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1. Which of the following best illustrates the relationship B) The entity

between entities and attributes? CUSTOMER with
the attribute PUR-
CHASE

2. All of the following are issues with the traditional file B. Inability to
environment except: develop special-
ized applications
for functional ar-
eas

3. A characteristic or quality that describes a particular D. Attribute

databases entity is called an:

4. A _________ is an example of pre-digital data storage A. Library card cat-

that is comparable to a database. alog

5. ________ creates confusion that hampers the cre- B. Data redundan-

ation of information systems that integrate data from cy
different sources.

6. Data ________ occurs when the same data is duplicat- A. Redundancy

ed in multiple files of a database.

7. Which of the following occurs when the same attribute E. Data inconsis-
in related data files has different values? tency

8. Which of the following is a grouping of characters into D. Field

a word, a group of words, or a complete number?

9. The fact that a traditional file system cannot respond B. Lack of flexibility
to unanticipated information requirements in a timely
fashion is an example of which of the following issues
with traditional file systems?

10. Which of the following enables a DBMS to reduce data E. Ability to mini-
redundancy and inconsistency? mize isolated files
with repeated data

11. A DBMS makes the:

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A. Physical data-
base available for
different logical
views

12. The logical view of a database: E. Presents data

as they would be
perceived by end
users

13. Which of the following is a DBMS for desktop comput- D. Microsoft ac-
ers? cess

14. A __________ represent data as a two-dimensional C. Relational

tables. DBMS

15. Microsoft SQL server is a: D. DBMS for

midrange comput-
ers

16. In a table for customers, the information about a single B. Row

customer would reside in a single:

17. In a relational database a record is referred to in tech- A. Tuple

nical terms as a:

18. A field identified in a table as holding the unique A. Primary key

identifier of the table's records is called the:

19. A field identified in a record as holding the unique B. Key field

identifier for that record is called the:

20. In a relational database the three basic operations C. Select, project,

used to develop useful sets of data are: and join

21. The select operation: D. Creates a sub-

set consisting of all
records in the file
that meets stan-
dard criteria
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22. The join operation: A. combines re-

lational tables to
provide the user
with more informa-
tion than is other-
wise available.

23. The project operation: B. Creates a sub-

set consisting of
columns in a table

24. Microsoft access data dictionary displays all of the E. The organiza-
following information about a field except the: tion within the
organization that
is responsible for
maintaining the
data

25. Which of the following is an automated or manual file A. Data dictionary

that stores information about data elements and data
characteristics such as usage, physical representa-
tion, ownership, authorization, and security?

26. Which of the following is a specialized language that B. Data manipula-

programmers use to add and change data in the data- tion language
base?

27. Which of the following is the most prominent data C. SQL

manipulation language today?

28. DBMSs typically include report-generating tools in B display data in

order to: easy to read for-
mat

29. The process of streamlining data to minimize redun- A. Normalization

dancy and awkward many-to-many relationships is
called:

30. A schematic of the entire database that describes the C. Entity relation-
relationships in a database is called a(n): ship diagram
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31. A one too many relationship between two entities is E. A crows foot
symbolized in a diagram by a line that ends with: topped by a short
mark

32. You are creating a database to store temperature and C. Airport code
wind data from various airports. Which of the follow-
ing fields is the most likely candidate to use as the
basis for a primary key in the airport table?

33. A one to one relationship between two entities is sym- A. In two short
bolized in a diagram by a line that ends: marks

34. The term big data refers to all the following except: A. Data sets with
fewer than a billion
records

35. Which of the following technologies would you use D. Hadoop

to analyze the social media data collected by a major
online retailer?

36. Which of the following is not one of the techniques C. Server mining
used in web mining?

37. To do this you will want to use the data mining soft- C. Identify se-
ware you are using to do which of the following? quences

38. You work for a car rental agency and want to de- D. Classify data
termine what characteristics are shared among your
most loyal customers. To do this you will want to use
the mining software you are using to do which of the
following?

39. A data warehouse is composed of: D. Historic and cur-

rent internal data

40. All of the following are techniques used to analyze and A. Cloud comput-
manage big data except: ing

41.
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A household appliance manufacturer has hired you to B. Sentiment
help analyze its social media datasets to determine analysis software
which of its refrigerators are seen as the most reliable.
Which of the following tools would you use to analyze
this data?

42. Which of the following tools enables users to view C. OLAP

the same data in different ways using multiple dimen-
sions?

43. OLAP enables: A. Users to obtain

online answers to
ad-hoc questions
in a rapid amount
of time.

44. Data mining allows users to: B. Find hidden re-

lationships in data

45. I'm the context of data relationships the term associ- C. Occurrences
ations refers to: linked to a single
event

46. _________ tools are used to analyze large unstruc- B. Text mining
tured data sets such as email, memos, and survey
responses to discover patterns and relationships.

47. Which of the following enables you to create a script A. CGI

that allows a web server to communicate with a back
end database?

48. Which of the following is software that handles all ap- B. Application
plication operations between browser based comput- server software
ers and a company's back end business applications
or databases?

49. In data mining which of the following involves unsung E. Forecasting

a series of existing values to determine what other
future values will be?

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50. I'm data mining which of the following involves recog- C. Classifications
nizing patterns that describe the group to which an
item belongs by examining existing items and infer-
ring a set of rules?

51. In data mining which of the following involves events B. Sequences

linked over time?

52. MongoDB and SimpleDB are both examples of: C. NoSQL data-
bases.

53. Which of the following would you use to find patterns A. Web usage min-
in user interaction data recorded by a web server? ing

54. An organizations rules for sharing, disseminating, ac- A. Information pol-

quiring, standardizing, classifying, and inventorying icy
information is called an:

55. In a large organization which of the following func- B. Database ad-

tions would be responsible for physical database de- ministration
sign and maintenance?

56. Which common database challenge is illustrated by a D. Data inconsis-

person receiving multiple copies of an L.L. Bean cata- tency
log, each addressed to a slightly different variation of
his or her full name?

57. Detecting and correcting data in a database or file C. Data scrubbing

that is incorrect, incomplete, improperly formatted, or
redundant is called:

58. Data cleansing not only corrects errors but also: E. Enforces con-
sistency among
different sets of
data

59. Which of the following is not a method for performing C. Surveying data
a data quality audit? definition and
query files

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60. In a large organization which of the following func- A. Data adminis-
tions would be responsible for policies and proce- tration
dures for managing internal data resources?

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