WorksheetsDatabase Paper 1 - Year 9
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is a database?
A software package used to store information
Something that has a list
A spreadsheet
A table of data
Which software program do we use to create a database (a)
Who might use a database? (a)
In school, what kind of data might be stored in a database?
Favourite colour
Emergency contact details
Favourite food
Your mobile phone number
What is an advanage of a database?
You can input information
Its different to Excel
It saves files
Can search through and find information quickly
What is a unique identifying field called?
Field
Primary Key
Record
Query
Short text, date, long text and number are all examples of what?
Data types
Headings
Fields
Records
A column in a database is better known as a...
Record
Query
Field
Form
A row in a database is better known as
Record
Query
Field
Form
True or false - it is important to check our literacy (spelling, capital letters, etc) when inputting data into a database
True
False
A query is used to
Sort the database in alphabetical order
Search the database
Delete records
Create a form
If we are running a query and looking for all records with a date before 1999, we type what into the criteria?
>1999
>01/01/1999
<01/01/1999
<1999
What is this following a definition of?
Stores data/information in an organised way
Field
Database
Record
File/Table
The rows in a database are called:
Records
Fields
Attribute
Coloum
The columns in a database are called:
Records
Fields
Primary key
Foreign key
What is a primary key?
A field
A record
Two fields
A unique reference
This table has ___________ fields.
2
4
5
6
This table has ___________ records.
2
4
5
6
In a Database, each column is called a _____________
Field
Data
Record
Table
___________, ___________ & ___________ are fields.
S. No, Product Code & Description
1021, Beverages & Soft drinks, coffees, teas
Dairy Products, Beverages & Seafood.
All of these are fields.
Consider attributes ID, CITY, and NAME. Which one if this can be considered as a primary key?
Name
ID
City
All of these
Which one of the following attributes cannot be taken as a primary key?
ID
RegistrationNo
DepartmentID
Street
______________ datatype you'd select for entering "Address".
Number
Date
Text
Time
You have to enter Sam's DOB, What datatype would you use for this field.
Time
Date
Text
Number
Information corresponding to each field is called (a) .
______________ symbol indicates that a field is the Primary Key of the table.
All of these
Which of the following uses paper-based databases?
Phonebook
Smart Phone
Computer
What is open data?
Open data is data that only certain people have access to
Open data is data that is freely available and shared
Open data is data that is very secure
Why would you create a primary key?
To make each record in a database unique
To make each field in a database unique
To make each query in a database unique
