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Question 1

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1) _____ is used to reveal the meaning of data.
Answer
  • A) Raw facts
  • B) Knowledge
  • C) Formatting
  • D) Information

Question 2

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2) Accurate, relevant, and timely information is the key to _____.
Answer
  • A) data management
  • B) good decision making
  • C) knowledge
  • D) understanding

Question 3

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3) _____ is the body of information and facts about a specific subject.
Answer
  • A) Data
  • B) Information
  • C) Knowledge
  • D) A database

Question 4

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4) End-user data is ____.
Answer
  • A) raw facts about the end-user
  • B) raw facts of interest to the end-user
  • C) data about data
  • D) accurate, relevant and timely information

Question 5

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5) ____ provide(s) a description of the data characteristics and the set of relationships that link the data found within the database.
Answer
  • A) Queries
  • B) End-user data
  • C) Metadata
  • D) Information

Question 6

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6) The _____ serve(s) as the intermediary between the user and the database.
Answer
  • A) DBMS
  • B) metadata
  • C) end-user data
  • D) programming language

Question 7

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7) The database structure in a DBMS is stored as a _______.
Answer
  • A) file
  • B) collection of files
  • C) set of key/value pairs
  • D) collection of queries

Question 8

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8) A(n) _____ might be written by a programmer or it might be created through a DBMS utility program.
Answer
  • A) query
  • B) operating system
  • C) database management system
  • D) application program

Question 9

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9) _______ exists when different versions of the same data appear in different places.
Answer
  • A) Data inconsistency
  • B) Data consistency
  • C) Better data integration
  • D) Improved decision making

Question 10

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10) The response of the DBMS to a query is the _____.
Answer
  • A) ad hoc query
  • B) ad hoc response
  • C) query result set
  • D) integrated view of the data

Question 11

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11) A(n) _______ database is designed to support a company's day-today operations.
Answer
  • A) desktop
  • B) workgroup
  • C) enterprise
  • D) transactional

Question 12

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12) A(n) _______ database is used by an organization and supports many users across many departments.
Answer
  • A) desktop
  • B) workgroup
  • C) enterprise
  • D) transactional

Question 13

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13) A(n) ________ database supports a relatively small number of users (usually fewer than 50) or a specific department within an organization.
Answer
  • A) desktop
  • B) workgroup
  • C) enterprise
  • D) transactional

Question 14

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14) A ______ database supports data distributed across several different sites.
Answer
  • A) single-user
  • B) multiuser
  • C) centralized
  • D) distributed

Question 15

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15) A workgroup database is a(n) _____ database.
Answer
  • A) single-user
  • B) multiuser
  • C) enterprise
  • D) distributed

Question 16

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16) A desktop database is a ______ database.
Answer
  • A) single-user
  • B) multiuser
  • C) workgroup
  • D) distributed

Question 17

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17) Most decision-support data are based on historical data obtained from _____.
Answer
  • A) operational databases
  • B) data warehouses
  • C) enterprise databases
  • D) workgroup databases

Question 18

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18) The _____ structure is quite different from that of an operational or transactional database.
Answer
  • A) data warehouse
  • B) workgroup database
  • C) enterprise database
  • D) distributed database

Question 19

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19) _____ data exist in the format in which they were collected.
Answer
  • A) Structured
  • B) Semistructured
  • C) Unstructured
  • D) Historical

Question 20

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20) _________ data exist in a format that does not lend itself to processing that yields information.
Answer
  • A) Structured
  • B) Semistructured
  • C) Unstructured
  • D) Historical

Question 21

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21) _______ data are the result of formatting to facilitate storage, use and generation of information.
Answer
  • A) Structured
  • B) Semistructured
  • C) Unstructured
  • D) Historical

Question 22

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22) Most data you encounter is best classified as _____.
Answer
  • A) structured
  • B) semistructured
  • C) unstructured
  • D) historical

Question 23

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23) Which of the following is an example of structured data?
Answer
  • A) A Web page
  • B) An e-mail
  • C) A memo
  • D) A spreadsheet

Question 24

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24) XML data is ______.
Answer
  • A) structured
  • B) multistructured
  • C) unstructured
  • D) semistructured

Question 25

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25) The organization of the data within the folders in a manual file system was determined by _______.
Answer
  • A) the date of creation
  • B) its expected use
  • C) the title of the documents in the folder
  • D) the data processing specialist

Question 26

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26) A ______ is a logically connected set of one or more fields that describes a person, place, or thing.
Answer
  • A) database
  • B) column
  • C) record
  • D) file

Question 27

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27) A ______ is a collection of related records.
Answer
  • A) database
  • B) field
  • C) column
  • D) file

Question 28

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28) A _____ is a character or group of characters that has a specific meaning.
Answer
  • A) database
  • B) field
  • C) record
  • D) file

Question 29

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29) The phrase ______ refers to an organization of components that define and regulate the collection, storage, management and use of data within a database environment.
Answer
  • A) database management system
  • B) database management
  • C) management system
  • D) database system

Question 30

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30) _______ relates to the activities that make the database perform more efficiently in terms of storage and access speed.
Answer
  • A) Performance tuning
  • B) Database design
  • C) Query access
  • D) Database management
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