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  • The source of the data is sometimes called the system of record.


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  • A. True
  • B. False

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  • True 


  • The Database Environment problems


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    • 1. Stand-alone databases exhibit many of the same advantages common to file processing systems.

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    • A. True
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    • 2. A workgroup typically comprises between 25 and 100 persons.

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    • A. True
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    • 3. Another name for multimedia data is unstructured data.

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    • A. True
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    • 4. An advantage of the database approach is the creation of maximum data redundancy.

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    • A. True
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    • 5. The primary mechanism for providing context for data is metadata.

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    • A. True
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    • 6. Databases that contain historical and summarized information are usually called data warehouses.

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    • 7. Data quality problems currently cost U.S. businesses some $60 million each year (Hudica, 2003).

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    • A. True
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    • 8. Stored representations of objects and events that have meaning and importance in the user's environment are known as a database.

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    • 9. The most common source of database failures in an organization is the failure to implement a strong database administration function.

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    • 10. All enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are heavily dependent on databases to store the data required by the ERP applications.

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