,CHAPTER 1: DATABASE SYSTEMS
1. Data and information are essentially the same thing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.4
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: 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
ANSWER: True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.4
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: 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
ANSWER: False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.4
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Data versus Information
4. When data are entered into a form and saved, they are placed in the underlying database as knowledge.
a. True
b. False
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
ANSWER: True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.4
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: 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
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
7. The only way to access the data in a database is through the DBMS.
a. True
b. False
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
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
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
10. One disadvantage of the DBMS is that it increases the risk of data security breaches.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.7
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Introducing the Database
11. An operational database is sometimes referred to as an enterprise database.
a. True
b. False
, ANSWER: False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.9
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Introducing the Database
12. A data warehouse can store data derived from many sources.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.9
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Introducing the Database
13. The same data might be simultaneously structured and unstructured depending on the intended processing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: p.9
NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension TOP: Introducing the Database
14. Corporations use only structured data.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: p.10
NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension TOP: Introducing the Database
15. Field refers to a collection of related records.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.15
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Evolution of File System Data Processing
16. Structural dependence exists when it is possible to make changes in the file structure without affecting
the application program’s ability to access the data.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: p.19
NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension TOP: Problems with File System Data Processing
17. Data anomaly is defined as the condition in which all of the data in the database are consistent with the
real- world events and conditions.
1. Data and information are essentially the same thing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.4
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: 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
ANSWER: True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.4
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: 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
ANSWER: False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.4
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Data versus Information
4. When data are entered into a form and saved, they are placed in the underlying database as knowledge.
a. True
b. False
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
ANSWER: True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.4
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: 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
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
7. The only way to access the data in a database is through the DBMS.
a. True
b. False
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
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
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
10. One disadvantage of the DBMS is that it increases the risk of data security breaches.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.7
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Introducing the Database
11. An operational database is sometimes referred to as an enterprise database.
a. True
b. False
, ANSWER: False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.9
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Introducing the Database
12. A data warehouse can store data derived from many sources.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.9
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Introducing the Database
13. The same data might be simultaneously structured and unstructured depending on the intended processing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: p.9
NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension TOP: Introducing the Database
14. Corporations use only structured data.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: p.10
NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension TOP: Introducing the Database
15. Field refers to a collection of related records.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.15
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Evolution of File System Data Processing
16. Structural dependence exists when it is possible to make changes in the file structure without affecting
the application program’s ability to access the data.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: p.19
NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension TOP: Problems with File System Data Processing
17. Data anomaly is defined as the condition in which all of the data in the database are consistent with the
real- world events and conditions.
