IT 214
Quiz 1
Quiz
1. The purpose of a database is to help people keep track of things.
2. Multi-user databases are less complicated than single-user databases because the work is distributed to many people.
3. In database application processing, business users interact directly with database applications, which directly access the database data.
4. In database application processing, business users interact directly with the DBMS, which directly accesses the database data.
5. In database application processing, business users interact directly with database applications that interact with the DBMS, which directly accesses the database data.
6. Business information systems that stored groups of records in separate files were called file-processing systems.
7. One advantage of file-processing systems is that application programs are dependent on the file formats.
8. In file-processing systems, the physical formats of the files and records are part of the application code.
9. In file-processing systems, changes in file formats require corresponding changes in the application programs that access those files.
10. The description of a database’s structure that is stored within the database itself is called the “metadata”.
11. A database is called “self-describing” because it reduces data duplication.
12. Internet databases can store which types of data?
a.) pictures
b.) audio
c.) text
d.) video
e.) all of the above
13. A program whose job is to store and retrieve user data in the database is called the ______.
a.) Database Modeling System
b.) Database Management System
c.) Data Business Model System
d.) Relational Model Manager
f.) Data Business Management Service
14. Which of the following is not a type of multi-user database?
a.) Internet databases
b.) workgroup databases
c.) organizational databases
d.) personal databases
e.) both a and d
15. For database systems needing to support approximately 15 concurrent users within an organization, which type of database would be appropriate?
a.) Internet database
b.) workgroup database
c.) organizational database
d.) personal database
e.) none of the above
16. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Internet databases?
a.) can support no more than 50 concurrent users
b.) contain structured data
c.) contain nonstructured data
d.) application content is delivered via a standard browser
f.) uses web-oriented technology to transfer data
17. In a database application processing system:
a.) the database application(s) interact(s) with the DBMS
b.) the database application(s) access(es) the database data
c.) the DBMS accesses the database data
d.) a and b
g.) a and c
18. The description of the structure of a database is called:
a.) user data
b.) data dictionary
c.) indexes
d.) application metadata
e.) application data