Exercise 1

Course: Database II Name: Score:

1. A database management system (DBMS) is important to modern organizations

because ( ) (10 points)
A. It provides infrastructure for daily operations
B. It facilitates decision making process
C. It helps organizations to manage their data
D. All options

2. Which statement is TRUE about database ( ) (10 points)

A. Database is a generic name for collecting and storing data
B. A database stores program’s variables and codes
C. Only few users can use the database
D. Entities in database cannot have relationships

3. Does index take space in the disk ? ( ) (10 points)

A. It stores memory as and when required
B. Yes, Indexes are stored on disk
C. Indexes are never stored on disk
D. Indexes take no space

4. What are composite indexes ? ( ) (10 points)

A. Are those which are composed by database for its internal use
B. A composite index is a combination of index on 2 or more columns
C. Composite index can never be created
D. None of the mentioned

5. The tree structure diagram in which the pointers of data are stored at the leaf nodes
of diagram is classified as ( ) (10 points)
A. B tree
B. B+ tree
C. B2 tree
D. B* tree

6. Which one is TRUE about clustered index? ( ) (10 points)

A. Clustered index is not associated with table
B. Clustered index is built by default on unique key columns
C. Clustered index is not built on unique key columns
D. None of the mentioned

7. The special node in the tree structure which has many child nodes and one parent
node is called ( ) (10 points)
A. Descendant nodes
B. Root node
C. Leaf node
D. Search node

8. Generating a set of relation schemas that allows storing information without

unnecessary redundancy, is goal of ( ) (10 points)
A. Assertions
B. Associations
C. Normalization
D. Integration

9. Relational schemas are stored in a structure called ( ) (10 points)

A. Sequence dictionary
B. Storage dictionary
C. Data dictionary
D. Functional dictionary

10. A good database system should minimize the number of transferring ( ) (10
points)
A. Sectors
B. Blocks
C. Tracks
D. Segments