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Lesson 1 Database Basics

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a database?

a)

A piece of software to do calculations

b)

A device to load information onto the computer.

c)

A structured collection of records

d)

A calculator

2.

A sports club needs to store information about each individual member. The information about each member is called a:

a)

Field

b)

File

c)

Table

d)

Record

3.

A school needs to store information about each individual student. The information about each student is called a:

a)

Field

b)

File

c)

Table

d)

Record

4.

A car showroom store information about each car they sell. The individual items of data about each car is called a:

a)

Field

b)

File

c)

Table

d)

Record

5.
One specific piece of information about a person or thing is called:
a)
Field
b)
File
c)
Record
d)
Table
6.

A health club wants to find all the members who use the club 3 days or more a week. What will they put in the query in the 'days' query criteria?

a)

>3

b)

<3

c)

<=3

d)

>=3

e)

3

7.

An estate agent wants to search for all houses with 2 bedrooms. What will they put in the query in the 'bedrooms' query criteria?

a)

>2

b)

<2

c)

<=2

d)

>=2

e)

2

8.

A scout company have a database with records of all the scouts. They want a list of all scouts who are under 15 and their achievements. What would they use to search the data?

a)

Report

b)

Table

c)

Query

d)

Sort

9.

What data type would be used to store the following item code: 0024

a)

Text

b)

Numeric

c)

Calculated

d)

Boolean

10.

What data type would be used to store the following postcode: IM1 4HP

a)

Text

b)

Numeric

c)

Calculated

d)

Boolean

11.

The school wants to sort the data in alphabetical order by staff Surname. How will they sort it?

a)

Ascending order

b)

Descending order

12.

Text, Integer, Currency, Boolean and Date/Time are all examples of...

a)

Data Types

b)

Filters

c)

Sorts

d)

Validations

13.

Text, Integer, Currency, Boolean and Date/Time are all examples of...

(a)  

14.
A unique identifying field.
a)
Primary Key
b)
Integer
c)
Verification
d)
Boolean
15.

A unique identifying field is known as a (a)  

16.

The four main objects of a database consist of:

a)

form, table, query, report

b)

filter, table, database, query

c)

form, data type, record, query

d)

form, record, field, report

17.

In a database, a collection of related records is typically referred to as a:

a)

Field

b)

File

c)

Table

d)

Record

18.

What is the most suitable primary key in this database?

(a)