Computing -databases

Q1. Which of these are features of a flat-file database? (3)A flat-file database:

• Retrieves its data from the internet

• Is a collection of organised data

• Is a collection of tables that contain data

• Can be used to search and sort a dataset

• Is stored on a computer

Q2. Which of these are examples of database fields? (tick all that apply)

• 1st

• Age

• Mr

• Class

Q3. How many records can you see in this database?

• 6

• 30

• 5

• 15

Q4. Here is the table view of a database. We want to answer the question: ‘How long is the longest dinosaur?’ Which field would you use to answer it?

• Name

• Diet

• Length

• 12

Which of these are examples of database fields? (tick all that apply)

• Surname

• Class

• Boarded

• Age

Q6. What would you search for to answer this question – ‘How many males under ten years old were on board the Titanic?’ 

• Name and age

• Gender and class

• Gender or age

• Gender and age

The Titanic picked up passengers from:

• Southampton

• Cherbourg

• Queenstown

• Belfast

Which two fields have been used to create this graph?

• Population and country name

• Country name and area

• Area and currency

• Currency and population

Here are two views which we can see when using a database: ‘table view’ and ‘chart view’. If I wanted to know which two of the countries listed had the largest population, which view would be the most useful?

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