S2 Innov8 Databases 1

You have access to many TV and radio channels, books, newspapers, magazines, journals, and of course access to the World Wide Web. 

You are?

(a)  

What is an Information System?

• A very expensive desktop computer

• A combination of hardware and software which is used to input, process and store data, and then output information.

• Microsoft Access

An organised collection of intormation or data is called a (a)  

Which of the following organisations would use a database?

• Banks

• Schools

• Police Departments

• Retail

Why is a computerised database better than paper for storing information?

• doesn’t take up lots of room

• quicker to search for a certain pieces of information

• easier to make mistakes

• easily edited

The whole set of data in a database is called the (a)  

The set of information on one single subject (for example, one pupil in your school) is called a (a)  

Each separate heading of information inside a record (for example, your date of birth) is called a (a)  

Which field type allows you to store characters or words?

• Text

• Number

• Date

• Time

• Boolean

Which field type allows you to store a phone number?

• Text

• Number

• Date

• Time

• Boolean