CIS 360 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
what does HTTPS:// mean when seen on a website? - Answers - It is encrypted to
protect information online
What are cookies? - Answers - small text files that store info on your computer about
you when you browse the internet
What are the 3 categories of commercial electronic business? - Answers - Bricks and
Mortar, Bricks and Clicks, Pure Play (or click only).
What is critical mass? - Answers - Sufficient buyers to sustain the business of vendors,
sufficient vendors to attract buyers on the internet.
What is an advantage of using a database? - Answers - It reduces redundancy
What is an ER diagram and what does it do? - Answers - It helps design a database(
sort of an outline that shows relationships) and it shows the organization of and
relationships between data.
What does the relational database model do? - Answers - It organizes data into multiple
tables
What are the 4 ways to Manipulate data and what do they mean? - Answers -
Selecting(eliminating rows), Projecting (eliminating columns), Joining (combining
tables), Linking (combining tables that share 2 or more data attributes)
What is a Database management system (DBMS)? - Answers - It provides an interface
between the database and the user(or application programs).
what is SQL? - Answers - It stands for structured query language and it is the standard
query language for relational databases.
What is the difference between a Database Administrator and a Data Administrator? -
Answers - Database Administrator plans,designs,creates,operates,monitors, and
maintains the databases. (Technical)
A Data Administrator Defines and implements consistent principles for a variety of data
issues (non-technical)
Describe ' Database as a Service'. - Answers - Database is stored on a service
provider's server and accessed by client computers over a network.
ANSWERS
what does HTTPS:// mean when seen on a website? - Answers - It is encrypted to
protect information online
What are cookies? - Answers - small text files that store info on your computer about
you when you browse the internet
What are the 3 categories of commercial electronic business? - Answers - Bricks and
Mortar, Bricks and Clicks, Pure Play (or click only).
What is critical mass? - Answers - Sufficient buyers to sustain the business of vendors,
sufficient vendors to attract buyers on the internet.
What is an advantage of using a database? - Answers - It reduces redundancy
What is an ER diagram and what does it do? - Answers - It helps design a database(
sort of an outline that shows relationships) and it shows the organization of and
relationships between data.
What does the relational database model do? - Answers - It organizes data into multiple
tables
What are the 4 ways to Manipulate data and what do they mean? - Answers -
Selecting(eliminating rows), Projecting (eliminating columns), Joining (combining
tables), Linking (combining tables that share 2 or more data attributes)
What is a Database management system (DBMS)? - Answers - It provides an interface
between the database and the user(or application programs).
what is SQL? - Answers - It stands for structured query language and it is the standard
query language for relational databases.
What is the difference between a Database Administrator and a Data Administrator? -
Answers - Database Administrator plans,designs,creates,operates,monitors, and
maintains the databases. (Technical)
A Data Administrator Defines and implements consistent principles for a variety of data
issues (non-technical)
Describe ' Database as a Service'. - Answers - Database is stored on a service
provider's server and accessed by client computers over a network.
