DATABASE SYSTEMS DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED APLUS

DATABASE SYSTEMS DESIGN
IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
APLUS

●● information
Answer: result of processing raw data to reveal its meaning


●● knowledge
Answer: body of information and facts about a specific subject


●● data management
Answer: discipline that focuses on the proper generation, storage, and
retrieval of data


●● database
Answer: shared, integrated computer structure that stores a collection of
end-user data and metadata; a collection of self-describing data;
resembles a very well-organized electronic filing cabinet in which
powerful software (the dbms) helps manage the cabinet's contents

, ●● end-user data
Answer: raw facts of interest to the end user


●● metadata
Answer: data about data, through which the end-user data are integrated
and managed


●● database management system (DBMS)
Answer: a collection of programs that manages the database structure
and controls access to the data stored in the database; intermediary
between the user and the database


●● data inconsistency
Answer: exists when different versions of the same data appear in
different places


●● query
Answer: a specific request issued to the DBMS for data manipulation;
simply put it is a question


●● ad hoc query
Answer: is a spur-of-the-moment question