Database 2a

The main subject areas taught by the Oracle Academy are:

Data Modeling, SQL, and PL/SQL (*)

Consider your school library. It will have a database with transaction details of the books that are borrowed by students. Is a detail of one student borrowing one book considered Data or Information?

data

Personal computers (PCs) have been in existence since 1950. True or False?

false

The overall mission of the Oracle Corporation is to use the internet and fast processing servers to build its own network.

false

Consider your school library. It will have a database with transaction details of the books that are borrowed by students. Is the total number of books out on loan in one given month considered Data or Information?

information

Information which was gained from data is the same as

intelligence and knowledge

A specialized type of software, which controls and manages the hardware in a computer system.

operating system

Databases are used in most countries and by most governments. Life, as we know it, would change drastically if we no longer had access to databases. True or False?

true

SQL became the most commonly used query language in the 1980s. True or False?

true

Software cannot operate without Hardware

true

The demand for Information Technology professionals in today's market is increasing. True or False?

true

The market for IT professionals is still increasing and will continue to do so in the future as the world gets ever more dependent on computer systems. True or False?

true

The work of E.F. Codd in the early 1970s led to the development of Relational databases. True or False

true

Which of the following represents the correct sequence of steps in the Database Development Process?

Analyze, Design, Build

Once you have learned how to write programs and build systems, you no longer need any input or involvement from any users as you are perfectly capable of delivering the systems that businesses need and want.

False. Business requirements can and will change. For instance new legal requirements may arise

Users could directly interact with which of the following software to access essential business applications?

GUI software (*) Internet Browser software (*) Operating System software (*)