Quiz 1 Intro to DB

Databases are specialized structures that allow computer-based systems to store, manage, and retrieve data quickly

• true
• false

Data consists of raw facts. The word raw indicates that the facts have not yet been processed to reveal their meaning

• true
• false

Metadata, or data about data, through which the end-user data is integrated and managed

• true
• false

collection of programs that manages the database structure and controls access to the data stored in the database

• SQL
• DBMS
• Database
• XML

exists when different versions of the same data appear in different places

• Data Stored
• Data Dependence
• Data Inconsistency
• Data Input

is a specific request issued to the DBMS for data manipulation

• Query
• Process
• System
• Support

When the multiuser database supports a relatively small number of users (usually fewer than 50) or a specific department within an organization, it is called a

• Workgroup Database
• Enterprise Database
• Datawarehouse
• Data Mining

refers to the activities that focus on the design of the database structure that will be used to store and manage end-user data

• Database Output
• Database Process
• Dababase Skill
• Database Design

is the result of processing raw data to reveal its meaning

• Data
• Information
• Information System
• Input

A database that supports data distributed across several different sites is called a

• Distributed Database
• Cloud Database
• Centralized Database
• Workgroup Database