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The correct answer for each question is indicated by a .

1 CORRECT Generally speaking, fields are organized so that they represent some logical order.

A) True

B) False

2 CORRECT Any grouping of related records in tabular, or row and column form, is called an entity.

A) True

B) False
Feedback:
Any grouping of related records in tabular, or row and column form is called a file.

3 CORRECT A database consolidates records into a common pool of data elements that provides data for a single application.

A) True

B) False
Feedback: A database consolidates records into a common pool of data elements that provides data for many applications.
4 CORRECT The network database model can relate data in any one file with data in another file, if both files share a common data element or field.

A) True

B) False
Feedback:
The relational database model can relate data in any one file with data in another file, if both files share a common data element or field.

5 Relational database management systems cannot process large amounts of business transactions as quickly and efficiently as those based on the hierarchical and
INCORRECT network models.
A) True

B) False

6 CORRECT Replication and distribution of databases are done to improve database security at end user worksites.

A) True

B) False
Feedback:
Replication and distribution of databases are done to improve database performance at end user worksites.

7 CORRECT The primary challenge of a distributed database is the time required to access the records.

A) True

B) False
Feedback: The primary challenge of a distributed database is the maintenance of data accuracy.
8 When you use a search engine, such as Google or Yahoo!, to look up something on the Internet, you are using an external database.
INCORRECT
A) True

B) False

9 CORRECT The database management approach consolidates data records formerly in separate files into databases that can be accessed by a single application program.

A) True

B) False
Feedback:
The database management approach consolidates data records formerly in separate files into databases that can be accessed by many different application
programs.

10 A database management system (DBM) controls the creation, maintenance, and use of the databases of an organization and its end users.
CORRECT
A) True

B) False

11 The most basic logical data element is the _______________, which consists of a single alphabetic, numeric, or other symbol.
CORRECT
A) character

B) bit

C) entity

D) byte

12 Which of the following best describes a database?

INCORRECT
A) It is an integrated collection of logically related records or files

B) It consolidates records previously stored in separate files into a common pool of data records

C) It includes stored data that is independent of the application programs using it

D) All of the choices are correct

13 Three basic operations can be performed on a relational database to create useful sets of data. The _______________ operation is used to create a subset of records
CORRECT that meet a stated criterion.
A) pick

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B) filter

C) sort

D) select

14 The multidimensional database model is a variation of the _______________ model.

INCORRECT
A) hierarchical

B) network

C) object-oriented

D) relational

15 An object does which of the following?

INCORRECT
A) Combines the attributes and programs (operations) that can be performed on those attributes.

B) Separates the attributes and programs (operations) that can be performed on those attributes.

C) Has no effect on the attributes and programs (operations) that can be performed on those attributes.

D) None of the above are correct.

16 Checking, savings, and installment lending are the business processes whose data models are part of a larger banking services data model that serves as a
CORRECT _______________ data framework for all bank services.
A) logical

B) physical

C) conceptual

D) technical

17 According to the text, the physical view of the data may also be called _______________.
INCORRECT
A) the database view

B) the external view

C) the internal view

D) the technical view

18 Acquiring information from various operational and external databases and then cleaning and transforming it into data suitable for analysis involves _______________.
INCORRECT
A) filtering out unwanted data

B) correcting incorrect data

C) aggregating data into new data subsets

D) All of the choices are correct.

19 When the file processing approach became too _______________ to supply the information needed to manage modern business, it was replaced by the database
INCORRECT management approach.
A) cumbersome

B) inflexible

C) costly

D) All of the choices are correct.

20 All the following were problems with the file processing approach, except:
INCORRECT
A) data redundancy

B) lack of data integration

C) data independence

D) lack of data integrity

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