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1) _____ is used to reveal the meaning of data.
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A) Raw facts
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B) Knowledge
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C) Formatting
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D) Information
Question 2
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2) Accurate, relevant, and timely information is the key to _____.
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A) data management
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B) good decision making
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C) knowledge
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D) understanding
Question 3
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3) _____ is the body of information and facts about a specific subject.
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A) Data
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B) Information
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C) Knowledge
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D) A database
Question 4
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4) End-user data is ____.
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A) raw facts about the end-user
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B) raw facts of interest to the end-user
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C) data about data
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D) accurate, relevant and timely information
Question 5
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5) ____ provide(s) a description of the data characteristics and the set of relationships that link the data found within the database.
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A) Queries
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B) End-user data
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C) Metadata
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D) Information
Question 6
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6) The _____ serve(s) as the intermediary between the user and the database.
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A) DBMS
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B) metadata
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C) end-user data
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D) programming language
Question 7
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7) The database structure in a DBMS is stored as a _______.
Question 8
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8) A(n) _____ might be written by a programmer or it might be created through a DBMS utility program.
Question 9
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9) _______ exists when different versions of the same data appear in different places.
Question 10
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10) The response of the DBMS to a query is the _____.
Question 11
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11) A(n) _______ database is designed to support a company's day-today operations.
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A) desktop
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B) workgroup
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C) enterprise
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D) transactional
Question 12
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12) A(n) _______ database is used by an organization and supports many users across many departments.
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A) desktop
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B) workgroup
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C) enterprise
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D) transactional
Question 13
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13) A(n) ________ database supports a relatively small number of users (usually fewer than 50) or a specific department within an organization.
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A) desktop
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B) workgroup
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C) enterprise
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D) transactional
Question 14
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14) A ______ database supports data distributed across several different sites.
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A) single-user
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B) multiuser
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C) centralized
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D) distributed
Question 15
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15) A workgroup database is a(n) _____ database.
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A) single-user
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B) multiuser
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C) enterprise
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D) distributed
Question 16
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16) A desktop database is a ______ database.
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A) single-user
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B) multiuser
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C) workgroup
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D) distributed
Question 17
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17) Most decision-support data are based on historical data obtained from _____.
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A) operational databases
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B) data warehouses
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C) enterprise databases
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D) workgroup databases
Question 18
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18) The _____ structure is quite different from that of an operational or transactional database.
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A) data warehouse
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B) workgroup database
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C) enterprise database
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D) distributed database
Question 19
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19) _____ data exist in the format in which they were collected.
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A) Structured
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B) Semistructured
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C) Unstructured
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D) Historical
Question 20
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20) _________ data exist in a format that does not lend itself to processing that yields information.
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A) Structured
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B) Semistructured
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C) Unstructured
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D) Historical
Question 21
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21) _______ data are the result of formatting to facilitate storage, use and generation of information.
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A) Structured
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B) Semistructured
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C) Unstructured
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D) Historical
Question 22
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22) Most data you encounter is best classified as _____.
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A) structured
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B) semistructured
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C) unstructured
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D) historical
Question 23
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23) Which of the following is an example of structured data?
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A) A Web page
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B) An e-mail
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C) A memo
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D) A spreadsheet
Question 24
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24) XML data is ______.
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A) structured
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B) multistructured
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C) unstructured
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D) semistructured
Question 25
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25) The organization of the data within the folders in a manual file system was determined by _______.
Question 26
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26) A ______ is a logically connected set of one or more fields that describes a person, place, or thing.
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A) database
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B) column
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C) record
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D) file
Question 27
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27) A ______ is a collection of related records.
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A) database
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B) field
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C) column
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D) file
Question 28
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28) A _____ is a character or group of characters that has a specific meaning.
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A) database
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B) field
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C) record
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D) file
Question 29
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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.
Question 30
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30) _______ relates to the activities that make the database perform more efficiently in terms of storage and access speed.
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A) Performance tuning
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B) Database design
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C) Query access
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D) Database management