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INS2603 Exam pack 2024(Questions and answers)
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INS2603 Exam pack 2024(Questions and answers)
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INS2603 EXAM PACK2025
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
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Chapter 1
Question 1
Data and information are essentially the same thing.
A. True
B. False
Question 2
Data processing can be as simple as organizing data to reveal patterns.
A. True
B. False
Question 3
We are now said to be entering the “knowledge age.”
A. True
B. False
Question 4
Information implies familiarity, awareness, and understanding knowledge as it applies to an environment.
A. True
B. False
Question 5
Data constitute the building blocks of information.
A. True
B. False
Question 6
Metadata present a more complete picture of the data in the database than the data itself.
A. True
B. False
Question 7
The only way to access the data in a database is through the DBMS.
A. True
B. False
Question 8
Database programming languages receive all application requests and translate them into the complex operations
required to fulfill those requests.
A. True
B. False
Question 9
The DBMS reveals much of the database’s internal complexity to the application programs and users.
A. True
B. False
Question 10
One disadvantage of the DBMS is that it increases the risk of data security breaches.
A. True
B. False
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Question 11
An operational database is sometimes referred to as an enterprise database.
A. True
B. False
Question 12
A data warehouse can store data derived from many sources.
A. True
B. False
Question 13
The same data might be simultaneously structured and unstructured depending on the intended processing.
A. True
B. False
Question 14
Corporations use only structured data.
A. True
B. False
Question 15
Historically, a manual file system was composed of a system of file folders and filing cabinets.
A. True
B. False
Question 16
Initially the files within a computer file system were similar to manual files.
A. True
B. False
Question 17
Structural dependence exists when it is possible to make changes in the file structure without affecting the application
program’s ability to access the data.
A. True
B. False
Question 18
A query language is a procedural language.
A. True
B. False
Question 19
One disadvantage of a database system over previous data management approaches is increased costs.
A. True
B. False
Question 20
One advantage of a database system over previous data management approaches is that the database system is
considerably less complex.
A. True
B. False
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Question 21
____ is a set of tools that work together to provide an advanced data analysis environment for retrieving, processing,
and modeling data from the data warehouse.
A. Online analytical processing
B. Semi-structured processing
C. Enterprise processing
D. XML processing
Question 22
The phrase ____ refers to an organization of components that define and regulate the collection, storage, management
and use of data within a database environment.
A. database management system
B. database management
C. management system
D. database system
Question 23
A ____ is a collection of related records.
A. database
B. Field
C. column
D. file
Question 24
The ____ serve(s) as the intermediary between the user and the database.
A. DBMS
B. Metadata
C. end-user data
D. programming language
Question 25
The database structure in a DBMS is stored as a ____.
A. file
B. collection of files
C. set of key/value pairs
D. collection of queries
Question 26
Accurate, relevant, and timely information is the key to ____.
A. data management
B. good decision making
C. knowledge
D. understanding
Question 27
A(n) ____ database is used by an organization and supports many users across many departments.
A. Desktop
B. Workgroup
C. enterprise
D. transactional
Question 28
A ____ database supports data distributed across several different sites.
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