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Database Management Fundamentals

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Network node that acts as a repository - yellow pages - or clearing house for interfaces that are published by service providers






2. Allows data recovery in case of corruption or loss






3. Closed in the start tag by adding a slash to the start tag






4. Essentially a collection of services that communicate with eachother






5. Aggregates Five Functions: COUNT - MAX - MIN - ___ - AVG






6. Looks like opening tag - but with a forward slash






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






8. Allow useres to retrieve data and interact with content located on web pages within website






9. Allows use of single or multiple character wildcards with the underscore or percent symbol






10. Large structured set of persistent data






11. Concatenated in SQL Server Database software using the addition symbol






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






13. Two Subquery Cases:Subqueries that return a _______ - Subqueries that retun multiple values






14. Meaningful info related to database






15. SQL finds and retrieves date






16. 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.






17. Identifies columns to appear in the result






18. Interact and manipulates the data in the database






19. A common language that could be used when accessing data from any database conforming to its standard - has Less than 30 commands






20. Give the browser more specific information about that tag






21. Selects from specific values in list






22. Grant acces and control to only specific information






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






24. Table displayed in descending order






25. Software system designed to support interface for a software asset that manages a specific set of tasks






26. System that is composed of a Certificate Authority - certificates - software - services and other cryptographic components to enable authenticity and validation of data and/or entities






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






28. Specifies the tables or views from which rows and columns are retrieved






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






30. Everything in enviroment becomes an object - expands on Priniples of relational databases






31. Command used to show the attributes that define a table.






32. Three Basic Operations of SP - SR - SB: Publish - Find - ____






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






34. A common language that could be used when accessing data from any database conforming to its standard - has Less than 30 commands






35. SQL finds and retrieves date






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






37. Uniquely identify each record in the table and are chosen at the time of table creation. It is recommended that you use a variable such as a Social Security for this.






38. Join a table to a copy of itself






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






40. Used to close a tag properly






41. Ensures data is correct casings






42. Change order of rows in result table






43. Text markups that form an element" sort of a "box" to hold things like text and other elements






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






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






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






47. Finds the lowest ACII value in column






48. Changes the values in one or more selected rows of a table






49. Ensures data is correct casings






50. One huge database to hold all data; Access to data - and use of system to add - update & print records