MICROLINK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

PRELIM EXAM

DBMS
Database Management System

NAME:______________________ SCORE:____________
YR./SEC.:____________________ MR. Jerwin T. Palecpec

I. Identify the following: (2pts each)

______________1. An orderly collection of related information or interrelated data

organized in a useful manner.
_______________2. It is a software application that stores the structure of the database, the
data itself, and the relationships among data in a database as well as
forms, inquiry and reports pertaining to the database.
_______________3. It controls and supervises the operation of the computer – executes
application programs like database management system, interacts
with I/O devices, and manages the files through the use of its
memory.
_______________4. Program files needed to run the application program.
_______________5. Files created by the user using application program.
_______________6. It refers to the arrangement of data into tables and fields.
______________7. It is a separation of data from the application programs that use the
data. The organized data be changed and evolves necessitating
changes in application programs that process data.
_______________8. It is considered integrated for any item of data that can be used to
satisfy an inquiry or a report.
_______________9. It provides multiple retrieval parts to each item of data, providing the
user greater flexibility in locating and retrieving data than with data
files.
_______________10. It carried in separate files tends to repeat some of the same data over
and over, that information appears at least only once.

II. Enumerate the following:

Advantages of Database Management Methods of Information Retrieval

System 14.
1. 15.
2. 16.
3. 17.
4. 18.
5. 19.
6. 20.
7. 21.
22.
Disadvantages of Database System
8. Database Design Guidelines
9. 23.
10. 24.
25.
Types of Files 26.
11. 27.
12. 28.
13. 29.
30.