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Database Processing, 16e
(Kroenke/Auer/Vandenberg)
Chapter 1 Introduction

1) The purpose of a database is to help people keep track of things.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 6
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases
Classification: Concept
M
2) In a database, each table stores data about a different type of thing.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 6
ED
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases
Classification: Concept

3) Like a spreadsheet, a database table has rows and columns.
ST
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 6
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases
U
Classification: Concept

4) In every database, not just the databases discussed in this book, table names are capitalized.
D
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 7
AACSB: Information Technology
Y
Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases
Classification: Concept

5) A database shows data in tables as well as the relationships among the rows in those tables.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 8
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
LO: To gain a general understanding of tables and relationships
Classification: Concept

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6) Data is recorded facts and figures; information is knowledge derived from data.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 10
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases
Classification: Concept

7) Databases record data in such a way that they can produce information.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 10
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases
M
Classification: Concept

8) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is an example of a data mining application.
ED
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 11
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To survey some important and interesting database applications
Classification: Concept
ST

9) Databases are a key component of e-commerce order entry, billing, shipping, and customer
support.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 11
U
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To survey some important and interesting database applications
D
Classification: Concept

10) The largest databases in e-commerce are the order entry databases.
Y
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 11
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Difficult
LO: To survey some important and interesting database applications
Classification: Concept

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11) E-commerce companies use Web activity databases to determine which items on a Web page
are popular and successful.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 11
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To understand the importance of databases in Internet Web applications and smartphone
apps
Classification: Concept

12) A surrogate key is a key typically used in place of a foreign key.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 8
AACSB: Information Technology
M
Difficulty: Easy
LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases
Classification: Concept
ED
13) A database system is typically defined as its four components: users, database applications,
the DBMS and the databases.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 12
AACSB: Information Technology
ST
Difficulty: Easy
LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases
Classification: Concept

14) Databases based on the CODASYL standard are based on the network data model.
U
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 30
AACSB: Information Technology
D
Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To understand the history and development of database processing
Classification: Concept
Y
15) Applications are computer programs used directly by users.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 13
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
LO: To gain a general understanding of tables and relationships
Classification: Concept

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16) Applications usually write data directly to the database.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 13
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
LO: To gain a general understanding of tables and relationships
Classification: Concept

17) Sequenced Query Language (SQL) is an internationally recognized standard language that is
understood by all commercial database management system products.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 12
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Moderate
M
LO: To gain a general understanding of tables and relationships
Classification: Concept
ED
18) In database systems, indexes are held in the database.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 38
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Difficult
LO: To define the term database and describe what is contained within the database
ST
Classification: Concept

19) A database management system (DBMS) creates, processes and administers databases.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 38
U
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
LO: To define the term database management system (DBMS) and describe the functions of a
D
DBMS
Classification: Concept
Y
20) The database management system (DBMS) is responsible for inserting, modifying, reading,
and deleting data.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 15
AACSB: Information Technology
Difficulty: Easy
LO: To define the term database management system (DBMS) and describe the functions of a
DBMS
Classification: Concept