Unit 1 Part 1 Practice Quiz
An operational database is sometimes referred to as an enterprise database.
False
Data and information are essentially the same thing.
False
Data is the result of processing raw facts to reveal its meaning.
False
Database programming languages receive all application requests and translate them into the complex operations required to fulfill those requests.
False
One disadvantage of the DBMS is that it increases the risk of data security breaches.
False
The DBMS reveals much of the database's internal complexity to the application programs and users.
False
When data are entered into a form and saved, they are placed in the underlying database as knowledge.
False
Corporations use only structured data.
False Unstructured data is used to produce structured data. Both types are used.
A data warehouse can store data derived from many sources.
True
Data constitute the building blocks of information.
True
Data processing can be as simple as organizing data to reveal patterns.
True
Metadata describe the data characteristics and the set of relationships that links the data found within the database.
True
The only way to access the data in a database is through the DBMS.
True
The same data might be simultaneously structured and unstructured depending on the intended processing.
True