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MGMT 382, Spring 2011 QUIZ #1

  Professor Chaturvedi Alok


 

Your Name: _________________________

 Answer each question in the space provided after the question. You may use the back of a sheet
as workspace, if necessary.

Part I. Multiple Choice Questions (4 points)

1. (2 points) What is the objective of a business intelligence (BI) system?


A) gathering confidential information from competitors
B) improving the timeliness and quality of decisions
C) improving the timeliness and quality of input for decision making
D) all of the above
Answer: C

2. (2 points) If a database contains a Customer file and an Order file, the foreign key in the Order table
used to relate the order to the customer would most likely be?
A) Order date
B) Customer number
C) Customer contact
D) Delivery address
Answer: B

Part II. Short Questions (6 points)

1. (3 points)What is the difference between database and data warehouse?


Database is a logical structured collection of data that is stored in a computer system.

– Collections of information: many tables


– Created with logical structures
Data warehouses integrate information from different sources and rearrange it in a meaningful
way for business decisions.

2. (3 points)List the main methods of system conversion in the implementation phase of SDLC
– Parallel implementation – use both the old and new system simultaneously
– Pilot implementation – start with small groups of people on the new system and
gradually add more users
– Phased implementation – implement the new system in phases
– Plunge implementation – discard the old system completely and use the new
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  MGMT 382, Spring 2011 QUIZ #1
  Professor Chaturvedi Alok
Part III. HTML and Database (10 points)

1. (5 points) Please sketch the structure of the HTML page that will be generated by the following
HTML code.
<html> Orange Apple
<body>
<table border=1> Banana Pear
<tr>
<td>Orange</td>
<td>Apple</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Banana</td>
<td>Pear</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

2. (5 points) Please draw an entity-relationship diagram (ERD) for the following description and
identify the primary keys.

– Each customer is identified by his/her social security number and has her/his name and address.
– Customers can take out loans. A loan can be held by one or more customers and can be identified
by a loan number.
– For each loan, the bank keeps track of the loan amount and the loan payments. A loan originates
at a particular branch of the bank. And each branch has its name and is located at a particular city

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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