BMIS 311, Chapter 6 RAT Questions

_______ is the most popular NoSQL DBMS

Hadoop

______ is another way to facilitate big data analysis and remove bottlenecks normally found in a traditional database.

In-memory computing

A(n) ________ is an important resource for an organization to create, illustrating rules on how data is organized and who has access to what data

Information Policy

What makes a Blockchain system possible and attractive to business firms?

Its encryption and authentication processes make it highly secure for storing many kinds of data.

_______ use a more flexible data model and are designed for big data.

Non-relational database management systems

SQL stands for _______

Structured Query Language

Microsoft's DBMS that includes built-in report generation and reporting is called _______

access

Which of the following is a distributed database technology that enables firms and organizations to create and verify transactions on a peer-to-peer network nearly instantaneously without a central authority?

blockchain

DBMS have a data________ capability that is used to specify the structure of the content of the database

definition

A ________ provides the link from one table to another table's primary key.

foreign key

The term data ________ is used to describe the policies and processes for managing the availability, usability, integrity, and security of the data employed in an enterprise

governance

Data is considered to be ________ when the same attribute has different values

inconsistent

A(n) ________ is an important resource for an organization to create, illustrating rules on how data is organized and who has access to what data

information policy

The formal process to remove data problems such as repeating groups is called _______

normalization

Although "Big Data" doesn't refer to a specific amount of data, it usually does involve _______

petabytes

The field that uniquely identifies a row in a relational database table is called a ______

primary key

To describe datasets with volumes so huge that they are beyond the ability of typical DBMS to capture, store, and analyze, the term __________ is used

Big Data

All of the following are types of information obtained from data mining EXCEPT _____ A. classification B. sequences C. Web beacons D. clustering E. associations

C

The corporate function that is responsible for defining and organizing the content of the database as well as database maintenance is _______

Database administration

A(n) ________ enables an organization to centrally manage and organize data.

Database management system

The sales, manufacturing, and inventory systems at a bicycle manufacturer use different codes to represent bicycle frame sizes. For example, in the sales system, a large bike frame is coded with "L", while the inventory system codes a large bike frame with "LG". This situation illustrates ______

data inconsistency

Data cleansing, working to identify and fix incorrect data, is also called ______

data scrubbing

A(n) ________ is a database that stores historic and current data for the use of decision makers in the organization

data warehouse

A(n) ________ is a collection of data organized to serve many applications efficiently.

database

A(n) ________ database makes it possible to store information across millions of machines in hundreds of data centers around the globe, with special time-keeping tools to synchronize the data and ensure the data are always consistent

distributed

A person, place, or thing which is stored in a database is called a(n) ________

entity

A record describes a(n) ________ which is a person, place, thing, or event on which we store and maintain information. Each characteristic or quality describing a particular________ is called a(n) _______

entity; entity; attribute

A ________ is a component in the computer system data hierarchy that includes content such as Student ID 100, Course IS 101, and Grade A

field

A ________ is a component in the computer system data hierarchy that consists of multiple records of the same type

file

The most popular type of database today for PCs as well as for larger computers and mainframes is ___________ database

the relational