Databases - Use of Data Handling Software

The following is true about databases:

• Any organised storage of data, even on paper cards, is a database
• You need a computer to run a database
• You need some special software to run a database

Computer databases have the following advantage over manual databases:

• All of these
• Multiple views can restrict what different types of database users can see
• Faster searching
• Takes up less physical space

Which one of the following is not a popular database package:

• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• MySQL
• Microsoft Access

Every database must have:

• All of these
• Entities
• Relationships
• Spell checker

Which of the following is the best definition of a database?

• A persistent collection of related data stored and organised in a logical way.
• A collection of tables and views to serve customers.
• A computer program that allows the storage and retrieval of data.

Search engines like Google or Bing are essentially databases.

• True
• False

Paper-based databases make it difficult to search data for more than one criteria.

• True
• False

Which of these words doesn't belong?

• installing
• criteria
• sorting
• relationship

Computerised databases are easier to back up and restore in case of an emergency.

• True
• False

Computerised databases are flexible: you can mix numbers and words in the same field.

• False
• True