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___ is the result of revealing the meaning of raw facts. - answer Information
___ provide a description of the data characteristics and the set of relationships that link
the data found within the database. - answer Metadata
___ serve as the intermediary between the user and the database. - answer DBMSs
Which of the following is information? - answer The average time of driving from
Corvallis to Portland is 1 hour and 45 minutes
Which of the following is NOT a problem of a file system? - answer Lack of
application programs
Which of the following is NOT a function of DBMS? - answer Generate information
from data
Which of the following is NOT an issue of data quality? - answer Security
Which of the following is information? - answer We issued 3,512 invoices in the last
3 months
One disadvantage of the DBMS is that it increases the risk of data security breaches. -
answer False
What are the problems associated with file systems? How do they challenge the types
of information that can be created from the data as well as the accuracy of the
information? - answer File systems have problems such as lengthy development
times, difficulty in getting quick answers, a complex system administration, the lack of
security and limited data sharing, as well as extensive programming.
Lengthy development times challenge the types of information that can be created from
the data as well as the accuracy of the information due to any simple task needing to be
completed requires extensive amounts of time, especially if the file system is older and
therefore slower overall as well. The difficulty in getting quick answers also requires
extensive time in which the accuracy of the information may not be relevant once it is
ready in comparison to when it needed to be. A complex system administration presents
challenges such as increasing the numbers of files and information, which then creates
issues such as adding, sending, modifying, or deleting such files. This problem also
relates to increased time requirements. The lack of security and limited data sharing
creates challenges in such that there is no security and all information can be tampered
with. Extensive programming issues relates to all challenges listed above.
, Which of the following is metadata? - answer IP addresses consists of 4 numbers
between 0 and 255 and are usually displayed with a period between each number as in
10.222.255.1
Discuss any three functions performed by the DBMS that guarantee the integrity and
consistency of the data in the database. - answer Data Storage Management,
Security Management, and Backup and Recovery Management all relate to the integrity
and consistency of the data in the database. This is because without performance
tuning in which allows for efficient performance, storage and access speed, the data will
not process in the time it is needed. Security management is needed to keep the
integrity of the data otherwise it may be tampered with and lose its integrity and
consistency from outside sources. Lastly, recovery management is needed in case of a
database failure or crash in which all data could be lost if it were unable to be backed up
and recovered. This would overall diminish the consistency and integrity of the data in
case only half of the data were to be saved and the rest to be lost.
Data and information are essentially the same thing. - answer False
Metadata describe the data characteristics and the set of relationships that links the
data found within the database. - answer True
Each table _____represents an attribute. - answer Column
In the relational database, ____are important because they are used to ensure that
each row in a table is uniquely - answer Keys
A is an attribute or combination of attributes that is selected to uniquely identifies each
row in a table. - answer Primary Key
The CUSTOMER table's primary key is CUS_CODE. The CUSTOMER primary key
column has no null entries, and all entries are unique. This is an example of ____ -
answer Entity Integrity
In SQL, the _____constraint assigns a value to an attribute when a new row is added to
a table. - answer DEFAULT
Entity integrity is enforced automatically when the primary key is specified in the
CREATE TABLE command - answer True
_____dictates that the foreign key must contain values that match the primary key in the
related table, or must contain null. - answer Referential Integrity
Which SQL format would be best used for customer code? - answer CHAR(L)