Database Systems Chapter 1 True and False
False
Databases were developed as the first application to computers to data processing
True
Development starts from scratch with the traditional file processing approach because new file formats, description and file access logic must be designed for each new program
True
File processing systems have been replaced by database systems in most critical business applications today
True
In practice, database today may contain either data or information
True
Information is processed data
True
Many of the disadvantages of file processing systems can also be limitations of databases
True
Metadata are data that describe properties of other data
False
Organizations that utilize the file processing approach spend only 20 percent of development time on maintenance.
True
Unplanned duplicate data files are the rule rather than the exception in file processing systems
False
With the traditional file processing approach, each application shares data files, thus enabling much data sharing