ISM 4212 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS <RECENT VERSION>

ISM 4212 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS &lt;RECENT VERSION&gt; 1. Data - ANSWER Stored representations of meaningful objects and events Facts and Figures 2. Structured Data - ANSWER Numbers, text, dates 3. Unstructured Data - ANSWER Images, video, documents 4. Information - ANSWER Data processed to increase knowledge in the user Data in context 5. Knowledge - ANSWER Information put into action What we know Declarative (what we know), Procedural (how to do something), Tacit (difficult to transfer to another person), Explicit (readily articulated, codified, accessed and verbalized) 6. Wisdom - ANSWER The knowledge and experience needed to make sensible decisions 7. Database - ANSWER Organized collection of logically related data 8. Database Management System (DBMS) - ANSWER Software packages that are used to manipulate a database Used to create, maintain, and provide controlled access to user databases Manages data resources like an operating system manages hardware resources 9. Metadata - ANSWER Data that describes the properties and context of user data Data about data EX: datatype 10. Which of the following is software used to create, maintain, and provide controlled access to databases? - ANSWER Database management system (DBMS) 11. Databases provide a central repository of shared data - ANSWER True 12. A database is an organized collection of ________ related data - ANSWER logically 13. A graphical system used to capture the nature and relationships among data is called a(n): - ANSWER data model 14. A rule that CANNOT be violated by database users is called a - ANSWER constraint 15. Information is processed data. - ANSWER True 16. A person, place, object, event, or concept about which the organization wishes to maintain data is called a(n): - ANSWER Entity 17. All of the following are primary purposes of a database management system (DBMS) EXCEPT: - ANSWER providing an integrated development environment. 18. A relational database management system involves: - ANSWER entities and the relationships between those entities 19. Common approaches to database development include: - ANSWER SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle), Prototyping and Agile 20. A ________ defines or constrains some aspect of the business. - ANSWER business rule 21. Business rules do all of the following EXCEPT: - ANSWER DO NOT : A structured set of data held in a computer. they DO: Are derived from policies, procedures, events, and functions. Apply to people, processes, corporate behavior and computer systems in an organization. Describe the operations, definitions and constraints that apply to an organization or some aspect of the organization. 22. Select all of the examples of good data names listed below: - ANSWER Supplier, Last_Name, Customer 23. A good business rule is all of the following EXCEPT: - ANSWER Checked ARE: Declarative, distinct, precise 24. Within a database, a relationship is a link between entity instances. - ANSWER True 25. Match the relationship cardinality to the appropriate description. - ANSWER 1:1 (one to one) Each entity in the relationship will have exactly one related entity. 1:M (one to many) An entity on the one side in the relationship can have many related entities, but the entity on the many side will have exactly one related entity. M:N (many to many): Entities on both sides of the relationship can have many related entities on the other side