Final Exam Prep Review

_____ CASE tools provide support for the planning, analysis, and design phases.

• Vertical

• Front-end

• Horizontal

• Back-end

Concurrent backups take place while the user is working on the database.

• True

• False

_____ security breaches include database access by computer viruses and by hackers whose actions are designed to destroy or alter data.

• Preserving

• Corrupting

• Debilitative

• Destructive

A security breach is a weakness in a system component that could be exploited to allow unauthorized access or cause service disruptions.

• True

• False

_____ deals with ensuring that data is protected against unauthorized access, and if the data are accessed by an authorized user, that the data are used only for an authorized purpose.

• Availability

• Confidentiality

• Compliance

• Integrity

The storage locations for multiple backups must include sites inside and outside the organization.

• True

• False

The _____ administrator is responsible for strategic planning.

• database

• program

• data
  

• system

"A password must have a minimum of five characters" is an example of a _____.

• rule

• standard

• policy

• procedure

In the context of developing a data administration strategy, a(n) _____ provides a framework that includes computerized, automated, and integrated tools such as a DBMS and CASE tools.

• security policy

• access plan

• information systems architecture

• active data dictionary

In the context of the data-information-decision cycle, decisions made by high-level managers trigger actions in an organization's:

• top levels.

• target markets.

• customer base.

• lower levels.