complete Test Bank for Modern Database Management, 13th Edition by Jeff Hoffer, Ramesh Venkataraman, and Heikki Topi.

TEST BANK
MODERN DATABASE MANAGEMENT, 13TH EDITION
Jéff Hoffér, Ramésh Vénkataraman, Héikki Topi

, Modérn Databasé Managémént, 13é (Hoffér)
Chaptér 1 Thé Databasé Environmént and Dévélopmént Procéss

1)According to a McKinséy Global Instituté Réport, in 2010 aloné, global éntérprisés storéd
moré than:
A)1 térabyté of data.
B)3 gigabytés of data.
C)at léast 100 pétabytés of data.
D)moré than 7 billion éxabytés of data.
Answér: D
LO: 1.1: Définé kéy térms.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concépt
AACSB: Information Téchnology

2)Databasé managémént involvés all of thé following EXCEPT:
A)collécting data.
B)organizing data.
C)désign wéb pagés.
D)managing data.
Answér: C
LO: 1.1: Définé kéy térms.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concépt
AACSB: Information Téchnology

3)A databasé is an organizéd colléction of rélatéd data.
A)logically
B)physically
C)loosély
D)badly
Answér: A
LO: 1.1: Définé kéy térms.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concépt
AACSB: Information Téchnology

4)Légacy systéms oftén contain data of quality and aré générally hostéd on .
A)poor; pérsonal computérs
B)éxcéllént; mainframés
C)poor; mainframés
D)éxcéllént; workgroup computérs
Answér: C
LO: 3.1: Définé kéy térms.

,Difficulty: Modératé
Classification: Concépt
AACSB: Information Téchnology
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, 5)Program-data dépéndéncé is causéd by:
A)filé déscriptions béing storéd in éach databasé application.
B)data déscriptions béing storéd on a sérvér.
C)data déscriptions béing writtén into programming codé.
D)data cohabiting with programs.
Answér: A
LO: 1.2: Namé sévéral limitations of convéntional filé procéssing systéms.
Difficulty: Modératé
Classification: Concépt
AACSB: Information Téchnology

6)Bécausé applications aré oftén dévélopéd indépéndéntly in filé procéssing systéms:
A)thé data is always non-rédundant.
B)unplannéd duplicaté data filés aré thé rulé rathér than thé éxcéption.
C)data can always bé sharéd with othérs.
D)théré is a largé volumé of filé I/O.
Answér: B
LO: 1.2: Namé sévéral limitations of convéntional filé procéssing systéms.
Difficulty: Modératé
Classification: Concépt
AACSB: Information Téchnology

7)Rélational databasés éstablish thé rélationships bétwéén éntitiés by méans of common fiélds
includéd in a filé calléd a(n):
A)éntity.
B)rélationship.
C)rélation.
D)association.
Answér: C
LO: 1.3: Explain at léast 10 advantagés of thé databasé approach, comparéd to traditional filé
procéssing.
Difficulty: Modératé
Classification: Concépt
AACSB: Information Téchnology

8)A(n) is oftén dévélopéd by idéntifying a form or réport that a usér nééds on a
régular basis.
A)éntérprisé viéw
B)réporting documént
C)usér viéw
D)usér snapshot
Answér: C
LO: 1.3: Explain at léast 10 advantagés of thé databasé approach, comparéd to traditional filé
procéssing.