Access Chapter 1

A principle stating that techniques are used to ensure the accuracy of data entered into a table.

Second Principle of Good Data

To add on to the end of an object, such as to add records to the end of an existing table, is to

Append

The data type that describes a unique sequential or random number assigned by Access as each record is entered is

Autonumber

A field in one or more tables that stores the same data.

Common Field

The data type that describes monetary values and numeric data used in mathematical calculations involving data with one to four decimal places is

Currency

Facts about people, events, things, or ideas.

Data

The characteristic that defines the kind of data you can store in a field is the

Data Type

An organized collection of facts about people, events, things, or ideas related to a specific topic.

Database

The window area that organizes the database objects and from which you open objects.

Navigation Pane

The process of applying design rules and principles to ensure that a database performs as expected.

Normalization

The window area that displays each open object on its own tab.

Object Window

Tables, forms, queries, and reports are known as database

Objects

The basic parts of a database; for example tables, queries, forms, and reports.

Objects

The action of filling a database with records.

Populate

The field that uniquely identifies a record in a table is known as the

Primary Key

The object that retrieves or filters specific data and then displays only the data that you specify is a

Query

A table row that contains all of the categories of data pertaining to one person, place, thing, event, or idea.

Record

Each row in a table represents a

Record

A more sophisticated type of database that stores multiple collections of data that are related to one another; for example, data about the students, the courses, and the faculty members at a college is a

Relational Database

The object that displays fields and records from a table or query in a printable format is a

Report

The Access view that displays data in columns and rows like an Excel worksheet is

Datasheet View

A single piece of information that is stored in every record and represented by a column in a table.

Field

Each column in a table represents a category called a

Field

A principle stating that data is organized in tables so that there is no redundant data.

First Principle of Good Data

A simple database file that is not related or linked to any other collection of data.

Flat Database

Data that is organized in a useful manner.

Information

The Access object that stores your data organized in an arrangement of columns and rows is called a

Table

The database object that stores the data and is the foundation of an Access database.

Table