Mr Danault - Databases - 12 Questions, Multiple Choice

Facts or observations about people, places, things, or events are stored as
1. numbers
2. information
3. statistics
4. data
Which view of information deals with how the information is actually arranged, stored, and accessed?
1. physical view
2. logical view
3. information view
4. none of the above
Which view of information focuses on the meaning and content of the data?
1. physical view
2. psychological view
3. logical view
4. information view
Which of the following places the common data elements in order from the smallest to largest?
1. character, record, field, database, file
2. character, field, record, file, database
3. character, field, record, database, file
4. character, file, record, field, database
The name of an employee would probably be which of the following common data elements?
1. character
2. record
3. field
4. file
Which of the following statements concerning common data elements is true?
1. a field consists of a group of related records
2. a database consists of the data fields for a single application
3. a field consists of a grouping of files
4. a record consists of a group of related fields
Collectively, a person’s name, address, and age would be called a
1. character
2. record
3. field
4. file
Which of the following is a characteristic of a database?
1. a collection of information
2. organized by logical structure
3. accessed by logical structure
4. all of the above
A collection of related files is called a
1. character
2. database
3. fiels
4. record
In a database, each record is uniquely identified by its
1. file
2. key field
3. character
4. field
In ____ processing, data is collected over a period of time.
1. batch
2. group
3. real-time
4. consignment
A credit card company would most likely use this type of processing.
1. batch
2. group
3. real-time
4. consignment