Chapter 1(Multiple Choice) CIS 3365

1) _____ is used to reveal the meaning of data.

2) Accurate, relevant, and timely information is the key to _____.

3) _____ is the body of information and facts about a specific subject.

4) End-user data is ____.

5) ____ provide(s) a description of the data characteristics and the set of relationships that link the data found within the database.

6) The _____ serve(s) as the intermediary between the user and the database.

7) The database structure in a DBMS is stored as a _______.

8) A(n) _____ might be written by a programmer or it might be created through a DBMS utility program.

9) _______ exists when different versions of the same data appear in different places.

10) The response of the DBMS to a query is the _____.

11) A(n) _______ database is designed to support a company's day-today operations.

12) A(n) _______ database is used by an organization and supports many users across many departments.

13) A(n) ________ database supports a relatively small number of users (usually fewer than 50) or a specific department within an organization.

14) A ______ database supports data distributed across several different sites.

15) A workgroup database is a(n) _____ database.

16) A desktop database is a ______ database.

17) Most decision-support data are based on historical data obtained from _____.

18) The _____ structure is quite different from that of an operational or transactional database.

19) _____ data exist in the format in which they were collected.

20) _________ data exist in a format that does not lend itself to processing that yields information.

21) _______ data are the result of formatting to facilitate storage, use and generation of information.

22) Most data you encounter is best classified as _____.

23) Which of the following is an example of structured data?

24) XML data is ______.

25) The organization of the data within the folders in a manual file system was determined by _______.

26) A ______ is a logically connected set of one or more fields that describes a person, place, or thing.

27) A ______ is a collection of related records.

28) A _____ is a character or group of characters that has a specific meaning.

29) The phrase ______ refers to an organization of components that define and regulate the collection, storage, management and use of data within a database environment.

30) _______ relates to the activities that make the database perform more efficiently in terms of storage and access speed.