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IS 410 Midterm Questions and Correct
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Agile Software Development
Ans: An approach to database and software that empahsizes
"individual and interactions over processes and tools, working
softwares over comprehensive documentation, customer
collaboration over contract negotiation, nad respnose to
change over following a plan"
Database
Ans: An organized collection of logically related data
Data
Ans: Stored representations of objects and events that have
meaning and importance in the user's enviornment
Information
Ans: Data that have been processed in such a way as to
increase the knowledge of the person who uses the dat a
Metadata
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Ans: Data that describes the properties or characteristics of
end-user data and the context of those data
Database Application
Ans: An application program (or set of related programs) that
is used to perform a series of database activities (create, read,
update, and delete) on behalf of database users
Data Model
Ans: Graphical systems used to capture the nature and
relationships among data
Entity
Ans: A person, place, object, event, or concept in the user
environment about which the organization wishes to maintain
data
Relational database
Ans: A database that represents data as a collection of tables
in which all data relationships are represented by common
values in related tables
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Database Management System
Ans: a software system that is used to create, maintain, and
provide controlled access to user databases
Data Independence
Ans: The separation of data descriptions from the application
program that uses the data
User View
Ans: A logical description of some portion of the database that
is required by a user to perform some task
Constraint
Ans: A rule that cannot be violated by database users
Computer-aided software engineering
Ans: Software tools that provide automated support for some
portion of the systems development process
Repository
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IS 410 Midterm Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
Agile Software Development
Ans: An approach to database and software that empahsizes
"individual and interactions over processes and tools, working
softwares over comprehensive documentation, customer
collaboration over contract negotiation, nad respnose to
change over following a plan"
Database
Ans: An organized collection of logically related data
Data
Ans: Stored representations of objects and events that have
meaning and importance in the user's enviornment
Information
Ans: Data that have been processed in such a way as to
increase the knowledge of the person who uses the dat a
Metadata
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Ans: Data that describes the properties or characteristics of
end-user data and the context of those data
Database Application
Ans: An application program (or set of related programs) that
is used to perform a series of database activities (create, read,
update, and delete) on behalf of database users
Data Model
Ans: Graphical systems used to capture the nature and
relationships among data
Entity
Ans: A person, place, object, event, or concept in the user
environment about which the organization wishes to maintain
data
Relational database
Ans: A database that represents data as a collection of tables
in which all data relationships are represented by common
values in related tables
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Database Management System
Ans: a software system that is used to create, maintain, and
provide controlled access to user databases
Data Independence
Ans: The separation of data descriptions from the application
program that uses the data
User View
Ans: A logical description of some portion of the database that
is required by a user to perform some task
Constraint
Ans: A rule that cannot be violated by database users
Computer-aided software engineering
Ans: Software tools that provide automated support for some
portion of the systems development process
Repository
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
