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Student Objectives

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

  1. Describe how a relational database organizes data and compare its approach to an object-oriented database.
  2. Identify and describe the principles of a database management system.
  3. Evaluate tools and technologies for providing information from databases to improve business performance and decision making.
  4. Assess the role of information policy and data administration in the management of organizational data resources.
  5. Assess the importance of data quality assurance for the business.


 This activity contains 35 questions.

Question 1.
Generalized categories of data on which we store and maintain information in a database is called a(n)

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Question 2.
The most common type of database is

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Question 3.
The technical term for records in a database is

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Question 4.
You use a ________ to clarify table relationships in a relational database.

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Question 5.
Which of the following is not a database management system software program?

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Question 6.
Which of the following is not a basic operation in a relational database?

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Question 7.
A DBMS capability that specifies the structure of its database content is

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Question 8.
A type of DBMS that stores audio and video files is

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Question 9.
A database that stores current and historical data and is available to decision makers throughout a company is called


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Question 10.
A subset of a data warehouse that focuses on a single subject area is called a(n)

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Question 11.
Which of the following helps develop knowledge about competitors and change decision-making behavior?

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Question 12.
Which of the following enables users to view data using multiple dimensions?

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Question 13.
A type of data mining that recognizes patterns that describe a group to which an item belongs is


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Question 14.
A(n) ________ is used to identify which users and organizational units can share information.

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Question 15.
Analysis of data quality often begins with a(n)

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Question 16.
While paper-based databases may be inefficient, they are still cost effective to maintain.

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Question 17.
Attributes describe specific characteristics of entities.

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Question 18.
Attributes for a particular entity can apply to numerous other entities in a relational database.

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Question 19.
Tables in a relational database can have a many-to-many relationship.

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Question 20.
A database that has been normalized will minimize duplicate data.

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Question 21.
A logical view of data in a DBMS shows how data are actually organized and structured on storage devices.

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Question 22.
The project operation in a relational DBMS permits the user to create new tables.

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Question 23.
A DBMS data definition language is used to retrieve data in a database.

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Question 24.
The most prominent data manipulation language used in businesses today is the Structured Query Language (SQL).

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Question 25.
Object-oriented DBMS are becoming popular because they can be used to manage Java applets in Web applications.

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Question 26.
You typically will not find historical data in a data warehouse.

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Question 27.
Data mining is used to find hidden patterns and relationships in databases and help predict future customer behavior.

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Question 28.
Data mining poses challenges to individual privacy protection.

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Question 29.
Even though accessing corporate databases through the Web is creating new efficiencies, it is not changing the way many businesses operate.

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Question 30.
Data cleansing helps a business enforce consistency among different sets of data that originated in separate information systems.


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