MIS 2223 Chapter 11

Which of the following consists of rules and standards that define how a database organizes data?

Which recovery technique is more expensive, but provides recovery of damaged data in a matter of seconds?

Data in a database is more vulnerable than data in file processing systems.

What is the process that large databases use to find patterns and relationships among data?

It often is easier and faster to develop programs that use the database approach.

If you are running a check that applies a formula to the primary key, what kind of check are you running?

Which of the following statements best describes a form?

which of the following is a combination of one or more related characters or bytes and is the smallest unit of data a user accesses?

Which of the following is a number(s) or character(s) that is appended to or inserted into a primary key field?

Which term does a user of a relational database use to refer to a record?

While working with a database, you encounter a wizard. What best describes the purpose of awizard?

Verifiable information can be proven as correct or incorrect.

Which of the following is an advantage of a multidimensional database?

A data model defines how users view the organization of data.

Which of the following is a process designed to ensure the data within the relations (tables) contains the least amount of duplication?

Compared with relational databases, which of the following is NOT true of object-oriented databases?

With a distributed database, the data is accessible through a single server.

Query by example uses a graphical user interface that assists users with retrieving data.

To assist with sound decision making, the information must have value.

Object-oriented and object-relational databases often use a query language to manipulate and retrieve data. What is the name of this query l

A user can override the default value.

Which of the following kinds of values is the one that a DBMS initially displays in a field?

To reduce data entry errors, well-designed forms should validate data as it is entered.

you instruct the DBMS to use the log to reenter any changes made to the database since the last save or backup. What backup is this?

If you are running a check to ensure that a required field contains data, or the correct minimum number of characters, what kind of check?

What company did Larry Ellison help found?

What does the S in SQL stand for?

Your database was damaged due to hardware failure. What can you use to restore it?

For a computer to produce correct information, the data that is input into a database must have integrity.

A smaller version of a data warehouse is the data mart.

Timely information has an age suited to its use.

The data in a database is independent of programs that access that data.

In a rollbackward, the DBMS uses the log to undo any changes made to the database during a certain period.

Key fields link data together in a database.

Which of the following identifies the quality of data in a database?

Which of the following contains a database that helps a group or department make decisions?

What is the term for the process of comparing data with a set of rules or values to find out if the data is correct?

Which of the following languages consists of simple, English-like statements that allow users to specify the data to display, print, store?

Which of the following refers to the procedures that keep data current?

A DBMS uses which of the following to perform validation checks?

Query by example uses a graphical user interface that assists users with retrieving data.

CAE aids in the development and testing of product designs, and often includes CAD.

You store all of your photographs on a website that uses a database to store the photos users post. What is this type of database called?