OMIS 452 FINAL EXAM STUDY NOTES
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
The purpose of a database is to help people keep track of thing - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔TRUE
In a database, each table stores data about a different type of thing - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔TRUE
Like a database table, a spreadsheet has rows and columns - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔TRUE
In every database, not just the databases discussed in this book, table
names are capitalized - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔FALSE
A database shows data in tables and the relationships among the rows in
those tables. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔TRUE
, Data is recorded facts and figures; information is knowledge derived from
data. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔TRUE
Databases record data in such a way that they can produce information. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔TRUE
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is an example of a data mining
application. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔FALSE
Databases are a key component of e-commerce order entry, billing,
shipping and customer support. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔TRUE
The largest databases in e-commerce are the order entry databases. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔FALSE
The e-commerce companies use Web activity databases to determine
which items on a Web page are popular and successful. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔TRUE
Small databases typically have simple structures - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔FALSE
A database system is typically defined as its four components: users,
database applications, the DBMS and the databases. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔TRUE
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
The purpose of a database is to help people keep track of thing - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔TRUE
In a database, each table stores data about a different type of thing - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔TRUE
Like a database table, a spreadsheet has rows and columns - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔TRUE
In every database, not just the databases discussed in this book, table
names are capitalized - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔FALSE
A database shows data in tables and the relationships among the rows in
those tables. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔TRUE
, Data is recorded facts and figures; information is knowledge derived from
data. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔TRUE
Databases record data in such a way that they can produce information. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔TRUE
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is an example of a data mining
application. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔FALSE
Databases are a key component of e-commerce order entry, billing,
shipping and customer support. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔TRUE
The largest databases in e-commerce are the order entry databases. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔FALSE
The e-commerce companies use Web activity databases to determine
which items on a Web page are popular and successful. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔TRUE
Small databases typically have simple structures - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔FALSE
A database system is typically defined as its four components: users,
database applications, the DBMS and the databases. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔TRUE
