Database Processing: Fundamentals, Design, and Implementation – 16th Edition – David M. Kroenke – Complete Test Bank with Exam Questions and Answers

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Database Processing: Fundamentals,
Design, and Implementation, 16th
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,Database Processing, 16e (Kroenke/Auer/Vandenberg)
Chapter 1 Introduction

1) The purpose of a database is to help people keep track of things.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 6
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases
Classification: Concept
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2) In a database, each table stores data about a different type of thing.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 6
AACSB: Information Technology
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Difficulty: Easy
LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases
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Classification: Concept

3) Like a spreadsheet, a database table has rows and columns.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 6
AACSB: Information Technology
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Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases
Classification: Concept

4) In every database, not just the databases discussed in this book, table names are capitalized.
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Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 7
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases
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Classification: Concept

5) A database shows data in tables as well as the relationships among the rows in those tables.
Answer: TRUE
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Page Ref: 8
AACSB: Information Technology
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Difficulty: Easy
LO: To gain a general understanding of tables and relationships
Classification: Concept




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,6) Data is recorded facts and figures; information is knowledge derived from data.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 10
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases
Classification: Concept

7) Databases record data in such a way that they can produce information.
Answer: TRUE
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Page Ref: 10
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases
Classification: Concept
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8) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is an example of a data mining application.
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Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 11
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To survey some important and interesting database applications
Classification: Concept
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9) Databases are a key component of e-commerce order entry, billing, shipping, and customer
support.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 11
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AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To survey some important and interesting database applications
Classification: Concept
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10) The largest databases in e-commerce are the order entry databases.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 11
AACSB: Information Technology
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Difficulty: Difficult
LO: To survey some important and interesting database applications
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, 11) E-commerce companies use Web activity databases to determine which items on a Web page
are popular and successful.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 11
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To understand the importance of databases in Internet Web applications and smartphone
apps
Classification: Concept
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12) A surrogate key is a key typically used in place of a foreign key.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 8
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
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LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases
Classification: Concept
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13) A database system is typically defined as its four components: users, database applications,
the DBMS and the databases.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 12
AACSB: Information Technology
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Difficulty: Easy
LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases
Classification: Concept

14) Databases based on the CODASYL standard are based on the network data model.
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Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 30
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To understand the history and development of database processing
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Classification: Concept

15) Applications are computer programs used directly by users.
Answer: TRUE
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Page Ref: 13
AACSB: Information Technology
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Difficulty: Easy
LO: To gain a general understanding of tables and relationships
Classification: Concept




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