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True or False. Database programming languages receive all

application requests and translate them into the complex operations

required to fulfill those requests.


Ans: False




____ relates to the activities that make the database perform more

efficiently in terms of storage and access speed.


Performance tuning


Database design


Query access


Database management


Ans: Performance Tuning

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The response of the DBMS to a query is the ____.


ad hoc query


ad hoc response


query result set


integrated view of the data


Ans: query result set




True or False. One disadvantage of a database system over previous

data management approaches is increased costs.


Ans: True




____ exists when different versions of the same data appear in

different places.


Data inconsistency


Data consistency

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Better data integration


Improved decision making


Ans: Data inconsistency




True or False. A query language is a procedural language.


Ans: False




True or False. Data processing can be as simple as organizing data

to reveal patterns.


Ans: True




A(n) ____ database is used by an organization and supports many

users across many departments.


desktop


workgroup

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enterprise


transactional


Ans: enterprise




True or False. A data warehouse can store data derived from many

sources.


Ans: True




A ____ database supports data distributed across several different

sites.


single-user


multiuser


centralized


distributed


Ans: distributed