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What is Where?
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1 .       Given the following data:
Tract# pop. # households cars/household
1 1,000 400 4
2 4,000 1,200 3
3 3,000 1,000 2

and the following series of queries:

New Set -- cars/household > 2
Select From Set -- # of households > 100
Add To Set -- population > 2,000
Select From Set -- # of households < 1,200

Which tracts are selected? 



2 .       The values of an attribute for a record: 



3 .       What is: The ability of a database management system or GIS to get back from computer memory records that were previously stored there? 



4 .       SQL is: 



5 .       Pointing to a feature on a map to retrieve its attributes is the same as which operation in a DBMS?: 



6 .       The part of the DBMS that allows the user to set up a new data base, to specify how many attributes there will be, what the types and lengths or numerical ranges of each attribute will be, and how much editing the user is allowed to do is called the: 



7 .       Choose the best definition for "database management system (DBMS)": 



8 .       Which is the correct definition for "data dictionary"?: 



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