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  • A ____ Contains the smallest unit of meaningful data, so you might call it the basic building block for a data file.


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  • A. File structure
  • B. Records
  • C. Fields
  • D. Database
  • E. None of the above

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    • 1. Characteristic(s) of a distributed MIS structure is

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    • A. interactive sharing of the workload
    • B. a multiprocessing environment
    • C. computers supporting local DP operations
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
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    • 2. In SQL, the ALTER TABLESPACE command is used

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    • A. to add/rename data files
    • B. to change storage characteristics
    • C. to take a tablespace online/offline
    • D. to begin/end a backup
    • E. All of the above
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    • 3. The language used in application programs to request data from the DBMS is referred to as the

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    • A. DML
    • B. DDL
    • C. query language
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
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    • 4. If you want your database to include methods, you should use a _____ database.

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    • A. Network
    • B. Distributed
    • C. Hierarchical
    • D. Object-Oriented
    • E. None of the above
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    • 5. A computer file contains several records. What does each record contain?

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    • A. Bytes
    • B. Words
    • C. Fields
    • D. Database
    • E. None of the above
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    • 6. A _____ means that one record in a particular record type may be related to more than one record of another record type.

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    • A. One-to-one relationship
    • B. One-to-many relationship
    • C. Many-to-one relationship
    • D. Many-to many relationship
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. In SQL, which command is used to add a column/integrity constraint to a table

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    • A. ADD COLUMN
    • B. INSERT COLUMN
    • C. MODIFY TABLE
    • D. ALTER TABLE
    • E. None of the above
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    • 8. An indexing operation

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    • A. sorts a file using a single key
    • B. sorts file using two keys
    • C. establishes an index for a file
    • D. both (b) and (c)
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. In a large DBMS

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    • A. each user can "see" only a small part of the entire database
    • B. each user can access every sub¬schema
    • C. each subschema contains every field in the logical schema
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. The designer of a form includes

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    • A. filed designators
    • B. prompts
    • C. data
    • D. both (a) and (b)
    • E. None of the above
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