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1. Question: A characteristic or quality describing an entity is called a(n):

Your Answer:
Field

Tuple

Key
field
Attribu ( pp.
te CORRECT
210 )

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2. Question: A DBMS:

Your Answer: (
Makes the physical database available for p.
different logical views. 21 CORRECT
2)
Makes the logical database available for
different analytical views.
Makes the physical database available for
different analytical views.
Makes the relational database available for
different analytical views.

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3. Question: The logical view:
 Your Answer: Shows how data are organized and structured
on the storage media.

Presents an entry screen to the user.

Allows the creation of supplementary reports.

(
Presents data as they would be perceived p.
by end users. 21 CORRECT
2)

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4. Question: The data dictionary serves as an important data management tool by:

Your Answer:
Assigning attributes to the data

(
pp
Creating an inventory of data contained in
the database
. CORRECT
21
7)
Presenting data as end users or business
specialists would perceive them

Maintaining data in updated form

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5. Question: The type of database management approach that can handle multimedia is the:

Your Answer:
Hierarchical DBMS

Relational DBMS

Network DBMS

( p.
Object-oriented
DBMS 215 CORRECT
)

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6. Question: The most prominent data manipulation language today is:

Your Answer:
Access

DB2

( p.
SQL CORRECT
217 )
Crystal
Reports

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7. Question: The process of streamlining data to minimize redundancy and awkward many-to-
many relationships is called.

Your Answer: Normalizati ( p.

on CORRECT
219 )
Data
scrubbing
Data
cleansing
Data
defining

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8. Question: In what type of a database system is the central database replicated at all remote
locations?

Your Answer: Partitione

d
Normaliz
ed
Distribut ( p.
ed CORRECT
221 )
Networke
d

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9. Question: Data mining is a tool for allowing users to:
 Your Answer: Quickly compare transaction data gathered
over many years
(
p.
Find hidden relationships in data 22 CORRECT
8
)
Obtain online answers to ad hoc questions in
a rapid amount of time
Summarize massive amounts of data into
much smaller, traditional reports

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10 Question: The tool that enables users to view the same data in different ways using multiple
.
dimensions is:

Your Answer: Predictive

analysis

SQL

( p.
OLAP CORRECT
226 )
Data mining

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