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  • Question
  • A condition that led to the development of databases was


  • Options
  • A. a demand for more data to support information needs
  • B. an increase in the amount of data handled by organizations
  • C. the proliferation of data files
  • D. All of the above
  • E. None of the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • All of the above 


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    • 1. Which of the following is not the responsibility of the utilities component of DBMS software?

    • Options
    • A. creating the physical and logical designs
    • B. removing flagged records for deletion
    • C. creating and maintaining the data dictionary
    • D. monitoring performance
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. In SQL, which command is used to select data in rows and column from one or more tables?

    • Options
    • A. CHOOSE
    • B. SELECT
    • C. LIST
    • D. BROWSE
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. A computer file can be best described as

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    • A. a single data item
    • B. a general collection of data items
    • C. an orderly collection of data items
    • D. a random collection of data items
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. If you want to organize a file in multiple ways, it is better to _____ the data rather than to sort it.

    • Options
    • A. Delete
    • B. Update
    • C. Sort Key
    • D. Index
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. A list in alphabetical order

    • Options
    • A. is in descending order
    • B. is in ascending order
    • C. is the result of a sort operation
    • D. both (b) and (c)
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. The database administration function includes

    • Options
    • A. application programming
    • B. computer operations management
    • C. database access planning
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. The term _____ is sometimes used to refer to a data file in which all the records have the same record format, that is, the same field names, field lengths, and data types.

    • Options
    • A. Database
    • B. Table
    • C. Flat file
    • D. Data structure
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. In SQL, the CREATE TABLESPACE is used

    • Options
    • A. to create a place in the database for storage of scheme objects, rollback segments, and naming the data files to comprise the tablespace
    • B. to create a database trigger
    • C. to add/rename data files, to change storage
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. A scheme describes

    • Options
    • A. data elements
    • B. records and files
    • C. record relationships
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. The master list of an indexed file

    • Options
    • A. is sorted in ascending order
    • B. contains only a list of keys and record numbers
    • C. has a number assigned to each record
    • D. both (b) and (c)
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss


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