Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management (13th Edition) by Carlos Coronel & Steven Morris | Chapters 1–16 Test Bank: Comprehensive Database Systems & Data Models Practice Questions, Exam Prep, and Verified Answers

Database Systems: Design, Implementation,
& Management, 13th Edition by Carlos
Coronel & Steven Morris – TEST BANK
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, CHAPTER 1: DATABASE SYSTEMS

1. Data and information are essentially the same thing.

a. True

b. False

CORRECT ANSWER> False

PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.4

NAT: BUSPROG: TechnologySTATE: DISC: Information Technologies

KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Data versus Information



2. Data processing can be as simple as organizing data to reveal patterns.

a. True

b. False

CORRECT ANSWER> True

PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.4

NAT: BUSPROG: TechnologySTATE: DISC: Information Technologies

KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Data versus Information



3. Data is the result of processing raw facts to reveal its meaning.

a. True

b. False

CORRECT ANSWER> False

PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.4

NAT: BUSPROG: TechnologySTATE: DISC: Information Technologies

KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Data versus Information
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,4. When data are entered into a form and saved, they are placed in the underlying database as
knowledge.

a. True

b. False

CORRECT ANSWER> False

PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: p.4

NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STATE: DISC: Information Technologies

KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension TOP: Data versus Information



5. Data constitute the building blocks of information.

a. True

b. False

CORRECT ANSWER> True

PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.4

NAT: BUSPROG: TechnologySTATE: DISC: Information Technologies

KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Data versus Information



6. Metadata describe the data characteristics and the set of relationships that links the data found
within the database.

a. True

b. False

CORRECT ANSWER> True

PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.6

NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: DISC: Information Technologies

KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Introducing the Database
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, 7. The only way to access the data in a database is through the DBMS.

a. True

b. False

CORRECT ANSWER> True

PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: p.6

NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STATE: DISC: Information Technologies

KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension TOP: Introducing the Database



8. Database programming languages receive all application requests and translate them into the
complex operations required to fulfill those requests.

a. True

b. False

CORRECT ANSWER> False

PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: p.6

NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STATE: DISC: Information Technologies

KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension TOP: Introducing the Database



9. The DBMS reveals much of the database‘s internal complexity to the application programs and
users.

a. True

b. False

CORRECT ANSWER> False

PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: p.6

NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STATE: DISC: Information Technologies

KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension TOP: Introducing the Database
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