Before the start of the information age in the late 20th century, businesses lacked the computing resources to properly analyze data and often made commercial decisions based primarily on intuition. As businesses started automating more and more systems, more and more data became available. Business intelligence has now become the art of sifting through large amounts of data, extracting information, and turning that information into actionable knowledge. The goal of this activity is to test your knowledge of the data analysis cycle.