Test Bank - for Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management 12th Edition by Carlos Coronel, Steven Morris, All Chapters |Complete Guide A+

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

ANSWER:u False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:uEasy REF: p.4
NAT:u BUSPROG:uTechnology STATE:u DISC:uInformationuTechnologies
KEY:u Bloom's:uKnowledge TOP: DatauversusuInformation

2. Datauprocessingucanubeuasusimpleuasuorganizingudatautourevealupatterns.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:u True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:uEasy REF: p.4
NAT:u BUSPROG:uTechnology STATE:u DISC:uInformationuTechnologies
KEY:u Bloom's:uKnowledge TOP: DatauversusuInformation

3. Datauisutheuresultuofuprocessingurawufactsutourevealuitsumeaning.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:u False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:uEasy REF: p.4
NAT:u BUSPROG:uTechnology STATE:u DISC:uInformationuTechnologies
KEY:u Bloom's:uKnowledge TOP: DatauversusuInformation

4. Whenudatauareuentereduintouauformuandusaved,utheyuareuplaceduinutheuunderlyingudatabaseuasuknowledge.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:u False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:uModerate REF: p.4
NAT:u BUSPROG:uAnalytic STATE: DISC:uInformationuTechnologies
KEY:u Bloom's:uComprehension TOP: DatauversusuInformation

5. Datauconstituteutheubuildingublocksuofuinformation.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:u True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:uEasy REF: p.4
NAT:u BUSPROG:uTechnology STATE:u DISC:uInformationuTechnologies
KEY:u Bloom's:uKnowledge TOP: DatauversusuInformation




6. Metadataudescribeutheudataucharacteristicsuandutheusetuofurelationshipsuthatulinksutheudataufounduwithinutheud
atabase.

, a. True
b. False

ANSWER:u True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:uEasy REF: p.6
NAT: BUSPROG:uTechnology STATE: DISC:uInformationuTechnologies
KEY: Bloom's:uKnowledge TOP: IntroducingutheuDatabase

7. TheuonlyuwayutouaccessutheudatauinuaudatabaseuisuthroughutheuDBMS.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:u True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:uModerate REF: p.6
NAT:u BUSPROG:uAnalytic STATE: DISC:uInformationuTechnologies
KEY:u Bloom's:uComprehension TOP: IntroducingutheuDatabase

8. Databaseuprogrammingulanguagesureceiveualluapplicationurequestsuandutranslateuthemuintoutheucomplexuoperationsur
equiredutoufulfilluthoseurequests.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:u False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:uModerate REF: p.6
NAT:u BUSPROG:uAnalytic STATE: DISC:uInformationuTechnologies
KEY:u Bloom's:uComprehension TOP: IntroducingutheuDatabase

9. TheuDBMSurevealsumuchuofutheudatabase’suinternalucomplexityutoutheuapplicationuprogramsuanduusers.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:u False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:uModerate REF: p.6
NAT:u BUSPROG:uAnalytic STATE: DISC:uInformationuTechnologies
KEY:u Bloom's:uComprehension TOP: IntroducingutheuDatabase

10. OneudisadvantageuofutheuDBMSuisuthatuituincreasesutheuriskuofudatausecurityubreaches.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:u False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:uEasy REF: p.7
NAT:u BUSPROG:uTechnology STATE:u DISC:uInformationuTechnologies
KEY:u Bloom's:uKnowledge TOP: IntroducingutheuDatabase




11. Anuoperationaludatabaseuisusometimesureferredutouasuanuenterpriseudatabase.
a. True
b. False

, ANSWER:u False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:uEasy REF: p.9
NAT:u BUSPROG:uTechnology STATE:u DISC:uInformationuTechnologies
KEY:u Bloom's:uKnowledge TOP: IntroducingutheuDatabase

12. Audatauwarehouseucanustoreudatauderivedufromumanyusources.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:u True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:uEasy REF: p.9
NAT:u BUSPROG:uTechnology STATE:u DISC:uInformationuTechnologies
KEY:u Bloom's:uKnowledge TOP: IntroducingutheuDatabase

13. Theusameudataumightubeusimultaneouslyustructureduanduunstructuredudependinguonutheuintendeduprocessing.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:u True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:uModerate REF: p.9
NAT: BUSPROG:uAnalytic STATE: DISC:uInformationuTechnologies
KEY: Bloom's:uComprehension TOP: IntroducingutheuDatabase

14. Corporationsuuseuonlyustructuredudata.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:u False
PTS: 1 DIF:uST Difficulty:uModerate REF: p.10
NAT:uBUSPROG:uAnalyticuKEY ATE: DISC:uInformationuTechnologiesu
:u Bloom's:uComprehension TOP: IntroducingutheuDatabase

15. Fieldurefersutouaucollectionuofurelatedurecords.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:u False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:uEasy REF:
p.15uNAT:u BUSPROG:uTechnology STATE:uuDISC:uInformationuTechnologies
KEY:u Bloom's:uKnowledge TOP:u EvolutionuofuFileuSystemuDatauProcessing

16. Structuraludependenceuexistsuwhenuituisupossibleutoumakeuchangesuinutheufileustructureuwithoutuaffectingutheua
pplicationuprogram’suabilityutouaccessutheudata.
a. True
b. False


ANSWER:u False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty:uModerate REF:
p.19uNAT:u BUSPROG:uAnalytic STATE:u DISC:uInformationuTechnologies
KEY:u Bloom's:uComprehension TOP: ProblemsuwithuFileuSystemuDatauProcessing

17. Datauanomalyuisudefineduasutheuconditionuinuwhichualluofutheudatauinutheudatabaseuareuconsistentuwithutheureal-
worldueventsuanduconditions.
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