Database quiz

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A multi choice quiz on databases
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Frage 1

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Which of the following is NOT true of databases?
Antworten
  • You can store large amounts of data.
  • You have to use a computer.
  • You can search the data.

Frage 2

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Which of the following is a piece of software used to create databases?
Antworten
  • Google Chrome
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Office Access

Frage 3

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What term describes a personalised letter which can be sent to customers of a supermarket?
Antworten
  • Report
  • Mail merge
  • Macro

Frage 4

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Which of the following is an advantage to paper-based databases?
Antworten
  • It is easy to add or amend records.
  • You do not need any training on how to use the database.
  • Data can be sorted and re-sorted easily.

Frage 5

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Thinking of data, information and knowledge - which of the following is an example of information?
Antworten
  • The average men's shoe size is nine.
  • 9
  • If you are to open a shoe shop, you must stock plenty of size nine shoes.

Frage 6

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Which of the following holds a single piece of data?
Antworten
  • Table
  • Record
  • Field

Frage 7

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Which field would be inappropriate in a database of countries?
Antworten
  • Continent
  • Population
  • First Name

Frage 8

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What is the correct definition of primary key?
Antworten
  • The first field in a table.
  • A field that contains unique data in each record.
  • The field which we will use to search with.

Frage 9

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What database feature checks to see if data meets certain rules when entered to a table?
Antworten
  • Table
  • Query
  • Validation

Frage 10

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Which validation rule would you use to limit what a user can enter to only a few options, e.g. male or female?
Antworten
  • List check
  • Presence check
  • Range check

Frage 11

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What is a database record?
Antworten
  • All of the records in a field
  • All the data about one item in the database.
  • the colour of a persons hair

Frage 12

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What is data redundancy?
Antworten
  • The unnecessary repetition of data.
  • The removal of data.
  • inputting the wrong data.

Frage 13

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What is data validation?
Antworten
  • Checking if the data is from a reliable source.
  • The process of checking data as it is entered into the system to ensure it is entered correctly.
  • Checking if the data interesting.

Frage 14

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What is data verification?
Antworten
  • Updating records.
  • The checking that the data is true or correct (usually by human checking).
  • Checking to see if the data has already on the system.

Frage 15

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What is a relational database?
Antworten
  • A relationship database stores data in tables. Each table contains data about one entity. Each table is called a relation. Tables are linked together using keys.
  • A database that stores information about relatives.
  • A database about a specific subject

Frage 16

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How are tables linked together in a database?
Antworten
  • The tables are typed in to the database and added together to make one table.
  • A database will automatically use all the tables available.
  • Tables are linked together by using keys. The primary key in one table is linked to another table as a foreign key.
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