Database Management Basics Quiz

Define database

• A collection of water in a reservoir

• A collection of data disorganized for decision making

• A collection of records organized for storage in a computer accessible by authorized users

A database management system is a .................. for creating and managing databases

The following are rationale for the use of dbms

• Permanency in data storage and solving problems in file storing

• Aesthetics and sophistication

• Perfection and academics

The following are the processing activities in a dbms except

• Updating

• Maintenance

• Drawing

• Referencing

Data, in the context of dbms, can be defined as

• Largest meaningful set of information

• Arranged facts

• Smallest unit of information

Field in dbms can be described as

• Vertical space in a table that stores varieties of data

• A column in a table that stores a piece of data

• Horizontal space that stores a piece of data

A table in dbms is....

• A group of fields dealing with similar entities

• A group of records dealing with one entity

• A group of records dealing with similar entities

.......... is one of the disadvantages of computerized databases

• Vulnerability to computer malfunction and accidental/deliberate corruption

• Security data can be maintained

• Data integrity can be maintained

The following is not a type of database model

• Network model

• Hierarchical model

• Relational model

• None of the above

Database model is different from database modeling

• True

• False