Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management | 12th
Edition
by Carlos Coronel, Steven Morris
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, Table of content
Part 1. Database Concepts
Chapter 1. Database Systems
Chapter 2. Data Models
Part 2. Design Concepts
Chapter 3. The Relational Database Model
Chapter 4. Entity Relationship (ER) Modeling
Chapter 5. Advanced Data Modeling
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Chapter 6. Normalization of Database Tables
Part 3. Advanced Design and Implementation
Chapter 7. Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL)
Chapter 8. Advanced SQL
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Chapter 9. Database Design
Part 4. Advanced Database Concepts
Chapter 10. Transaction Management and Concurrency Control
Chapter 11. Database Performance Tuning and Query Optimization
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Chapter 12. Distributed Database Management Systems
Chapter 13. Business Intelligence and Data Warehouses
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Chapter 14. Big Data Analytics and NoSQL
Part 5. Databases and the Internet
Chapter 15. Database Connectivity and Web Technologies
Part 6. Database Administration
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Chapter 16. Database Administration and Security
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,CHAPTER 1: DATABASE SYSTEMS
1. Data and information are essentially the same thing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.4
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Data versus Information
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2. Data processing can be as simple as organizing data to reveal patterns.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.4
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NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Data versus Information
3. Data is the result of processing raw facts to reveal its meaning.
a. True
b. False
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ANSWER: False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.4
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
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KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Data versus Information
4. When data are entered into a form and saved, they are placed in the underlying database as knowledge.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: p.4
NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension TOP: Data versus Information
5. Data constitute the building blocks of information.
a. True
b. False
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ANSWER: True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.4
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Data versus Information
6. Metadata describe the data characteristics and the set of relationships that links the data found within the
database.
, a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.6
NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Introducing the Database
7. The only way to access the data in a database is through the DBMS.
a. True
b. False
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ANSWER: True
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: p.6
NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension TOP: Introducing the Database
8. Database programming languages receive all application requests and translate them into the complex operations
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required to fulfill those requests.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: p.6
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KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension TOP: Introducing the Database
9. The DBMS reveals much of the database’s internal complexity to the application programs and users.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: p.6
NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension TOP: Introducing the Database
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10. One disadvantage of the DBMS is that it increases the risk of data security breaches.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.7
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NAT: BUSPROG: Technology STATE: DISC: Information Technologies
KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge TOP: Introducing the Database
11. An operational database is sometimes referred to as an enterprise database.
a. True
b. False