Which of the following is a piece of software used to create databases?
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Google Chrome
Microsoft Office PowerPoint
Microsoft Office Access
Question 3
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What term describes a personalised letter which can be sent to customers of a supermarket?
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Report
Mail merge
Macro
Question 4
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Which of the following is an advantage to paper-based databases?
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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.
Question 5
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Thinking of data, information and knowledge - which of the following is an example of information?
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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.
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Which of the following holds a single piece of data?
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Table
Record
Field
Question 7
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Which field would be inappropriate in a database of countries?
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Continent
Population
First Name
Question 8
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What is the correct definition of primary key?
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The first field in a table.
A field that contains unique data in each record.
The field which we will use to search with.
Question 9
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What database feature checks to see if data meets certain rules when entered to a table?
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Table
Query
Validation
Question 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?
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List check
Presence check
Range check
Question 11
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What is a database record?
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All of the records in a field
All the data about one item in the database.
the colour of a persons hair
Question 12
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What is data redundancy?
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The unnecessary repetition of data.
The removal of data.
inputting the wrong data.
Question 13
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What is data validation?
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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.
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What is data verification?
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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.
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What is a relational database?
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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
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How are tables linked together in a database?
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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.