FINAL EXAM PRACTICE
1. (CO A) A reference repository that holds metadata about all the databases, their
component parts, the data in the databases, and the security details.
Data Dictionary
2. (CO A) Responsible for data strategy, information architecture, and establishing the
policies and procedures used by an entire organization for its data use and
management.
System Level DA (Data Administrator)
3. (CO A) Responsible for the development and day-to-day administration and
maintenance of a database.
DBA (Database Administrator)
4. (CO A) Responsible for the efficiency and optimization, access rights, and
monitoring of a specific database, as well as participating in the DDLC for new
databases.
Project Level DA (Data Administrator)
5. (CO A) An organization where the DA reports to a project manager and a data
administration manager.
Matrix organization
6. (CO A) Between a DA and a DBA, excellent communication skills are critical for
which position?
DA (Data Administrator)
7. (CO A) The DDLC is what and composed of what states?
The DDLC (Database Development Life Cycle) is composed of the stages
Project planning, Requirements definition, Database design, Database testing,
Database implementation, Database Usage, and Database evolution
, 8. (CO D) A query language used to locate and retrieve nodes in an XML document:
XPATH, which is part of the XSL family
9. (CO D) XSL is comprised of what three parts?
XSLT, XSL-FO, and XPATH
10. (CO D) An XML based web feed used to publish dynamic material
RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
11. (CO D) A database management system optimized to store, retrieve, and update
XML documents natively:
XMLDBM (XML Database management System)
12. (CO D) A language used to describe another language
Meta language
13. (CO D) Embeds information about the data it holds in a hierarchical format which is
self describing.
Markup Language. Examples of markup languages are SGML, HTML, and XML
14. (CO D) A closed markup language used to render data on a web browser.
HTML (Hypertext markup Language)
15. (CO D) Embeds XML file that associates a namespace with an XML document and
describes the legal format, structure, content, and semantics of the document.