Computer Engineering Test

Which of these sentences are true?

• A spreadsheet displays information in the form of a table with a lot of columns and rows.

• In a spredasheet you can only enter numbers and formulae

• You cannot change the width of columns.

• Spreadsheet programs can generate a variety of charts and graphs.

• Spreadsheets cannot be used as databases

A database management system is used to

• store HTML information

• store, organize and retrieve data

• store, organize and record data

• store, organize and update data

A collection of data stored in a PC in a systematic way is

• records

• fields

• files

• database

A unit of a database file made up of related fields.

• Relational

• N/A

• Database

• Record

Some companies have several computers sharing a database over a

• Internet

• Network

• USB

• Cable

1.    A __________ database maintains separate, related files, but combines data elements from the files for queries and reports.

• Systematic

• Excel

• Relational

• Interelated

A tool that allows you to extract information that meets certain criteria.

• Query

• Sorting

• Search

• Access

The internet was

• Invented in the mid-90s

• Popular in the 1960s

• probably created in the USA

1.    Which term describes any fast, high-bandwidth connection?

• Wifi-connection

• Dial-up connection

• Broadband

The power-line internet provides broadband access through

• telephone lines

• satellites

• electrical power lines