Database Design Section 1 Quiz

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Section 1 Quiz
(Answer all questions in this section)

1. Businesses involved in any of the following typically use

databases to handle their data: Finance, Logistics, Commerce,
Procurement, and Distribution? True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points

True (*)

False

2. Changes in computing have affected many of our day-to-day

activities. Are all of the following activities examples of this change?
Yes or No?
In the past you used to use the phone system to call directory
assistance to get a phone number. Today you can use your PC to look
up a phone number online.
In the past you used to have to go to the shoe store to buy shoes.
Today you can use your PC to order shoes online.

In the past you had to use your PC to send a person an email. Today
you can use your phone to send a text message.

Mark for Review

(1) Points

Yes (*)

No

3. Which of the following are examples of e-businesses that use

database software? Mark for Review
(1) Points

(Choose all correct answers)

Online clothing store (*)

Online personal shopping service (*)

Online personal web page

Online research paper

Online book store (*)

4. Personal computers (PCs) have been in existence since 1950.

True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points

True

False (*)

5. A specialized type of software, which controls and manages the

hardware in a computer system. Mark for Review
(1) Points
Software

Hardware

Operating System (*)

Client
(Answer all questions in this section)

6. Once you have learned how to write programs and build systems,
you no longer need any input or involvement from any users as you
are perfectly capable of delivering the systems that businesses need
and want. Mark for Review
(1) Points

False. Business requirements can and will change. For instance new
legal requirements may arise. (*)

True. Users never know what they want anyway, so building systems
is best left to the professionals.
 True. The only requirement for creating a perfect system is a perfect
programmer.

True. Users delay the delivery of a system by changing their minds

and adding new requirements.

7. The market for IT professionals is still increasing and will continue

to do so in the future as the world gets ever more dependent on
computer systems. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points

True (*)

False

8. The demand for Information Technology professionals in today's

market is increasing. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points

True (*)
False

9. What is the difference between "information" and "data"? Mark

for Review
(1) Points

Information is held and understood only by users.

Data turns into useful information. It is stored in a database and

accessed by systems and users. (*)

Data is held and understood only by users.

Information and data have no differences - they are two words for the
same thing.

10. Consider your school library. It will have a database with

transaction details of the books that are borrowed by students. Is a
detail of one student borrowing one book considered Data or
Information? Mark for Review
(1) Points
Data (*)

Information

Both

Neither

11. Consider your school library. It will have a database with

transaction details of the books that are borrowed by students. Is the
total number of books out on loan in one given month considered Data
or Information? Mark for Review
(1) Points

Data

Information (*)
Both

Neither

12. The work of E.F. Codd in the early 1970s led to the development
of Relational databases. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points

True (*)

False

13. SQL became the most commonly used query language in the
1980s. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points

True (*)

False
 14. Data Modeling is the last step in the database development
process. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points

True

False (*)

15. Which of the following represents the correct sequence of steps

in the Database Development Process? Mark for Review
(1) Points

Analyze, Design, Build (*)

Design, Build, Analyze

Analyze, Build, Design

Build, Analyze, Design