ECON 3303 - Possible Quiz Questions Chapter 5: Data Resource Management. Questions and Answers.

ECON 3303 - Possible Quiz Questions Chapter 5: Data Resource Management. Questions and Answers. Multiple Choice Questions 1. In all information systems, data resources must be organized and structured in some logical manner, so that they can be: A. Easily accessed B. Processed efficiently C. Retrieved quickly D. All of the choices are correct. 2. From a logical point of view, a(n) be observed and manipulated. A. character B. bit C. attribute D. byte 3. A record represents a collection of A. characters B. fields C. files D. attributes is the smallest data element that can that describe an entity. 4. All the fields used to describe the attributes of an entity are grouped to form a(n) . A. field B. record C. file D. database 5. A group of related records is a data file, or a . A. field B. record C. table D. database 6. Variable-length records contain: A. both a variable number of fields and variable field lengths. B. both a variable number of fields and fixed field lengths. C. both a fixed number of fields and variable field lengths. D. both a fixed number of fields and fixed field lengths. 7. Fixed-length records contain: A. both a variable number of fields and variable field lengths. B. both a variable number of fields and fixed field lengths. C. both a fixed number of fields and variable field lengths. D. both a fixed number of fields and fixed field lengths.