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Database Management Fundamentals

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Change order of rows in result table






2. Network node that acts as a repository - yellow pages - or clearing house for interfaces that are published by service providers






3. Create program files that include SQ after each command






4. Basic Component of SQL






5. Cookies are more secure than______ - allowing travel on a website without loss of info






6. Used to close a tag properly






7. Finds the lowest constant value in a column






8. Create program files that include SQ after each command






9. Data in database interacts & corresponds with other data






10. Browser requests page - code is delivered - executed and done with






11. Three Classes of Users: End Users - ____________ - Database Administrator (DBA)






12. File stored on a user's machine that contains infor about application






13. Some form of output - usually - printed - containing information






14. Allows data recovery in case of corruption or loss






15. Table displayed in descending order






16. SQL Commands: Define tables - views - _____ - delete or insert info






17. Ongoing record of data reflecting the info defining the database






18. Columns containing numbers only






19. Cookies are more secure than______ - allowing travel on a website without loss of info






20. Network node that discovers and invokes other software services to provide a buisness solution






21. Essentially a collection of services that communicate with eachother






22. Turns plain text documents into full multimedia and often interactive information resources. _________ forms the building blocks of every webpage






23. Software system designed to support interoperable machine - to - machine interaction over a network






24. Uses two values as limits - selecting any values between the two of them






25. Ongoing record of data reflecting the info defining the database






26. Used to combine one query to another






27. SQL Commands - Two Things Specify data interested in - Indicate the ________






28. Decides what data is stored in the databse and the manner it is stored






29. Identifies columns to appear in the result






30. Supplies value for the search condition of the SELECT statement containing it






31. Network node that acts as a repository - yellow pages - or clearing house for interfaces that are published by service providers






32. Writes programs that use or allow acces to databse with specific purpose






33. Data that has been processed into a format that is understandable by its audience






34. Join a table to a copy of itself






35. Copies multiple records at the same time using a SELECT statement






36. Ensures functions are done efficiently






37. Flat File Examples: Excel Spreadsheets - _____






38. Ensures data is correct casings






39. Identifies columns to appear in the result






40. Large structured set of persistent data






41. Specifies the search condition is TRUE if the comparison is TRUE for every value that the subquery returns






42. Benefits of Databases:Compactness - Speed - Less Drudgery - Currency -__________






43. Three Classes of Users: End Users - ____________ - Database Administrator (DBA)






44. Attribute in quotes






45. Compares value of the column in the specified condition with the value specified






46. Combination of attributes that can be uniquely used to identify a database record and is generally the pool from which the primary key is chosen.






47. Straight implementation of raw data formatted into rows and columns






48. Data remains unchanged in database






49. Table displayed in descending order






50. Order in which WHERE clause is evaluated and combined