Database Review

A tool used to organize, store, retrieve and communicate groups of related information

• spreadsheet and database
• spreadsheet
• database
• desktop publishing

Pick an example of databases and database uses in business and society

• phone book and brochure about the new i-Phone
• online card catalog and a flyer about society
• online library card catalog and phone book
• business card and memo

_________ are the building blocks of all databases.

• files
• tables
• spreadsheets
• charts

____________ are used to group and organize the information in a database.

• Spreadsheets
• Columns
• Rows
• Tables

A single piece of data in a database table. 

• cell
• entry
• filter
• table

A grouping or category of similar information contained in a table.

• cell
• record
• filter
• field

A complete description of all fields related to one item in a table

• field
• entry
• table 
• record

A field name should be

• short
• descriptive
• free of errors
• all of the above

A data type defines ___________________. 

• the value of a cell
• the format of the data within teh cell
• the record
• the filter

A field property defines ____________. 

• the value of a cell
• the format of the data within the cell
• the record
• the filter