Test Bank for Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management, 12th Edition by Carlos Coronel

,CHAPTER 1: DATABASE SYSTEMS
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1. Datacandcinformationcarecessentiallycthecsamecthing.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:c False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:cEasy REF: p.4
NAT:c BUSPROG:cTechnology STATE:c DISC:cInformationcTechnologies
KEY:c Bloom's:cKnowledge TOP: DatacversuscInformation

2. Datacprocessingccancbecascsimplecascorganizingcdatactocrevealcpatterns.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:c True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:cEasy REF: p.4
NAT:c BUSPROG:cTechnology STATE:c DISC:cInformationcTechnologies
KEY:c Bloom's:cKnowledge TOP: DatacversuscInformation

3. Dataciscthecresultcofcprocessingcrawcfactsctocrevealcitscmeaning.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:c False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:cEasy REF: p.4
NAT:c BUSPROG:cTechnology STATE:c DISC:cInformationcTechnologies
KEY:c Bloom's:cKnowledge TOP: DatacversuscInformation

4. Whencdatacarecenteredcintocacformcandcsaved,ctheycarecplacedcincthecunderlyingcdatabasecascknowledge.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:c False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:cModerate REF: p.4
NAT:c BUSPROG:cAnalytic STATE: DISC:cInformationcTechnologies
KEY:c Bloom's:cComprehension TOP: DatacversuscInformation

5. Datacconstitutecthecbuildingcblockscofcinformation.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:c True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:cEasy REF: p.4
NAT:c BUSPROG:cTechnology STATE:c DISC:cInformationcTechnologies
KEY:c Bloom's:cKnowledge TOP: DatacversuscInformation




6. Metadatacdescribecthecdataccharacteristicscandcthecsetcofcrelationshipscthatclinkscthecdatacfoundcwithincthecd
atabase.

, a. True
b. False

ANSWER:c True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:cEasy REF: p.6
NAT: BUSPROG:cTechnology STATE: DISC:cInformationcTechnologies
KEY: Bloom's:cKnowledge TOP: IntroducingcthecDatabase

7. TheconlycwayctocaccesscthecdatacincacdatabaseciscthroughcthecDBMS.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:c True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:cModerate REF: p.6
NAT:c BUSPROG:cAnalytic STATE: DISC:cInformationcTechnologies
KEY:c Bloom's:cComprehension TOP: IntroducingcthecDatabase

8. Databasecprogrammingclanguagescreceivecallcapplicationcrequestscandctranslatecthemcintoctheccomplexcoperationscr
equiredctocfulfillcthosecrequests.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:c False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:cModerate REF: p.6
NAT:c BUSPROG:cAnalytic STATE: DISC:cInformationcTechnologies
KEY:c Bloom's:cComprehension TOP: IntroducingcthecDatabase

9. ThecDBMScrevealscmuchcofcthecdatabase’scinternalccomplexityctocthecapplicationcprogramscandcusers.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:c False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:cModerate REF: p.6
NAT:c BUSPROG:cAnalytic STATE: DISC:cInformationcTechnologies
KEY:c Bloom's:cComprehension TOP: IntroducingcthecDatabase

10. OnecdisadvantagecofcthecDBMSciscthatcitcincreasescthecriskcofcdatacsecuritycbreaches.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:c False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:cEasy REF: p.7
NAT:c BUSPROG:cTechnology STATE:c DISC:cInformationcTechnologies
KEY:c Bloom's:cKnowledge TOP: IntroducingcthecDatabase




11. Ancoperationalcdatabaseciscsometimescreferredctocascancenterprisecdatabase.
a. True
b. False

, ANSWER:c False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:cEasy REF: p.9
NAT:c BUSPROG:cTechnology STATE:c DISC:cInformationcTechnologies
KEY:c Bloom's:cKnowledge TOP: IntroducingcthecDatabase

12. Acdatacwarehouseccancstorecdatacderivedcfromcmanycsources.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:c True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:cEasy REF: p.9
NAT:c BUSPROG:cTechnology STATE:c DISC:cInformationcTechnologies
KEY:c Bloom's:cKnowledge TOP: IntroducingcthecDatabase

13. Thecsamecdatacmightcbecsimultaneouslycstructuredcandcunstructuredcdependingconcthecintendedcprocessing.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:c True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:cModerate REF: p.9
NAT: BUSPROG:cAnalytic STATE: DISC:cInformationcTechnologies
KEY: Bloom's:cComprehension TOP: IntroducingcthecDatabase

14. Corporationscuseconlycstructuredcdata.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:c Falsec
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:cModerate REF: p.10
NAT:c BUSPROG:cAnalytic STATE: DISC:cInformationcTechnologies
KEY:c Bloom's:cComprehension TOP: IntroducingcthecDatabase

15. Fieldcrefersctocaccollectioncofcrelatedcrecords.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:c False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:cEasy REF:
p.15cNAT:c BUSPROG:cTechnology STATE:c DISC:cInformationcTechnologies
KEY:c Bloom's:cKnowledge TOP:c EvolutioncofcFilecSystemcDatacProcessing

16. Structuralcdependencecexistscwhencitciscpossiblectocmakecchangescincthecfilecstructurecwithoutcaffectingctheca
pplicationcprogram’scabilityctocaccesscthecdata.
a. True
b. False


ANSWER:c False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:cModerate REF:
p.19cNAT:c BUSPROG:cAnalytic STATE:c DISC:cInformationcTechnologies
KEY:c Bloom's:cComprehension TOP: ProblemscwithcFilecSystemcDatacProcessing

17. Datacanomalyciscdefinedcascthecconditioncincwhichcallcofcthecdatacincthecdatabasecarecconsistentcwithcthecreal-
cworldceventscandcconditions.