Flat-file databases

What is a database?

• random collection of stuffs

• organised collection of data

In a database columns are called...

• fields

• rows

• records

Rows are called...

• fields

• columns

• records

What operations can you NOT do on a database?

• Search the database.

• Sort it by lastname ascending.

• Silence the database.

In a flat-file database what type of field is age?

• number

• date

• time

• calculated

What is the first step of data processing?

• data entry

• data sorting

• data collection

• data tabulation

What is the last step of data processing?

• data collection

• data sorting

• data validation

• data tabulation