Quiz 3: Chapters 5-6
________ interfaces allow users to employ one or more fingers to manipulate objects on a screen without a mouse or keyboard. A. Hypertouch B. Nanotech C. Multitouch D. Linux E. Scalable
C. Multitouch
In a large organization, which of the following functions would be responsible for policies and procedures for managing internal data resources? A. Data administration B. Database administration C. Information policy administration D. Data auditing E. Database management
A. Data administration
A field identified in a table as holding the unique identifier of the table's records is called the: A. primary key. B. key field. C. primary field. D. unique ID. E. primary entity.
A. primary key.
Which of the following is the most popular mobile operating system? A. Linux B. Android C. Chrome OS D. iOS E. Unix
B. Android
Which of the following is the network standard for connecting desktop computers into local area networks that enabled the widespread adoption of client/server computing and local area networks and further stimulated the adoption of personal computers? A. TCP/IP B. COBOL C. Ethernet D. ASCII E. Linux
C. Ethernet
Which of the following involves practices and technologies to minimize the environmental effects of manufacturing and managing computing devices? A. Capacity planning B. Cloud computing C. Green computing D. Utility computing E. On-demand computing
C. Green computing
Which of the following statements about Linux is not true? A. It plays a major role in the back office running local area networks. B. It is available in free versions downloadable from the Internet. C. It has garnered 20 percent of the server operating system market. D. Linux applications are embedded in cell phones, smartphones, netbooks, and other handheld devices. E. Linux works on all the major hardware platforms.
C. It has garnered 20 percent of the server operating system market.
MongoDB and SimpleDB are both examples of: A. open source databases. B. SQL databases. C. NoSQL databases. D. cloud databases. E. big data databases.
C. NoSQL databases.
Which of the following is a grouping of characters into a word, a group of words, or a complete number? A. File B. Table C. Entity D. Field E. Tuple
D. Field
Which of the following enables a DBMS to reduce data redundancy and inconsistency? A. Ability to enforce referential integrity B. Ability to couple program and data C. Use of a data dictionary D. Ability to create two-dimensional tables E. Ability to minimize isolated files with repeated data
E. Ability to minimize isolated files with repeated data
________ provides a standard format for data exchange, enabling web services to pass data from one process to another. A. HTML B. HTML5 C. Java D. Chrome OS E. XML
E. XML
A one-to-many relationship between two entities is symbolized in a diagram by a line that ends with: A. one short mark. B. two short marks. C. three short marks. D. a crow's foot. E. a crow's foot topped by a short mark.
E. a crow's foot topped by a short mark.
