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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. Practice of writing code into a webpage that is not directly visible to the user
Flat File
Scripting
Service Requestor
to update
2. Data that has been processed into a format that is understandable by its audience
Aliases
Database
Information
WHERE
3. Meaningful info related to database
Data Recovery & Concurrance
Data Administrator (DAd)
Data
Database Administrator (DBA)
4. Text markups that form an element" sort of a "box" to hold things like text and other elements
ORDER BY
AVG
MIN
Tags
5. Some form of output - usually - printed - containing information
Tables
Application Programers
Application Programers
Report
6. Supplies value for the search condition of the SELECT statement containing it
Outer SELECT query
Inner SELECT query
DELETE
Web Browser
7. Specifies the tables or views from which rows and columns are retrieved
Inner SELECT query
FROM
Service Broker
*
8. Three Classes of Users: End Users - ____________ - Database Administrator (DBA)
to update
Application Programmers
Performance
ORDER BY
9. Writes programs that use or allow acces to databse with specific purpose
Calculated Column
Inner SELECT query
Service Requestor
Application Programers
10. Command based way to ask the database a question
Web Applications
Functions
Query
Comparison Operators
11. Definition of commands it can do
Data Definition
Hierarchial
Indexes
Data
12. Turns plain text documents into full multimedia and often interactive information resources. _________ forms the building blocks of every webpage
ORDER BY
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Empty Elements
WHERE
13. Finds the lowest ACII value in column
BETWEEN
Data Recovery & Concurrance
MIN
Embedded SQL
14. One huge database to hold all data; Access to data - and use of system to add - update & print records
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
Scripting
Database Management Systems (DBMS)
Data
15. A common language that could be used when accessing data from any database conforming to its standard - has Less than 30 commands
Interactive SQL
Central control of data
Structured Query Language (SQL)
GROUP BY
16. Executes commands one at a time - results being displayed immediately
Interactive SQL
Outer SELECT query
Shared
Candidate Keys
17. Changes the values in one or more selected rows of a table
Tags
Foreign Keys
Service Requestor
UPDATE
18. Computer equipment -Fixed Storage Media - Removeable Storage Media - System Memory - and the Processor
Hardware
Information
Application Programmers
Web Browser
19. Used in a SELECT clause in place of a column
Query
Web Applications
Calculated Column
Aggregate Functions
20. Essentially a collection of services that communicate with eachother
Closing tag
Joins
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
SELECT
21. Columns may be specified for the result table by following the column name with a speace and the alias in the SELECT clause
Data Dictionary
AVG
WHERE
Aliases
22. Basic Component of SQL
Tables
Central control of data
ASC
Database Administrator (DBA)
23. Ongoing record of data reflecting the info defining the database
BETWEEN
Comparison Operators
Data Dictionary
SUM
24. Change order of rows in result table
Central Control of data
Flat File
ORDER BY
SELECT
25. Cookies are more secure than______ - allowing travel on a website without loss of info
SUM
Data Elements
SUM
hidden fields
26. SQL Commands - Two Things Specify data interested in - Indicate the ________
GROUP BY
Views
IN
accident
27. Allows use of single or multiple character wildcards with the underscore or percent symbol
Database Management Systems (DBMS)
Inner SELECT query
Central Control of data
LIKE
28. Used to close a tag properly
Database
Views
Bind
Forward Slash
29. Decides what data is stored in the databse and the manner it is stored
Foreign Keys
Subqueries
Data Administrator (DAd)
sp_help
30. Has the highest precedence - followed by the AND - OR
NOT
Web server
Session
to update
31. Command based way to ask the database a question
Query
Outer SELECT query
GROUP BY
Users
32. Characterizes operation of a relational database
DISTINCT
Views
Joins
Calculated Column
33. Limits the output of the established groups into the derived result table
Subqueries
Database
Comparison Operators
HAVING
34. Grant acces and control to only specific information
Shared
Outer SELECT query
NOT
Views
35. Data that has been processed into a format that is understandable by its audience
Information
Joins
Subquery
Attributes
36. Data in database has ability to be accessed and manipulated by several users
Property
Relational
Shared
Property
37. Tally of how many rows meet criteria specified
SUM
COUNT
Service Provider
ORDER BY
38. A common language that could be used when accessing data from any database conforming to its standard - has Less than 30 commands
Structured Query Language (SQL)
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
Application Programers
ESC
39. Describe information in a tree styled format
Hardware
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Hierarchial
Object-Oriented Relational (OOR)
40. Allows data recovery in case of corruption or loss
Data Recovery & Concurrance
Application Programers
BETWEEN
Data Manipulation
41. Uses two values as limits - selecting any values between the two of them
Forward Slash
hidden fields
Data Administrator (DAd)
BETWEEN
42. File stored on a user's machine that contains infor about application
Aggregate Functions
Property
Cookie
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
43. Network node that acts as a repository - yellow pages - or clearing house for interfaces that are published by service providers
Service Broker
SELECT
Relational
HAVING
44. Table displayed in ascending order
Precedence of Logical Operators
ASC
LIKE
End Users
45. Change order of rows in result table
ORDER BY
Query
Opening tag
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
46. Definition of commands it can do
Data Definition
Hardware
Session
Word
47. Give the browser more specific information about that tag
FROM
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
to update
Attributes
48. Interact and manipulates the data in the database
Report
Data Manipulation
ALL
Data Elements
49. One huge database to hold all data; Access to data - and use of system to add - update & print records
BETWEEN
Database Management Systems (DBMS)
Closing tag
Indexes
50. SELECT statment containing the nested query
Outer SELECT query
Embedded SQL
Web Browser
IN