Information Management LongQuiz - Prelim

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• SQL

• Database

• Information

• Data

A database that is created and maintained using cloud services, such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon AWS

• Desktop database

• Cloud database

• Enterprise database

• Multiuser database

A database that contains a wide variety of data used in multiple disciplines.

• Multiuser database

• Workgroup database

• General-purpose database

• Enterprise database

A type of database that is used by the entire organization and supports many users across many departments.

• Enterprise database

• Workgroup database

• General-purpose database

• Distributed database –

A type of database that supports a relatively small number of users or a specific department within an organization

• Workgroup database

• Single-user database

• Distributed database

• Centralized database

– A type of database that supports data distributed across several different sites

• Multiuser database

• Distributed database

• Cloud database

• Centralized database

It serves as the intermediary between the user and the database.

• Improved data security

• Improved decision making

• Improved data sharing

• Increased end-user productivity

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

• Improved data sharing

• Better data integration

• Improved decision making

• Minimized data inconsistency

ABetter-managed data and improved data access make it possible to generate better quality information, on which better decisions are based.

• Better data integration

• Improved data access

• Improved decision making

• Improved data security

The more users access the data, the greater the risks of data security breaches.

• Better data integration

• Increased end-user productivity

• Improved data security

• Improved data sharing