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WorksheetsS2 Innov8 Databases 1
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 11mins
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
Which field type allows you to store the data Yes or No?
Text
Number
Date
Time
Boolean
The application we are using to build our database is Microsoft (a)
If I want to add an image to a database the field type I need is (a)
To add fields to a database, which 'view' should you be in?
Datasheet View
Database View
Spreadsheet View
Design View
