Quiz 5 (Chapter 5)

 Experiencing MIS, 3e (Kroenke)

1) The purpose of a database is to ________.

A) use special technology to monitor a single theme

B) design, write, test, troubleshoot, and maintain the source code of computer programs

C)  use a logical data model of information to describe and build architectures

D) keep track of things that involve more than one thing

2) Bytes are grouped into columns, which are also called ________.

A) records

B) rows

C) files

D) fields

3) A collection of fields is called a ________.

A) record

B) column

C) file

D) table

4) A table is also called a ________.

A) record

B) row

C) file

D) column

5) Databases that carry their data in the form of tables are called ________ databases.

A) foreign

B) meta

C) relational

D) tabular

6) Data type and description are examples of ________.

A) metadata

B) a column

C) rows

D) database

7) Which of the following is a DBMS product from Microsoft?

A) MySQL

B) SQL Server

C) DB2

D) Sybase ASE

8) Database developers use the ________ to create relationships in the database.

A) DBMS

B) metadata

C) rows

D) columns

9) SQL stands for ________.

A) Standard Query Language

B) Standard Question Language

C) Structured Query Language

D) Simplified Query Language

10) Which of the following is an example of enterprise DBMS?

A) Paradox

B) dBase

C) R:base

D) MySQL