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