BCIS 3610 Exam 2; Chapters 5, 6, 7 & 8 Questions with complete solution
lists involve data with multiple themes - correct answers A database is used instead of a spreadsheet when ____.
Which of the following is the smallest element in a database? - correct answers byte
In a database, ____...
BCIS 3610 Exam 2; Chapters 5, 6, 7 & 8
Questions with complete solution
lists involve data with multiple themes - correct answers A database is used
instead of a spreadsheet when ____.
Which of the following is the smallest element in a database? - correct
answers byte
In a database, _______ are grouped into columns. - correct answers bytes
The columns in a database are called ____. - correct answers fields
The rows in a database are called ______. - correct answers records
A group of similar rows or records is known as ____. - correct answers a file
Which of the following data elements is placed higher than records in the
database hierarchy? - correct answers file
A primary key in a database is a _____. - correct answers column or group of
columns that identifies a unique row in a table
Albert creates a relational database to store employee performance statistics.
He stores each
employee's data in independent rows and creates a column named
"Employee Number" to assign
,unique numbers to each employee. The "Employee Number" column is
referred to as a - correct answers primary key
Columns that are keys to different tables than the ones in which they reside
are called - correct answers foreign keys
Metadata are ____. - correct answers data that describe data
A(n) ______ is a program used to create, process, and administer a database.
- correct answers database management system
Which of the following is an example of a database management system? -
correct answers Access
Identify an open source DBMS product. - correct answers MySQL
Which of the following is true of MySQL? - correct answers It is license-free
for most applications.
The modifications or deletion of data in a database is an example of _____
operations of a database management system. - correct answers processing
Which of the following is an international standard language for processing a
database? - correct answers SQL
, Which of the following is a developmental task of database administration? -
correct answers evaluating an application design
Own, the database administrator for a shipping company, is responsible for
checking the data model, which is to be used in the database management
system, for accuracy and completeness. This is an example of Owen's
______ tasks. - correct answers development
____ are formally defined, standardized processes that involve day-to-day
operations. - correct answers Structured processes
Which of the following is an example of a structured process? - correct
answers customer returns
____ are flexible, informal, and adaptive processes that normally involve
strategic and less structured managerial decisions and activities. - correct
answers Dynamic processes
Which of the following is an example of a dynamic process? - correct answers
Nike uses Facebook and Twitter to generate buss about its new line of
running shoes.
Which of the following is a characteristic of dynamic processes? - correct
answers They support strategic and less structured managerial decisions.
Which of the following workgroup processes is related to sales and
marketing? - correct answers lead tracking
Which of the following workgroup processes is related to operations? - correct
answers finished goods inventory managment
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