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,Modern Database Management, 13e (Hoffer)
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Chapter 1 The Database Environment and Development Process
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1) According to a McKinsey Global InstituteReport, in2010 alone, globalenterprises stored
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more than:
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A) 1 terabyte of data.
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B) 3 gigabytes of data.
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C) at least 100 petabytes of data.
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D) morethan 7 billion exabytesof data.
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Answer: D
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LO: 1.1:Define key terms.
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Difficulty: Easy
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Classification: Concept
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AACSB: Information Technology b 5 b5




2) Database management involves all of the following EXCEPT: b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5




A) collecting data. b5




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C) design web pages. b5 b5




D) managing data. b5




Answer: C
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LO: 1.1:Define key terms.
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Difficulty: Easy
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Classification: Concept
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3) Adatabase is an organized collection of
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A) logically
B) physically
C) loosely
D) badly
Answer: A
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LO: 1.1:Define key terms.
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Difficulty: Easy
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Classification: Concept
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AACSB: Information Technology b 5 b5




4) Legacy systems often contain data of b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 quality and are generally hosted on
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A) poor; personal computers
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B) excellent; mainframes b5




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Answer: C
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LO: 3.1: Define key terms.
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,5) Program-data dependence is caused by: b5 b5 b5 b5




A) file descriptions being stored in each database application.
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B) data descriptions being stored on a server.
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C) datadescriptions being written into programming code.
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D) data cohabiting with programs.
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Answer: A
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LO: 1.2:Name severallimitations ofconventional file processing systems.
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Difficulty: Moderate
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6) Because applications are often developed independently in file processing systems:
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A) the data is always non-redundant.
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B) unplanned duplicate data files are the rule rather than the exception. b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5




C) data can always be shared with others.
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D) thereisa large volumeof file I/O.
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Answer: B
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LO: 1.2:Name severallimitations of conventional file processing systems.
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Difficulty: Moderate
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Classification: Concept b 5




AACSB: Information Technology b 5 b5




7) Relationaldatabasesestablish the relationships between entities by means ofcommon fields
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included in a file called a(n):
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A) entity.
B) relationship.
C) relation.
D) association.
Answer: C
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LO: 1.3: Explain at least 10 advantages of the database approach, compared to traditional file
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processing.
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Classification: Concept
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8) A(n) is often developed by identifying a form or report that a user needs on a b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5




regular basis.
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Answer: C
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LO: 1.3: Explain at least 10 advantages of the database approach, compared to traditional file
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processing.
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, 9) Agraphical system used to capture the nature and relationships among data is called a(n):
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A) XML data model.
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D) data model.
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Answer: D
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LO: 1.3: Explain at least 10 advantages of the database approach, compared to traditional file
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processing.
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Classification: Concept
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AACSB: Information Technology
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10) Datathat describe the properties of other data are:
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A) relationships.
B) logical.
C) physical.
D) metadata.
Answer: D
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LO: 1.3: Explain at least 10 advantages of the database approach, compared to traditional file
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processing.
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Difficulty: Moderate b5




Classification: Concept
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AACSB: Information Technology
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11) Metatdata typically describes all of the following EXCEPT:
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A) data definitions.
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Answer: D
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LO: 1.3: Explain at least 10 advantages of the database approach, compared to traditional file
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processing.
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Difficulty: Moderate b5




Classification: Concept
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AACSB: Information Technology
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