Database

Which statement best describes a database?

• A collection of tables

• Tables that are in sequence

• Tables of related information

• A collection of related tables

In a TABLE, a column is known as a...

• Record

• Field

• Row

• Data

In a TABLE, a row is known as a...

• Information

• Column

• Data

• Record

The best data type to choose for date of birth would be

• Number

• Date/Time

• Text

• Currency

The software that we use to create a database is

• Microsoft Publisher

• Microsoft Word

• Microsoft Excel

• Microsoft Access

In a database, data is stored in

• Queries

• Forms

• Reports

• Tables

In a database, all the information about one person or thing is called a

• Worksheet

• Presentation

• Record

• File

All of the following are advantages of a computerized database except:

• Once a file is updated all other files will automatically be updated if they are linked together.

• Information can be stored just once and accessed in several different ways.

• It requires training to use the system

• It is easy to update or change the record structure

Possibility High School maintains a database containing tables related to its students and the subjects offered. Which of the following represents a table within the database?

• A student`s table

• A student`s record

• All the personal data on students

• The age of a student

This is used to uniquely identify every record in a table

• foreign key

• primary key

• compound key

• secondary key