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TESTBANK
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,ModernDatabaseManagement, 13e(Hoffer)
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Chapter1 TheDatabaseEnvironmentandDevelopment Process ji j i ji ji ji ji ji




1) AccordingtoaMcKinseyGlobalInstituteReport,in2010alone,globalenterprisesstored more ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji




than:
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A) 1terabyteofdata.
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B) 3gigabytesofdata.
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C) atleast 100petabytesofdata.
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D) morethan7billionexabytesofdata. ji ji ji ji ji ji




Answer: D
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LO: 1.1:Definekeyterms.
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Difficulty: Easy
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Classification: Concept
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AACSB: InformationTechnology j i ji




2) Databasemanagement involvesallofthefollowingEXCEPT: ji ji ji ji ji ji ji




A) collectingdata. ji




B) organizingdata. ji




C) designwebpages. ji ji




D) managingdata. ji




Answer: C
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LO: 1.1:Definekeyterms.
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Difficulty: Easy
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Classification: Concept
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AACSB: InformationTechnology j i ji




3) Adatabase isanorganizedcollectionof
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A) logically
B) physically
C) loosely
D) badly
Answer:A
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LO: 1.1:Definekeyterms.
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Difficulty: Easy
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Classification: Concept
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AACSB: InformationTechnology j i ji




4) Legacysystems oftencontaindataof ji ji ji ji ji qualityand aregenerallyhostedon
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A) poor;personalcomputers ji ji




B) excellent;mainframes ji




C) poor;mainframes ji




D) excellent;workgroupcomputers ji ji




Answer: C
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LO: 3.1:Definekeyterms.
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,5) Program-datadependenceiscausedby: ji ji ji ji




A) filedescriptionsbeingstoredineachdatabase application.
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B) datadescriptions beingstoredona server.
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C) datadescriptionsbeingwrittenintoprogramming code.
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D) datacohabitingwithprograms.
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Answer: A
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LO: 1.2:Nameseverallimitationsofconventionalfileprocessingsystems.
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Difficulty: Moderate
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Classification: Concept j i




AACSB: InformationTechnology j i ji




6) Becauseapplicationsareoftendeveloped independentlyinfileprocessingsystems: ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji




A) thedataisalways non-redundant.
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B) unplannedduplicatedata filesaretheruleratherthantheexception. ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji




C) datacanalways be shared withothers.
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D) thereisalargevolumeoffileI/O. ji ji ji ji ji ji ji




Answer: B
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LO: 1.2:Nameseverallimitationsofconventionalfileprocessingsystems.
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Difficulty: Moderate
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Classification: Concept j i




AACSB: InformationTechnology j i ji




7) Relationaldatabasesestablishtherelationshipsbetweenentitiesbymeansofcommonfields ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji




included in a file called a(n):
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A) entity.
B) relationship.
C) relation.
D) association.
Answer: C
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LO: 1.3:Explainatleast10advantagesofthedatabaseapproach,comparedtotraditionalfile
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processing.
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Difficulty: Moderate ji




Classification:Concept
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AACSB: InformationTechnology j i ji




8) A(n) isoftendevelopedbyidentifyingaformorreportthatauserneedsona regular ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji




basis.
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A) enterpriseview ji




B) reportingdocument ji




C) userview ji




D) usersnapshot ji




Answer: C
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LO: 1.3:Explainatleast10advantagesofthedatabaseapproach,comparedtotraditionalfile
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processing.
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A) XMLdatamodel. ji ji




B) hypertext graphic. ji




C) relationaldatabase. ji




D) datamodel. ji




Answer: D
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LO: 1.3:Explainatleast10advantagesofthedatabaseapproach,comparedtotraditionalfile processing.
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Difficulty: Moderate ji




Classification:Concept
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AACSB: InformationTechnology j i ji




10) Datathat describethe propertiesofother dataare:
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A) relationships.
B) logical.
C) physical.
D) metadata.
Answer: D
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LO: 1.3:Explainatleast10advantagesofthedatabaseapproach,comparedtotraditionalfile
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processing.
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Difficulty: Moderate ji




Classification:Concept
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AACSB: InformationTechnology j i ji




11) Metatdatatypicallydescribesallofthefollowing EXCEPT: ji ji ji ji ji ji ji




A) datadefinitions.ji




B) length.
C) allowable values. ji




D) locationondisk. ji ji




Answer: D
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LO: 1.3:Explainatleast10advantagesofthedatabaseapproach,comparedtotraditionalfile
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processing.
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Difficulty: Moderate ji




Classification:Concept
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AACSB: InformationTechnology j i ji




.

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