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Introduction to Database problems


  • 1. An application where only one user accesses the database at a given time is an example of a(n) ________ .

  • Options
  • A. single-user database application
  • B. multiuser database application
  • C. e-commerce database application
  • D. data mining database application
  • Discuss
  • 2. Helping people keep track of things is the purpose of a(n) ________ .

  • Options
  • A. database
  • B. table
  • C. instance
  • D. relationship
  • Discuss
  • 3. The DBMS acts as an interface between what two components of an enterprise-class database system?

  • Options
  • A. Database application and the database
  • B. Data and the database
  • C. The user and the database application
  • D. Database application and SQL
  • Discuss
  • 4. You have run an SQL statement that asked the DBMS to display data in a table named USER_TABLES. The results include columns of data labeled "TableName," "NumberOfColumns" and "PrimaryKey." You are looking at ________ .

  • Options
  • A. user data.
  • B. metadata
  • C. A report
  • D. indexes
  • Discuss
  • 5. Which of the following products was the first to implement true relational algebra in a PC DBMS?

  • Options
  • A. IDMS
  • B. Oracle
  • C. dBase-II
  • D. R:base
  • Discuss
  • 6. The DBMS that is most difficult to use is ________ .

  • Options
  • A. Microsoft's SQL Server
  • B. Microsoft's Access
  • C. IBM's DB2
  • D. Oracle Corporation's Oracle
  • Discuss
  • 7. An on-line commercial site such as Amazon.com is an example of a(n) ________ .

  • Options
  • A. single-user database application
  • B. multiuser database application
  • C. e-commerce database application
  • D. data mining database application
  • Discuss
  • 8. Which of the following products implemented the CODASYL DBTG model?

  • Options
  • A. IDMS
  • B. DB2
  • C. dBase-II
  • D. R:base
  • Discuss
  • 9. The following are functions of a DBMS except ________ .

  • Options
  • A. creating and processing forms
  • B. creating databases
  • C. processing data
  • D. administrating databases
  • Discuss
  • 10. A DBMS that combines a DBMS and an application generator is ________ .

  • Options
  • A. Microsoft's SQL Server
  • B. Microsoft's Access
  • C. IBM's DB2
  • D. Oracle Corporation's Oracle
  • Discuss

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