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Database Management Fundamentals
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. SQL Commands: Define tables - views - _____ - delete or insert info
Data Dictionary
to update
Element Content
MIN
2. Network node that acts as a repository - yellow pages - or clearing house for interfaces that are published by service providers
LIKE
Service Broker
ORDER BY
Foreign Keys
3. Command based way to ask the database a question
Forward Slash
Query
Hardware
Embedded SQL
4. Used with another comparison operator - values become inverted
Data Definition
Joins
Web Applications
Negation Operator
5. Aggregates Five Functions: COUNT - MAX - MIN - ___ - AVG
SUM
Embedded SQL
Subqueries
Primary Keys
6. The Web is ___________
Flat File
Information
Stateless
Attributes
7. Characterizes operation of a relational database
sp_help
Interactive SQL
DISTINCT
Joins
8. Table displayed in ascending order
Central Control of data
Database Management Systems (DBMS)
Information
ASC
9. Ensures data is correct casings
MAX
Joins
Object-Oriented Relational (OOR)
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
10. Command based way to ask the database a question
Functions
Stateless
LIKE
Query
11. Data that has been processed into a format that is understandable by its audience
accident
to update
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Information
12. Browser requests page - code is delivered - executed and done with
MIN
Database
Dynamic
Scripting
13. Changes the values in one or more selected rows of a table
Fields
DELETE
UPDATE
LIKE
14. Give the browser more specific information about that tag
Application Programmers
Service Requestor
Aliases
Attributes
15. Data that has been processed into a format that is understandable by its audience
COUNT
GROUP BY
Embedded SQL
Information
16. Considered the time that a user first accesses a page until a set of amount time - on the server - after their last activity or until the session is explicitly closed
Session
Shared
DISTINCT
Functions
17. Most valuable asset of a database system.
Central control of data
Data Elements
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Application Programers
18. Attribute in quotes
Equals Operator
FROM
Property
BETWEEN
19. Straight implementation of raw data formatted into rows and columns
Flat File
ESC
Web server
ASC
20. Used to combine one query to another
Subqueries
ASC
Shared
FROM
21. SQL Commands - Two Things Specify data interested in - Indicate the ________
accident
Central Control of data
Service Broker
INSERT INTO
22. Executes commands one at a time - results being displayed immediately
Service Broker
Interactive SQL
UPDATE
GROUP BY
23. Three Classes of Users: End Users - ____________ - Database Administrator (DBA)
DELETE
Application Programers
Application Programmers
Shared
24. Describe information in a tree styled format
Attributes
Hierarchial
Subqueries
DELETE
25. Three Basic Operations of SP - SR - SB: Publish - Find - ____
Database Management Systems (DBMS)
Web server
Bind
Structured Query Language (SQL)
26. Specifies the search condition is TRUE if the comparison is TRUE for every value that the subquery returns
SUM
Negation Operator
ALL
accident
27. Using product as intended for its audience
End Users
Database Administrator (DBA)
WHERE
Flat File
28. Used to combine one query to another
to update
Subqueries
Aggregate Functions
Application Programers
29. Two Subquery Cases:Subqueries that return a _______ - Subqueries that retun multiple values
single value
Interactive SQL
Closing tag
to update
30. Computer programs allowing website visitors to submit and retrieve data to/from a database over the Internet using their preferred web browser
Application Programers
Service Provider
Web Applications
WHERE
31. Data remains unchanged in database
Self Join
ORDER BY
Outer SELECT query
Persistent
32. Finds the lowest ACII value in column
MIN
Persistent
Negation Operator
Aliases
33. Data in database interacts & corresponds with other data
Integrated
Performance
Database
Embedded SQL
34. Cookies are more secure than______ - allowing travel on a website without loss of info
ESC
SELECT
hidden fields
Query
35. Table displayed in descending order
Object-Oriented Relational (OOR)
Bind
INSERT INTO
ESC
36. Limits the output of the established groups into the derived result table
Data Recovery & Concurrance
AVG
Web Browser
HAVING
37. Meaningful info related to database
Information
DELETE
Data
Closing tag
38. Practice of writing code into a webpage that is not directly visible to the user
Negation Operator
Word
ORDER BY
Scripting
39. Defines a new column
Hardware
Hierarchial
UPDATE
Calculated Column
40. Benefits of Databases:Compactness - Speed - Less Drudgery - Currency -__________
Central Control of data
Inner SELECT query
Dynamic
Dynamic
41. Two Subquery Cases:Subqueries that return a _______ - Subqueries that retun multiple values
single value
DISTINCT
SUM
Cookie
42. Attribute in quotes
Property
Data Recovery & Concurrance
ASC
Information
43. Finds the lowest constant value in a column
MAX
Hardware
INSERT INTO
accident
44. Cookie - Two Stages: Stored on user's computer - Automatically transferred from machine to _____
Scripting
DISTINCT
Web server
SELECT
45. Everything between the start and end tag
UPDATE
INSERT INTO
Stateless
Element Content
46. Practice of writing code into a webpage that is not directly visible to the user
WHERE
ORDER BY
Tags
Scripting
47. Selects from specific values in list
IN
ORDER BY
Precedence of Logical Operators
Structured Query Language (SQL)
48. 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.
Candidate Keys
Indexes
Fields
Object-Oriented Relational (OOR)
49. Considered the time that a user first accesses a page until a set of amount time - on the server - after their last activity or until the session is explicitly closed
Property
Service Requestor
Query
Session
50. A common language that could be used when accessing data from any database conforming to its standard - has Less than 30 commands
Central Control of data
MIN
Data Administrator (DAd)
Structured Query Language (SQL)