1. | Given the evolution of DBMSs, business data is now: |
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Answer: (b).Stored only if it is relevant to business decisions.
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2. | Which of the following is not true of a DBMS? |
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Answer: (b).It has evolved over the years into a fairly simple set of tools that are relatively easy to master.
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3. | Nonprocedural access to a database: |
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Answer: (d).All of the above.
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4. | Which of the following statements is not true of a desktop DBMS? |
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Answer: (c).Although useful for processing ad hoc queries, they cannot perform transaction processing.
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5. | In the evolution of database technology, second-generation products are considered to be the first true DBMSs because: |
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Answer: (d).They could manage multiple entities and relationships.
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6. | In the evolution of database technology, third-generation products supplanted second-generation systems because: |
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Answer: (a).Nonprocedural database access was an improvement over navigational access.
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7. | Which statement is not true of the Three Schema Architecture? |
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Answer: (c).Its details have been widely adopted in third- and fourth-generation DBMSs.
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8. | Which of the following statements is not true of information resource management? |
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Answer: (a).It is very different and much more challenging than managing the other physical resources of an organization.
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9. | A Database Management System (DBMS) is |
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Answer: (d).All of the above
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10. | Data Manipulation Language enables users to |
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Answer: (d).All of the above
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