CSIT Chapter 12 Exam Questions and Answers

____ are made up of related records. - Answer-tables ____ create the actual database based on the design generated by the database designer and get it ready for data entry. - Answer-database developers A ____ extracts specific information from a database by specifying particular conditions (called criteria) about the data you would like to retrieve. - Answer-query A ____ is a collection of related fields. - Answer-record A field is also called a ____. - Answer-column A(n) ____ is a small table consisting only of the primary key field and the location information for each record. - Answer-index Continually evaluating and improving the security measures used with the database is a database ____ activity. - Answer-maintenance In ____, the table field involved in the changes is locked until the changes to that field have been completed. - Answer-column-level-locking In ASPs, the code to tie the database to the Web site is typically written in JavaScript or ____. - Answer-VBScript Middleware for cloud database applications is commonly written as ____—short sections of code written in a programming or scripting language that are executed by another program. - Answer-scripts One of the properties that can be assigned to a field is a(n) ____ to specify the format (such as letters, numbers, or symbols) that must be entered into a field. - Answer-input mask One of the simplest hashing algorithms involves dividing the primary key field by a particular ____. - Answer-prime number