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Chapter 1 (True/False) CIS 3365

Question 1 of 20

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1. Data and information are essentially the same thing

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 2 of 20

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2. Data processing can be as simple as organizing data to reveal patterns

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 3 of 20

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3. We are now said to be entering the "knowledge age."

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 4 of 20

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4. Information implies familiarity, awareness, and understanding knowledge as it applies to an environment.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 5 of 20

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5. Data constitute the building blocks of information

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 6 of 20

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6. Metadata present a more complete picture of the data in the database than the data itself

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 7 of 20

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7. The only way to access the data in a database is through the DBMS.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 8 of 20

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8. Database programming languages receive all application requests and translate them into the complex operations required to fulfill those requests.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 9 of 20

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9. The DBMS reveals much of the database's internal complexity to the application programs and users.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 10 of 20

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10. One disadvantage of the DBMS is that it increases the risk of data security breaches

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 11 of 20

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11. An operational database is sometimes referred to as an enterprise database

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 12 of 20

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12. A data warehouse can store data derived from many sources

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 13 of 20

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13. The same data might be simultaneously structured and unstructured depending on the intended processing.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 14 of 20

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14. Corporations use only structured data.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 15 of 20

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15. Historically, a manual file system was composed of a system of file folders and filing cabinets.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 16 of 20

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16. Initially the files within a computer file system were similar to manual files.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 17 of 20

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17. Structural dependence exists when it is possible to make changes in the file structure without affecting the application program's ability to access the data.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 18 of 20

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18. A query language is a procedural language.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 19 of 20

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19. One disadvantage of a database system over previous data management approaches is increased costs.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 20 of 20

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20. One advantage of a database system over previous data management approaches is that the database system is considerably less complex.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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