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Select the correct order of complexity of the following data categories from least complex to most complex.
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| | A) | Field, character, file, record, database
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| | B) | Character, record, field, database, file
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| | C) | File, database, record, character, field
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| | D) | Character, field, record, file, database
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The particular field of a record that uniquely identifies each record is called the:
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| | A) | key field.
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| | B) | primary field.
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| | C) | master field.
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| | D) | order field.
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The technique used to calculate the address of a record in direct file organization is called:
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| | A) | thrashing.
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| | B) | morphing.
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| | C) | hashing.
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| | D) | directing.
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Special software that creates, modifies, and accesses database files is referred to as a:
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| | A) | database management system.
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| | B) | database dictionary.
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| | C) | data organizer.
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| | D) | data access manager.
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A network database is similar to a hierarchical database with the exception of this feature.
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| | A) | Query language
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| | B) | Many-to-many relationships
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| | C) | Parent and child nodes
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| | D) | One-to-many relationships
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Relations between data elements are represented by ______ in a relational database.
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| | A) | columns
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| | B) | key fields
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| | C) | tables
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| | D) | files
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One of the following is not an organizing element in an object oriented database.
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| | A) | Classes
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| | B) | Rows
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| | C) | Entities
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| | D) | Methods
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A database where data is stored in more than one location, often in different locations than where the users are located, is known as a:
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| | A) | distributed database.
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| | B) | network database.
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| | C) | decentralized database.
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| | D) | Internet database.
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A technique for searching special databases, called data warehouses, looking for related information and patterns is called:
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| | A) | data matching.
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| | B) | data query.
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| | C) | data banking.
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| | D) | data mining.
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If a user would want access to a restricted database to work on a special project, this is the person they would see to grant them access.
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| | A) | Data boss
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| | B) | Database administrator
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| | C) | Data overseer
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| | D) | Database executor
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education