Information Management 1 (LAB)

Which term best describes a collection of information organized and presented to serve a specific purpose?

• Spreadsheet

• Algorithm

• Database

• Directory

Which term refers to the designated space within a database for the name of a record?

• Key Field

• Index Field

• Title Field

• Field Name

Which term refers to the various formats in which data can be stored and manipulated within a database?

• Data Categories

• Data Structures

• Data Types

• Data Format

Which term describes a collection of computer programs enabling storage, modification, and extraction of information from a database?

• Database

• Data Warehouse

• Data Mining

• DBMS (Database Management System)

Which term encompasses the process of defining the problem, researching the topic, examining related systems, and studying their solutions?

• Analysis

• Design

• Development

• Testing

Which phase of the software development process involves delivering and installing the program to address the identified problem?

• Design

• Testing

• Implementation

• Analysis

Which term refers to the aspect of a database model that defines a collection of objects with shared attributes and describes the properties of those attributes?

• Data Modeling

• Entity-Relationship Diagram

• Attribute Definintion

• Structural Aspect

Which term best describes a grouping of individuals, locations, or items that share common attributes within a database?

• Relations

• Instances

• Entities

• Elements

Which term best describes the characteristics or properties of an entity within a database?

• Instances

• Relations

• Entities

• Attributes

Which term describes a property ensuring that an attribute in a database references only existing attributes?

• Data Integrity

• Attribute Validation

• Referential Integrity

• Entity Consistency