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1. _____ refers to collective information that gives you the ability to make effective,
important, and often strategic business decisions.
A. Query-by-example
B. Business intelligence
C. Information analysis
D. SQL
A. Statistics
B. Synthesis
C. Analytics
D. Deduction
3. _____ is the gathering of input information, processing that information, and
updating existing information to reflect the gathered and processed information.
A. OLAP
B. data warehouses
C. relational databases
D. operational databases
6. Which application supports the manipulation of information to support decision
making?
A. OLTP
B. CRM
C. ERP
D. OLAP
7. A senior manager who analyzes internal and external information to analyze
marketing campaigns and their affect on customer buying habits is using which
type of application?
A. data mine
B. data warehouse
C. data dictionary
D. data entry
9. What is the most popular model for creating databases?
A. database
B. data dictionary
C. data mart
D. data mine
11. Which term refers to a specific piece of information that is stored in a database
file?
A. Relation
B. Category
C. Class
D. Attribute
12. Your student ID is an example of a(n) ____.
A. relation
B. attribute
C. category
D. table
13. Which type of database model organizes and accesses information according to
its logical structure rather than its physical structure?
A. Hierarchical
B. File-based
C. Relational
D. Conventional
14. Which part of a relational database contains the logical structure for the
information?
A. Data dictionary
B. Relation
C. Query
D. SQL
15. A(n) _____ is a field or group of fields that uniquely describes each record.
A. identifying key
B. relational key
C. primary key
D. main key
16. Which type of application requires that you know the physical location of
information before you are able to access it?
A. CRM
B. ERP
C. Spreadsheets
D. Word processor
17. If your phone number was used in a clothing store to uniquely identify you as a
customer, the phone number would be considered a(n) ____.
A. identifying field
B. relational field
C. primary key
D. principle key
18. A(n) _____ key is a primary key of one file that appears in another file.
A. foreign
B. secondary
C. identifying
D. duplicate
19. Which type of constraint ensures the quality of information in a relational
database?
A. Environmental constraint
B. Business constraint
C. Integrity constraint
D. Production constraint
20. A(n) _____ helps you specify the logical organization for a database and access
and use the information within a database.
A. DBMS
B. ERP
C. CRM
D. EIS
21. A database management system contains five important software components.
Which of the following components accepts and processes requests from the
other four database components?
A. DBMS engine
B. Data definition subsystem
C. Data manipulation subsystem
D. Data administration subsystem
22. If you were a programmer and needed to view information as it was stored by the
database, what type of database view would you see?
A. Logical view
B. Physical view
C. Stored view
D. Objective view
23. If you were looking at information in a database and you are able to see only the
information you needed in the format you wanted, what type of database view is
it?
A. Logical view
B. High-level view
C. Subjective view
D. Physical view
24. A database management system contains five important software components.
Which of the following components allows you to create and maintain the data
dictionary?
26. Which of the following DBMS components allows you to add, change, and delete
information in a relational database?
A. Report Generator
B. View
C. Query-by-example tools
D. SQL
28. Which data manipulation tool allows you to quickly define the formats of needed
business reports from information stored in a database?
29. Which data manipulation tool allows you to graphically design the answer to your
business questions?
A. Report generators
B. Application reports
C. Query-by-example tools
D. Data administration tools
30. If you were able to quickly pull information from student records with course
records to build students' schedules, you would be using a _____ tool.
A. data administration
B. query-by-example
C. data definition
D. data manipulation
31. SQL is:
32. Which of the following DBMS components allows you to quickly develop computer
routines or tasks that will process your business transactions?
A. Knowledge workers
B. IT specialists
C. Sales representatives
D. Operational managers
34. Which database management subsystem is responsible for backup and recovery,
security management, query optimization, concurrency control, and change
management?
A. Application management
B. Data administration
C. Data management
D. Data optimization
A. photocopy
B. replica
C. duplicate
D. backup
36. _____ is the process of reinstalling the backup information in the event the
information was lost.
A. Recovery
B. Recycling
C. Retrieval
D. Reproduction
37. Which data administration facility allows you to control who has access to what
information and what type of access those people have?
38. _____ facilities find the "shortest route" to the information you want so you don't
have to.
A. The database stores data, facts, and definitions for all stored information.
B. Data can be linked to other sources of internal and external information.
C. The files stored in a warehouse contain several layers of columns and rows.
D. Customer information can be related to sales, departmental, and
organizational information.
43. A hypercube is:
A. MRP.
B. OLAP.
C. OLTP.
D. SQL.
45. What type of software tool is used to query information stored in a data
warehouse?
A. OLTP
B. Data dictionary
C. Data-mining
D. Decision support
46. In a data warehouse, which data-mining tool would you use to quickly build
reports without having to write programming code?
47. _____ include(s) tools such as neural networks and fuzzy logic to form the basis of
"information discovery."
A. Digital dashboards
B. Multidimensional analysis tools
C. Artificial intelligence
D. Query-and-reporting tools
48. If you were viewing information from different perspectives in a multidimensional
analysis, you would be ____.
A. hypercube
B. digital dashboard
C. intelligent agent
D. neural network
50. _____ are the most essential and important quantifiable measures used in
analytics initiatives to monitor success of a business activity.
A. KPIs
B. DPIs
C. QBEs
D. SQLs
51. If you were to perform a regression analysis, what type of data warehouse tool
would it be?
A. Statistical
B. Multidimensional analysis
C. Production analysis
D. Hypercube
A. Data mart
B. Data mine
C. Data dictionary
D. Database
54. If you were working for a large pharmaceutical company and building a sales
report on the current prescription writing habits of doctors, what type of
information repository would you be most likely working with?
A. Data mine
B. Data dictionary
C. Data shop
D. Data mart
55. If you were comparing information from various divisions of an organization such
as sales, marketing, and production, what type of information repository would
you be most likely working with?
A. Data cuboid
B. Data warehouse
C. Hypercube database
D. Data mining
A. CTO
B. CPO
C. CIO
D. CSO
57. Who, among the following, is responsible for overseeing the underlying IT
infrastructure within an organization?
A. CTO
B. CSO
C. CIO
D. CPO
58. _____ is responsible for the development and use of firewalls, intranets, extranets,
and anti-virus software.
A. CIO
B. CPO
C. CSO
D. CTO
59. Who, among the following, is responsible for ensuring that information is used in
an ethical way?
A. CIO
B. CPO
C. CTO
D. CSO
60. Which of the following functions plans for, oversees the development of, and
monitors the information resource of an organization?
A. Data administration
B. Strategic management
C. Data manipulation
D. Operational planning
61. Which organizational function is responsible for the more technical and
operational aspects of managing information repositories?
A. Strategic management
B. Database administration
C. Information resource planning
D. Operational planning
62. Which of the following is true of data administration and database administration?
64. If the file containing your student information appears in two different places with
two different birth dates, your data would not be considered ____.
A. legitimate
B. valid
C. clean
D. acceptable
True
False
66. Databases and DBMSs are the technology tools that directly support OLAP.
True
False
67. When you build a data warehouse and use data-mining tools to manipulate the
data warehouse's information, you are actively engaging in analytics.
True
False
68. The most popular database model is the hierarchical database model.
True
False
True
False
70. When you create a database, you first create its data dictionary.
True
False
True
False
72. A primary key from one file and a foreign key from another file are used to create
a relationship between two files in a relational database.
True
False
73. You can create logical ties among various files only in the absence of foreign
keys.
True
False
74. If a salesperson attempts to order merchandise for a customer who should but
does not exist in the customer database, the database will typically generate an
error message. This message indicates that an integrity constraint has been
violated.
True
False
75. The physical view of information focuses on how you as a knowledge worker
need to arrange and access information to meet your particular business needs.
True
False
76. There is only one logical view of information but there may be numerous
knowledge workers who have different physical views of the information in a
database.
True
False
77. The DBMS engine can process virtually any logical information view or request
into its physical equivalent.
True
False
78. When you create a database, you must first use the data definition subsystem to
create the data dictionary and define the structure of the files.
True
False
79. A report generator allows you to see the contents of a database file, make
whatever changes you want, perform simple sorting, and query to find the location
of specific information.
True
False
80. QBEs rely heavily on the physical relationships within a database to find
information.
True
False
81. Unlike SQL, QBE allows you to query by pointing, clicking, and dragging.
True
False
82. Application generation facilities are most often used by operations personnel.
True
False
83. Recovery is the process of reinstalling the backup information in the event the
information was lost.
True
False
True
False
True
False
86. Orco Corp. would like to determine advertising strategies for customers who buy
high-priced products. It would use OLTP on its data warehouse to accomplish this
task.
True
False
87. Query-and-reporting tools are similar to QBE tools, SQL, and report generators in
the typical database environment.
True
False
88. Multidimensional analysis (MDA) tools are slice-and-dice techniques that allow
you to view multidimensional information from different perspectives.
True
False
89. The digital dashboard is designed uniquely for each individual user.
True
False
90. Data marts focus on the entire organization, while data warehouses focus on
specific needs.
True
False
91. The CSO is responsible for ensuring that only the right people have access to
certain types of information such as financial records, payroll, and health care.
True
False
92. Data administration is the function in an organization that is responsible for the
more technical and operational aspects of managing the information contained in
organizational information repositories.
True
False
93. In large organizations, both data administration and database administration are
usually handled by steering committees rather than by a single individual.
True
False
94. Information sharing in your organization means that anyone can access and use
whatever information he or she needs.
True
False
95. _____ is the collective information about your customers, your competitors, your
business partners, your competitive environment, and your own internal
operations.
________________________________________
96. _____ focuses on the integrated use of technology tools and statistical techniques
to create real-time, high-quality, fact based business intelligence in support of
decision making.
________________________________________
97. _____ is the gathering of input information, processing that information, and
updating existing information to reflect the gathered and processed information.
________________________________________
98. _____ are databases that support online transaction processing.
________________________________________
99. _____ is the manipulation of information to support decision making.
________________________________________
100.A(n) _____ is a collection of information that you organize and access according
to the logical structure of that information.
________________________________________
101.A relational database consists of _____ and the _____ structure of that
information.
________________________________________
102.A(n) _____ contains the logical structure for the information contained within a
database.
________________________________________
103.A(n) _____ is a field that uniquely describes each record in a relational
database.
________________________________________
104.A(n) _____ is a primary key from one table placed within a second table to
establish a relationship between the two tables.
________________________________________
105._____ are rules that help ensure the quality of the information in a database file.
________________________________________
106.A(n) _____ allows you to specify the logical organization for a database and
access and use the information within a database.
________________________________________
107.The DBMS _____ accepts logical requests from the various other DBMS
subsystems, converts them into their physical equivalent, and actually accesses
the database and data dictionary as they exist on a storage device.
________________________________________
108.A(n) _____ represents how data is physically arranged, stored, and accessed on
some type of storage device.
________________________________________
109.A(n) _____ represents how users see information to meet their particular
business needs.
________________________________________
110.The _____ subsystem of a DBMS helps you create and maintain the data
dictionary and define the structure of the files in a database.
________________________________________
111.Query-by-example tools rely heavily upon the _____ within a database to find
information.
________________________________________
112._____ is a standardized fourth-generation query language found in most
DBMSs.
________________________________________
113._____ and _____ both extract data meeting specific criteria from a database, but
have different user interfaces.
________________________________________
114._____ ensure the validity of database updates when multiple users attempt to
access and change the same information.
________________________________________
________________________________________
116._____ are the software tools you use to query information in a data warehouse.
________________________________________
117.A(n) _____ displays key information gathered from several sources on a
computer screen in a format tailored to the needs and wants of an individual
knowledge worker.
________________________________________
118.A(n) _____ is a subset of a data warehouse in which only a focused portion of the
data warehouse information is kept.
________________________________________
119._____ is the function in an organization that plans for, oversees the development
of, and monitors the information resource.
________________________________________
________________________________________
Chapter 03 Databases and Data Warehouses: Supporting the AnalyticsDriven Organization Answer Key
1.
_____ refers to collective information that gives you the ability to make effective,
important, and often strategic business decisions.
A. Query-by-example
B. Business intelligence
C. Information analysis
D. SQL
Business intelligence (BI) refers to collective information about your customers,
your competitors, your business partners, your competitive environment, your
own internal operations that gives you the ability to make effective, important,
and often strategic business decisions.
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Introduction
2.
A. Statistics
B. Synthesis
C. Analytics
D. Deduction
Analytics is the science of fact-based decision making. Analytics is a growing
field of study, research, and career opportunities that focuses on the integrated
use of technology tools and statistical techniques to create real-time, highquality, fact based business intelligence in support of decision making.
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Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Introduction
3.
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Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Introduction
4.
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Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Introduction
5.
A. OLAP
B. data warehouses
C. relational databases
D. operational databases
Databases that support OLTP are most often referred to as operational
databases. Inside these operational databases is valuable information that
forms the basis for business intelligence.
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Introduction
6.
A. OLTP
B. CRM
C. ERP
D. OLAP
Online analytical processing (OLAP) is the manipulation of information to
support decision making.
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Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Introduction
7.
8.
A. data mine
B. data warehouse
C. data dictionary
D. data entry
A data warehouse is, in fact, a special form of a database that contains
information gathered from operational databases for the purpose of supporting
decision-making tasks.
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Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Introduction
9.
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Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Relational Database Model
10.
A. database
B. data dictionary
C. data mart
D. data mine
Any database is a collection of information that you organize and access
according to the logical structure of that information.
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Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Relational Database Model
11.
A. Relation
B. Category
C. Class
D. Attribute
Within each file, you can see specific pieces of information called attributes.
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Relational Database Model
12.
A. relation
B. attribute
C. category
D. table
Within each file, you can see specific pieces of information called attributes.
For example, the Order file contains Order Number, Order Date, Customer
Number, Delivery Address, Concrete Type, Amount (this is given in cubic
yards), Truck Number, and Driver ID.
13.
A. Hierarchical
B. File-based
C. Relational
D. Conventional
Using the relational database model, you organize and access information
according to its logical structure, not its physical position.
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Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Relational Database Model
14.
Which part of a relational database contains the logical structure for the
information?
A. Data dictionary
B. Relation
C. Query
D. SQL
In the relational database model, a data dictionary contains the logical structure
for the information in a database. When you create a database, you first create
its data dictionary.
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Relational Database Model
15.
A(n) _____ is a field or group of fields that uniquely describes each record.
A. identifying key
B. relational key
C. primary key
D. main key
A primary key is a field (or group of fields in some cases) that uniquely
describes each record.
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Relational Database Model
16.
Which type of application requires that you know the physical location of
information before you are able to access it?
A. CRM
B. ERP
C. Spreadsheets
D. Word processor
Using a spreadsheet, it would be almost impossible to ensure that each field in
a given column is unique. This reinforces the notion that, while spreadsheets
work with information according to physical location, databases work with
information logically.
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Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: The Relational Database Model
17.
If your phone number was used in a clothing store to uniquely identify you as a
customer, the phone number would be considered a(n) ____.
A. identifying field
B. relational field
C. primary key
D. principle key
A primary key is a field (or group of fields in some cases) that uniquely
describes each record.
18.
A(n) _____ key is a primary key of one file that appears in another file.
A. foreign
B. secondary
C. identifying
D. duplicate
A foreign key is a primary key of one file that appears in another file.
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Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Relational Database Model
19.
A. Environmental constraint
B. Business constraint
C. Integrity constraint
D. Production constraint
By defining the logical structure of information in a relational database, you're
also developing integrity constraintsrules that help ensure the quality of the
information.
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Relational Database Model
20.
A(n) _____ helps you specify the logical organization for a database and access
and use the information within a database.
A. DBMS
B. ERP
C. CRM
D. EIS
A database management system (DBMS) helps you specify the logical
organization for a database and access and use the information within a
database.
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
21.
A. DBMS engine
B. Data definition subsystem
C. Data manipulation subsystem
D. Data administration subsystem
The DBMS engine accepts logical requests from the various other DBMS
subsystems, converts them into their physical equivalent, and actually
accesses the database and data dictionary as they exist on a storage device.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
22.
A. Logical view
B. Physical view
C. Stored view
D. Objective view
The physical view of information deals with how information is physically
arranged, stored, and accessed on some type of storage device such as a hard
disk.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Database Management System Tools
23.
If you were looking at information in a database and you are able to see only
the information you needed in the format you wanted, what type of database
view is it?
A. Logical view
B. High-level view
C. Subjective view
D. Physical view
The logical view of information, on the other hand, focuses on how you as a
knowledge worker need to arrange and access information to meet your
particular business needs.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Database Management System Tools
24.
AACSB: Technology
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Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Database Management System Tools
25.
What must you define before adding any information to a relational database?
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Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Database Management System Tools
26.
Which of the following DBMS components allows you to add, change, and
delete information in a relational database?
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
27.
Which data manipulation tool allows you to see the contents of a database file
and make whatever changes you want?
A. Report Generator
B. View
C. Query-by-example tools
D. SQL
The data manipulation subsystem of a DBMS helps you add, change, and
delete information in a database and query it for valuable information.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
28.
Which data manipulation tool allows you to quickly define the formats of
needed business reports from information stored in a database?
AACSB: Technology
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Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
29.
Which data manipulation tool allows you to graphically design the answer to
your business questions?
A. Report generators
B. Application reports
C. Query-by-example tools
D. Data administration tools
Query-by-example (QBE) tools help you graphically design the answer to a
question.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
30.
If you were able to quickly pull information from student records with course
records to build students' schedules, you would be using a _____ tool.
A. data administration
B. query-by-example
C. data definition
D. data manipulation
Query-by-example (QBE) tools help you graphically design the answer to a
question.
31.
SQL is:
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Database Management System Tools
32.
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Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Database Management System Tools
33.
A. Knowledge workers
B. IT specialists
C. Sales representatives
D. Operational managers
As with SQL, application generation facilities are most often used by IT
specialists. As a knowledge worker, it is recommended that they leave
application generation to IT specialists as much as they can.
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Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
34.
A. Application management
B. Data administration
C. Data management
D. Data optimization
The data administration subsystem of a DBMS helps you manage the overall
database environment by providing facilities for backup and recovery, security
management, query optimization, concurrency control, and change
management.
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
35.
A. photocopy
B. replica
C. duplicate
D. backup
A backup is simply a copy of the information stored on a computer.
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Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
36.
_____ is the process of reinstalling the backup information in the event the
information was lost.
A. Recovery
B. Recycling
C. Retrieval
D. Reproduction
Recovery is the process of reinstalling the backup information in the event the
information was lost.
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
37.
Which data administration facility allows you to control who has access to what
information and what type of access those people have?
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Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
38.
_____ facilities find the "shortest route" to the information you want so you don't
have to.
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Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
39.
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Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
40.
_____ ensure the validity of database updates when multiple users attempt to
access and change the same information.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
41.
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Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 03-03 List and describe the key characteristics of a data warehouse.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
42.
A. The database stores data, facts, and definitions for all stored information.
B. Data can be linked to other sources of internal and external information.
C. The files stored in a warehouse contain several layers of columns and rows.
D. Customer information can be related to sales, departmental, and
organizational information.
Most data warehouses are multidimensional, meaning that they contain layers
of columns and rows. For this reason, most data warehouses are really
multidimensional databases.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 03-03 List and describe the key characteristics of a data warehouse.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
43.
A hypercube is:
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 03-03 List and describe the key characteristics of a data warehouse.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
44.
A. MRP.
B. OLAP.
C. OLTP.
D. SQL.
In an organization, most databases are transaction-oriented. That is, most
databases support online transaction processing (OLTP) and, therefore, are
operational databases. Data warehouses are not transaction-oriented: They
exist to support decision-making tasks in your organization. Therefore, data
warehouses support only online analytical processing (OLAP).
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 03-03 List and describe the key characteristics of a data warehouse.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
45.
A. OLTP
B. Data dictionary
C. Data-mining
D. Decision support
Data-mining tools are the software tools you use to query information in a data
warehouse. These data-mining tools support the concept of OLAPthe
manipulation of information to support decision-making tasks.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-04 Define the five major types of data-mining tools in a data warehouse environment.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
46.
In a data warehouse, which data-mining tool would you use to quickly build
reports without having to write programming code?
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-04 Define the five major types of data-mining tools in a data warehouse environment.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
47.
_____ include(s) tools such as neural networks and fuzzy logic to form the basis
of "information discovery."
A. Digital dashboards
B. Multidimensional analysis tools
C. Artificial intelligence
D. Query-and-reporting tools
Artificial intelligence includes tools such as neural networks and fuzzy logic to
form the basis of "information discovery" and build business intelligence in
OLAP.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-04 Define the five major types of data-mining tools in a data warehouse environment.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
48.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 03-04 Define the five major types of data-mining tools in a data warehouse environment.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
49.
A. hypercube
B. digital dashboard
C. intelligent agent
D. neural network
A digital dashboard displays key information gathered from several sources on
a computer screen in a format tailored to the needs and wants of an individual
knowledge worker.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-04 Define the five major types of data-mining tools in a data warehouse environment.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
50.
_____ are the most essential and important quantifiable measures used in
analytics initiatives to monitor success of a business activity.
A. KPIs
B. DPIs
C. QBEs
D. SQLs
The key items of information are called key performance indicators (KPIs), the
most essential and important quantifiable measures used in analytics initiatives
to monitor success of a business activity.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-04 Define the five major types of data-mining tools in a data warehouse environment.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
51.
If you were to perform a regression analysis, what type of data warehouse tool
would it be?
A. Statistical
B. Multidimensional analysis
C. Production analysis
D. Hypercube
Statistical tools help you apply various mathematical models to the information
stored in a data warehouse to discover new information. For example, you can
perform a time-series analysis to project future trends. You can also perform a
regression analysis to determine the effect of one variable on another.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 03-04 Define the five major types of data-mining tools in a data warehouse environment.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
52.
53.
A. Data mart
B. Data mine
C. Data dictionary
D. Database
A data mart is a subset of a data warehouse in which only a focused portion of
the data warehouse information is kept.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-04 Define the five major types of data-mining tools in a data warehouse environment.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
54.
If you were working for a large pharmaceutical company and building a sales
report on the current prescription writing habits of doctors, what type of
information repository would you be most likely working with?
A. Data mine
B. Data dictionary
C. Data shop
D. Data mart
A data mart is a subset of a data warehouse in which only a focused portion of
the data warehouse information is kept.
55.
A. Data cuboid
B. Data warehouse
C. Hypercube database
D. Data mining
Data warehouses are often perceived as organization wide, containing
summaries of all the information that an organization tracks. However, some
people need access to only a portion of that data warehouse information as
opposed to all of it. In this case, an organization can create one or more data
marts. A data mart is a subset of a data warehouse in which only a focused
portion of the data warehouse information is kept.
56.
A. CTO
B. CPO
C. CIO
D. CSO
CIO (chief information officer) is responsible for overseeing every aspect of an
organization's information resource.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-05 List key considerations in information ownership in an organization.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Information Ownership
57.
A. CTO
B. CSO
C. CIO
D. CPO
CTO (chief technology officer) is responsible for overseeing both the underlying
IT infrastructure within an organization and the user-facing technologies (such
as CRM systems).
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-05 List key considerations in information ownership in an organization.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Information Ownership
58.
A. CIO
B. CPO
C. CSO
D. CTO
CSO (chief security officer) is responsible for the technical aspects of ensuring
the security of information such as the development and use of firewalls,
intranets, extranets, and anti-virus software.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-05 List key considerations in information ownership in an organization.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Information Ownership
59.
Who, among the following, is responsible for ensuring that information is used
in an ethical way?
A. CIO
B. CPO
C. CTO
D. CSO
CPO (chief privacy officer) is responsible for ensuring that information is used
in an ethical way and that only the right people have access to certain types of
information such as financial records, payroll, and health care.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-05 List key considerations in information ownership in an organization.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Information Ownership
60.
Which of the following functions plans for, oversees the development of, and
monitors the information resource of an organization?
A. Data administration
B. Strategic management
C. Data manipulation
D. Operational planning
Data administration is the function in an organization that plans for, oversees
the development of, and monitors the information resource. This function must
be completely in tune with the strategic direction of the organization to assure
that all information requirements can be and are being met.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-05 List key considerations in information ownership in an organization.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Information Ownership
61.
A. Strategic management
B. Database administration
C. Information resource planning
D. Operational planning
Database administration is the function in an organization that is responsible
for the more technical and operational aspects of managing the information
contained in organizational information repositories (databases, data
warehouses, and data marts).
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-05 List key considerations in information ownership in an organization.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Information Ownership
62.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 03-05 List key considerations in information ownership in an organization.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Information Ownership
63.
What term is used to describe the use and distribution of information regardless
of title or department?
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-05 List key considerations in information ownership in an organization.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Information Ownership
64.
If the file containing your student information appears in two different places
with two different birth dates, your data would not be considered ____.
A. legitimate
B. valid
C. clean
D. acceptable
This is an example of "unclean" information. (Your name appears twice in a
database, once with your middle initial and once without it. Or your name may
appear twice in a database with two different spellings of your last name.)
65.
TRUE
Business intelligence is a resource/component of the overall framework or field
of analytics.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Introduction
66.
Databases and DBMSs are the technology tools that directly support OLAP.
FALSE
Databases and DBMSs are the technology tools that directly support OLTP.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Introduction
67.
When you build a data warehouse and use data-mining tools to manipulate the
data warehouse's information, you are actively engaging in analytics.
TRUE
When you build a data warehouse and use data-mining tools to manipulate the
data warehouse's information, you are actively engaging in analytics.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Introduction
68.
FALSE
The most popular database model is the relational database model.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Relational Database Model
69.
FALSE
It uses a series of logically related two-dimensional tables or files to store
information in the form of a database.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Relational Database Model
70.
When you create a database, you first create its data dictionary.
TRUE
In the relational database model, a data dictionary contains the logical structure
for the information in a database. When you create a database, you first create
its data dictionary. The data dictionary contains important information (or logical
properties) about your information.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Relational Database Model
71.
TRUE
A foreign key is a primary key of one file that appears in another file.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Relational Database Model
72.
A primary key from one file and a foreign key from another file are used to
create a relationship between two files in a relational database.
TRUE
A foreign key is a primary key of one file that appears in another file. Foreign
keys are essential in the relational database model. Without them, you have no
way of creating logical ties among the various files. We use these relationships
extensively to create business intelligence because they enable us to track the
logical relationships within many types of information.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: The Relational Database Model
73.
You can create logical ties among various files only in the absence of foreign
keys.
FALSE
Without foreign keys, you have no way of creating logical ties among the
various files.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: The Relational Database Model
74.
TRUE
By defining the logical structure of information in a relational database, you're
also developing integrity constraintsrules that help ensure the quality of the
information.
75.
FALSE
The physical view of information deals with how information is physically
arranged, stored, and accessed on some type of storage device such as a hard
disk. The logical view of information, on the other hand, focuses on how you as
a knowledge worker need to arrange and access information to meet your
particular business needs.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Database Management System Tools
76.
There is only one logical view of information but there may be numerous
knowledge workers who have different physical views of the information in a
database.
FALSE
There is only one physical view of information but there may be numerous
knowledge workers who have different logical views of the information in a
database.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Database Management System Tools
77.
The DBMS engine can process virtually any logical information view or request
into its physical equivalent.
TRUE
The DBMS engine can process virtually any logical information view or request
into its physical equivalent.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
78.
When you create a database, you must first use the data definition subsystem
to create the data dictionary and define the structure of the files.
TRUE
When you create a database, you must first use the data definition subsystem
to create the data dictionary and define the structure of the files.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
79.
A report generator allows you to see the contents of a database file, make
whatever changes you want, perform simple sorting, and query to find the
location of specific information.
FALSE
A view allows you to see the contents of a database file, make whatever
changes you want, perform simple sorting, and query to find the location of
specific information.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
80.
FALSE
QBEs rely heavily on the logical relationships within a database to find
information.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
81.
Unlike SQL, QBE allows you to query by pointing, clicking, and dragging.
TRUE
SQL performs the same function as QBE, except that you perform the query by
creating a statement instead of pointing, clicking, and dragging.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Database Management System Tools
82.
FALSE
Application generation facilities are most often used by IT specialists.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
83.
Recovery is the process of reinstalling the backup information in the event the
information was lost.
TRUE
Recovery is the process of reinstalling the backup information in the event the
information was lost.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
84.
FALSE
In the relational database model, information is represented in a series of twodimensional files or tables. Not so in a data warehousemost data
warehouses are multidimensional, meaning that they contain layers of columns
and rows. For this reason, most data warehouses are really multidimensional
databases.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-03 List and describe the key characteristics of a data warehouse.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
85.
TRUE
In an organization, most databases are transaction-oriented. That is, most
databases support online transaction processing (OLTP) and, therefore, are
operational databases. Data warehouses are not transaction-oriented: They
exist to support decision-making tasks in your organization. Therefore, data
warehouses support only online analytical processing (OLAP).
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-03 List and describe the key characteristics of a data warehouse.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
86.
Orco Corp. would like to determine advertising strategies for customers who
buy high-priced products. It would use OLTP on its data warehouse to
accomplish this task.
FALSE
In an organization, most databases are transaction-oriented. That is, most
databases support online transaction processing (OLTP) and, therefore, are
operational databases. Data warehouses are not transaction-oriented: They
exist to support decision-making tasks in your organization. Therefore, data
warehouses support only online analytical processing (OLAP).
87.
Query-and-reporting tools are similar to QBE tools, SQL, and report generators
in the typical database environment.
TRUE
Query-and-reporting tools are similar to QBE tools, SQL, and report generators
in the typical database environment. In fact, most data warehousing
environments support simple and easy-to-use data manipulation subsystem
tools such as QBE, SQL, and report generators. Most often, data warehouse
users use these types of tools to generate simple queries and reports.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-04 Define the five major types of data-mining tools in a data warehouse environment.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
88.
TRUE
Multidimensional analysis (MDA) tools are slice-and-dice techniques that allow
you to view multidimensional information from different perspectives.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-04 Define the five major types of data-mining tools in a data warehouse environment.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
89.
TRUE
KPIs can obviously be different for different people in the same organization
and the digital dashboard is designed uniquely for each individual user.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-04 Define the five major types of data-mining tools in a data warehouse environment.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
90.
Data marts focus on the entire organization, while data warehouses focus on
specific needs.
FALSE
Data warehouses are often perceived as organization wide, containing
summaries of all the information that an organization tracks. A data mart is a
subset of a data warehouse in which only a focused portion of the data
warehouse information is kept.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 03-04 Define the five major types of data-mining tools in a data warehouse environment.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
91.
The CSO is responsible for ensuring that only the right people have access to
certain types of information such as financial records, payroll, and health care.
FALSE
The CPO (chief privacy officer) is responsible for ensuring that information is
used in an ethical way and that only the right people have access to certain
types of information such as financial records, payroll, and health care.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-05 List key considerations in information ownership in an organization.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Information Ownership
92.
FALSE
Database administration is the function in an organization that is responsible
for the more technical and operational aspects of managing the information
contained in organizational information repositories (databases, data
warehouses, and data marts).
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-05 List key considerations in information ownership in an organization.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
93.
TRUE
In large organizations, both of these administrative functions are usually
handled by steering committees rather than by a single individual. These
steering committees are responsible for their respective functions and for
reporting to the CIO.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-05 List key considerations in information ownership in an organization.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Information Ownership
94.
Information sharing in your organization means that anyone can access and
use whatever information he or she needs.
TRUE
Information sharing in your organization means that anyone, regardless of title
or department, can access and use whatever information he or she needs.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-05 List key considerations in information ownership in an organization.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Information Ownership
95.
_____ is the collective information about your customers, your competitors, your
business partners, your competitive environment, and your own internal
operations.
Business intelligence
Business intelligence (BI) is the collective informationabout your customers,
your competitors, your business partners, your competitive environment, your
own internal operationsthat gives you the ability to make effective, important,
and often strategic business decisions.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Introduction
96.
Analytics
Analytics is the science of fact-based decision making. Analytics is a growing
field of study, research, and career opportunities that focuses on the integrated
use of technology tools and statistical techniques to create real-time, highquality, fact based business intelligence in support of decision making.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Introduction
97.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Introduction
98.
Operational databases
Databases that support OLTP are most often referred to as operational
databases. Inside these operational databases is valuable information that
forms the basis for business intelligence.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Introduction
99.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Introduction
100. A(n) _____ is a collection of information that you organize and access
according to the logical structure of that information.
database
A database is a collection of information that you organize and access
according to the logical structure of that information.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Relational Database Model
101. A relational database consists of _____ and the _____ structure of that
information.
information: logical
A relational database is actually composed of two distinct parts: (1) the
information itself, stored in a series of two-dimensional tables, files, or relations
(people use these three terms interchangeably) and (2) the logical structure of
that information.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Relational Database Model
102. A(n) _____ contains the logical structure for the information contained within a
database.
data dictionary
A data dictionary contains the logical structure for the information in a
database.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Relational Database Model
103. A(n) _____ is a field that uniquely describes each record in a relational
database.
primary key
A primary key is a field (or group of fields in some cases) that uniquely
describes each record.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Relational Database Model
104. A(n) _____ is a primary key from one table placed within a second table to
establish a relationship between the two tables.
foreign key
A foreign key is a primary key of one file that appears in another file.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Relational Database Model
105. _____ are rules that help ensure the quality of the information in a database
file.
Integrity constraints
Integrity constraints are rules that help ensure the quality of the information.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-01 List and describe the key characteristics of a relational database.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: The Relational Database Model
106. A(n) _____ allows you to specify the logical organization for a database and
access and use the information within a database.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
107. The DBMS _____ accepts logical requests from the various other DBMS
subsystems, converts them into their physical equivalent, and actually
accesses the database and data dictionary as they exist on a storage device.
engine
The DBMS engine accepts logical requests from the various other DBMS
subsystems, converts them into their physical equivalent, and actually
accesses the database and data dictionary as they exist on a storage device.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
108. A(n) _____ represents how data is physically arranged, stored, and accessed
on some type of storage device.
physical view
The physical view of information deals with how information is physically
arranged, stored, and accessed on some type of storage device such as a hard
disk.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
109. A(n) _____ represents how users see information to meet their particular
business needs.
logical view
The logical view of information focuses on how you as a knowledge worker
need to arrange and access information to meet your particular business
needs.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
110. The _____ subsystem of a DBMS helps you create and maintain the data
dictionary and define the structure of the files in a database.
data definition
The data definition subsystem of a DBMS helps you create and maintain the
data dictionary and define the structure of the files in a database.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
111. Query-by-example tools rely heavily upon the _____ within a database to find
information.
logical relationships
QBEs rely heavily on the logical relationships within a database to find
information.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
113. _____ and _____ both extract data meeting specific criteria from a database, but
have different user interfaces.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Understand
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Database Management System Tools
114. _____ ensure the validity of database updates when multiple users attempt to
access and change the same information.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-02 Define the five software components of a database management system.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Database Management System Tools
115. A(n) _____ is a logical collection of information gathered from many different
operational databases used to create business intelligence that supports
business analysis activities and decision-making tasks.
data warehouse
A data warehouse is a logical collection of informationgathered from many
different operational databasesused to create business intelligence that
supports business analysis activities and decision-making tasks.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-03 List and describe the key characteristics of a data warehouse.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
116. _____ are the software tools you use to query information in a data warehouse.
(p. 81)
Data-mining tools
Data-mining tools are the software tools you use to query information in a data
warehouse.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-04 Define the five major types of data-mining tools in a data warehouse environment.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
117. A(n) _____ displays key information gathered from several sources on a
computer screen in a format tailored to the needs and wants of an individual
knowledge worker.
digital dashboard
A digital dashboard displays key information gathered from several sources on
a computer screen in a format tailored to the needs and wants of an individual
knowledge worker.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-04 Define the five major types of data-mining tools in a data warehouse environment.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
118. A(n) _____ is a subset of a data warehouse in which only a focused portion of
the data warehouse information is kept.
data mart
A data mart is a subset of a data warehouse in which only a focused portion of
the data warehouse information is kept.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-04 Define the five major types of data-mining tools in a data warehouse environment.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Data Warehouses and Data Mining
119. _____ is the function in an organization that plans for, oversees the
development of, and monitors the information resource.
Data administration
Data administration is the function in an organization that plans for, oversees
the development of, and monitors the information resource.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-05 List key considerations in information ownership in an organization.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Information Ownership
Information sharing
Information sharing in your organization means that anyoneregardless of title
or departmentcan access and use whatever information he or she needs.
AACSB: Technology
Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 03-05 List key considerations in information ownership in an organization.
Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Information Ownership