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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. Benefits of Databases:Compactness - Speed - Less Drudgery - Currency -__________
AVG
Central Control of data
Persistent
Users
2. Network node that discovers and invokes other software services to provide a buisness solution
Data Manipulation
Attributes
Database Management Systems (DBMS)
Service Requestor
3. Finds the lowest ACII value in column
Precedence of Logical Operators
SUM
MIN
hidden fields
4. Specifies the tables or views from which rows and columns are retrieved
Word
FROM
Central Control of data
Indexes
5. Order in which WHERE clause is evaluated and combined
Aggregate Functions
Report
Web Browser
Precedence of Logical Operators
6. Text markups that form an element" sort of a "box" to hold things like text and other elements
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Tags
Service Broker
Comparison Operators
7. Network node that acts as a repository - yellow pages - or clearing house for interfaces that are published by service providers
Tags
ASC
Service Broker
Property
8. Uses relationships between independent entities
End Users
Database Administrator (DBA)
Relational
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
9. Supplies value for the search condition of the SELECT statement containing it
Inner SELECT query
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
to update
Interactive SQL
10. Some form of output - usually - printed - containing information
Central Control of data
Session
Report
MIN
11. Averages the numeric values
ESC
AVG
Web server
Element Content
12. Data that has been processed into a format that is understandable by its audience
Hierarchial
Information
SUM
MIN
13. Data remains unchanged in database
Application Programers
Application Programmers
Persistent
Service Requestor
14. Concatenated in SQL Server Database software using the addition symbol
Fields
WHERE
Aggregate Functions
Property
15. Used to combine one query to another
Subqueries
*
Attributes
Word
16. Columns may be specified for the result table by following the column name with a speace and the alias in the SELECT clause
Aliases
SUM
Self Join
Subqueries
17. Data that has been processed into a format that is understandable by its audience
Information
Data Dictionary
Database Management Systems (DBMS)
Central Control of data
18. Ensures data is correct casings
Cookie
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
Relational
Report
19. Straight implementation of raw data formatted into rows and columns
Cookie
Flat File
NOT
Attributes
20. Finds the lowest constant value in a column
GROUP BY
Empty Elements
Object-Oriented Relational (OOR)
MAX
21. Defines a new column
Primary Keys
COUNT
Data Elements
Calculated Column
22. Computer programs allowing website visitors to submit and retrieve data to/from a database over the Internet using their preferred web browser
Bind
Views
Word
Web Applications
23. Copies multiple records at the same time using a SELECT statement
Comparison Operators
INSERT INTO
Web server
HAVING
24. Data in database has ability to be accessed and manipulated by several users
Shared
Calculated Column
Foreign Keys
Word
25. Three Classes of Users: End Users - ____________ - Database Administrator (DBA)
Service Requestor
MIN
Aggregate Functions
Application Programmers
26. Used with another comparison operator - values become inverted
Negation Operator
Candidate Keys
INSERT INTO
Shared
27. Closed in the start tag by adding a slash to the start tag
to update
Tables
Precedence of Logical Operators
Empty Elements
28. Ongoing record of data reflecting the info defining the database
Opening tag
Tables
Data Dictionary
Precedence of Logical Operators
29. 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.
MAX
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Element Content
Candidate Keys
30. Averages the numeric values
Tables
Cookie
AVG
Tags
31. Used with another comparison operator - values become inverted
Negation Operator
Relational
Central Control of data
Data
32. Meaningful info related to database
Central control of data
Data
Web server
Query
33. Essentially a collection of services that communicate with eachother
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
LIKE
Web server
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
34. Limits the rows that appear in the result mathcing a specified condition
Persistent
IN
WHERE
SELECT
35. Closed in the start tag by adding a slash to the start tag
Application Programmers
Performance
Empty Elements
MAX
36. Cookie - Two Stages: Stored on user's computer - Automatically transferred from machine to _____
Data
Web Service
Web server
Integrated
37. Attribute in quotes
UPDATE
BETWEEN
Property
Query
38. Ensures data is correct casings
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
Subqueries
Bind
Data Dictionary
39. Aggregates Five Functions: COUNT - MAX - MIN - ___ - AVG
Tables
SELECT
SUM
Comparison Operators
40. 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
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
Comparison Operators
HAVING
hidden fields
41. = - < - > - <= - >= - <> - !
Hardware
Joins
Comparison Operators
Subqueries
42. Everything between the start and end tag
Element Content
Opening tag
End Users
Database Management Systems (DBMS)
43. Changes the values in one or more selected rows of a table
Cookie
UPDATE
Bind
Outer SELECT query
44. Table displayed in descending order
ESC
Comparison Operators
Integrated
Application Programers
45. Most valuable asset of a database system.
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
WHERE
Central control of data
Object-Oriented Relational (OOR)
46. Looks like opening tag - but with a forward slash
Flat File
Tables
Object-Oriented Relational (OOR)
Closing tag
47. Allows data recovery in case of corruption or loss
Data Recovery & Concurrance
Bind
ALL
Session
48. Limits the output of the established groups into the derived result table
Self Join
UPDATE
SUM
HAVING
49. Create program files that include SQ after each command
Integrated
Comparison Operators
Embedded SQL
Candidate Keys
50. Writes programs that use or allow acces to databse with specific purpose
Data Administrator (DAd)
Indexes
Application Programers
Service Provider