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1. Datauanduinformationuareuessentiallyutheusameuthing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: 1-2uDatauversusuInformation
LEARNINGuOBJECTIVES:u01.01u-uDefineutheudifferenceubetweenudatauanduinformation
2. Datauprocessingucanubeuasusimpleuasuorganizingudatautourevealupatterns.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: 1-2uDatauversusuInformation
LEARNINGuOBJECTIVES:u01.01u-uDefineutheudifferenceubetweenudatauanduinformation
3. Datauisutheuresultuofuprocessingurawufactsutourevealuitsumeaning.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: 1-2uDatauversusuInformation
LEARNINGuOBJECTIVES:u01.01u-uDefineutheudifferenceubetweenudatauanduinformation
4. Whenudatauareuentereduintouauformuandusaved,utheyuareuplaceduinutheuunderlyingudatabaseuasuknowledge.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: 1-2uDatauversusuInformation
LEARNINGuOBJECTIVES:u01.01u-uDefineutheudifferenceubetweenudatauanduinformation
5. Datauconstituteutheubuildingublocksuofuinformation.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: 1-2uDatauversusuInformation
LEARNINGuOBJECTIVES:u01.01u-uDefineutheudifferenceubetweenudatauanduinformation
6. Metadataudescribeutheudataucharacteristicsuandutheusetuofurelationshipsuthatulinksutheudataufounduwithinutheudatabase.
a. True
b. False
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ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: 1-3uIntroducingutheuDatabase
LEARNINGuOBJECTIVES:u01.02u-
uDescribeuwhatuaudatabaseuis,utheuvariousutypesuofudatabases,uanduwhyutheyuareuvaluab
leuassetsuforudecisionumaking
7. TheuonlyuwayutouaccessutheudatauinuaudatabaseuisuthroughutheuDBMS.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: 1-3auRoleuanduAdvantagesuofutheuDBMS
LEARNINGuOBJECTIVES:u01.02u-
uDescribeuwhatuaudatabaseuis,utheuvariousutypesuofudatabases,uanduwhyutheyuareuvaluab
leuassetsuforudecisionumaking
8. Databaseuprogrammingulanguagesureceiveualluapplicationurequestsuandutranslateuthemuintoutheucomplexuoperationsu
requiredutoufulfilluthoseurequests.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: 1-3auRoleuanduAdvantagesuofutheuDBMS
LEARNINGuOBJECTIVES:u01.02u-
uDescribeuwhatuaudatabaseuis,utheuvariousutypesuofudatabases,uanduwhyutheyuareuvaluab
leuassetsuforudecisionumaking
9. TheuDBMSurevealsumuchuofutheudatabase’suinternalucomplexityutoutheuapplicationuprogramsuanduusers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: 1-3auRoleuanduAdvantagesuofutheuDBMS
LEARNINGuOBJECTIVES:u01.02u-
uDescribeuwhatuaudatabaseuis,utheuvariousutypesuofudatabases,uanduwhyutheyuareuvaluab
leuassetsuforudecisionumaking
10. OneudisadvantageuofutheuDBMSuisuthatuituincreasesutheuriskuofudatausecurityubreaches.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: 1-3auRoleuanduAdvantagesuofutheuDBMS
LEARNINGuOBJECTIVES:u01.02u-
uDescribeuwhatuaudatabaseuis,utheuvariousutypesuofudatabases,uanduwhyutheyuareuvaluab
leuassetsuforudecisionumaking
11. Anuoperationaludatabaseuisusometimesureferredutouasuanuenterpriseudatabase.
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a. True
b. False
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ANSWER:uDIF False
FICULTY:uREF uEasy
ERENCES: 1-3buTypesuofuDatabases
LEARNINGuOBJECTIVES: 01.02u-
uDescribeuwhatuaudatabaseuis,utheuvariousutypesuofudatabases,uanduwhyutheyuareuvaluabl
euassetsuforudecisionumaking
12.uAudatauwarehouseucanustoreudatauderivedufromumanyusources.
a.uTrue
b.uFalse
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: 1-3buTypesuofuDatabases
LEARNINGuOBJECTIVES:u01.02u-
uDescribeuwhatuaudatabaseuis,utheuvariousutypesuofudatabases,uanduwhyutheyuareuvaluab
leuassetsuforudecisionumaking
13. Structureuisubaseduonutheutypeuofuprocessingutoubeuperformeduonutheudata.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: 1-3buTypesuofuDatabases
LEARNINGuOBJECTIVES:u01.02u-
uDescribeuwhatuaudatabaseuis,utheuvariousutypesuofudatabases,uanduwhyutheyuareuvaluab
leuassetsuforudecisionumaking
14. Corporationsuuseuonlyustructuredudata.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: 1-3buTypesuofuDatabases
LEARNINGuOBJECTIVES:u01.02u-
uDescribeuwhatuaudatabaseuis,utheuvariousutypesuofudatabases,uanduwhyutheyuareuvaluab
leuassetsuforudecisionumaking
15. Fieldurefersutouaucollectionuofurelatedurecords.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: 1-5buComputerizeduFileuSystems
LEARNINGuOBJECTIVES:u01.04u-uSeeuhowumodernudatabasesuevolvedufromufileusystems
16. Structuraludependenceuexistsuwhenuituisupossibleutoumakeuchangesuinutheufileustructureuwithoutuaffectingutheuapplicationu
program’suabilityutouaccessutheudata.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False