Test Bank
Database Processing: Fundamentals, Design, and Implementation,
16th Edition.
By David Kroenke, David Auer, Scott Vandenberg, Robert Yoder
New Edition|| Verified Answers
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,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
2) In a database, each table stores data about a different type of thing. Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 6
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. Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 6
AACSB: Information Technology Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases Classification: Concept
4) In every database, not just the databases discussed in this book, table names are
capitalized. Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 7
AACSB: Information Technology 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
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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 Classification: Concept
8) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is an example of a data mining application. Answer:
FALSE
Page Ref: 11
AACSB: Information Technology Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To survey some important and interesting database applications Classification: Concept
9) Databases are a key component of e-commerce order entry, billing, shipping, and
customer support.
Answer: TRUE Page Ref: 11
AACSB: Information Technology Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To survey some important and interesting database applications Classification: Concept
10) The largest databases in e-commerce are the order entry databases. 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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, 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 Difficulty: Easy
LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases Classification: Concept
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 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.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 30
AACSB: Information Technology Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To understand the history and development of database processing Classification: Concept
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
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Database Processing: Fundamentals, Design, and Implementation,
16th Edition.
By David Kroenke, David Auer, Scott Vandenberg, Robert Yoder
New Edition|| Verified Answers
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,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
2) In a database, each table stores data about a different type of thing. Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 6
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. Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 6
AACSB: Information Technology Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases Classification: Concept
4) In every database, not just the databases discussed in this book, table names are
capitalized. Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 7
AACSB: Information Technology 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
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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 Classification: Concept
8) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is an example of a data mining application. Answer:
FALSE
Page Ref: 11
AACSB: Information Technology Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To survey some important and interesting database applications Classification: Concept
9) Databases are a key component of e-commerce order entry, billing, shipping, and
customer support.
Answer: TRUE Page Ref: 11
AACSB: Information Technology Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To survey some important and interesting database applications Classification: Concept
10) The largest databases in e-commerce are the order entry databases. 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
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page are popular and successful.
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, 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 Difficulty: Easy
LO: To understand the nature and characteristics of databases Classification: Concept
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 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.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 30
AACSB: Information Technology Difficulty: Moderate
LO: To understand the history and development of database processing Classification: Concept
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
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