Exam 10: Database Management

In managing a company's database, the ____________________ requires a technical inside view of data.

Figure 10-4 As shown in Figure 10-4, SQLs have a graphical user interface that assists users with retrieving data.

What is a data type? List the data types commonly found in a database.

In a file processing system, the records in one file always relate to the records in other files.

Popular data models in use today include all of the following except ____.

Although a query language can be used for other purposes, most users only ____ data with a query language.

Commonly used methods to retrieve and maintain data include all of the following except ____.

Accessible information ____.

A(n) ____ program interacts with a DBMS, which in turn interacts with the database.

Figure 10-2 In the database pictured in Figure 10-2, a(n) ____________________ is a combination of one or more related characters or bytes and is the smallest unit of data a user accesses.

A ____ stores data about engineering, architectural, and scientific designs.

In a(n) ____________________, the DBMS uses the log to reenter changes made to a database since the last save or backup.

Discuss at least four strengths of the database approach.

A data model defines how the operating system actually arranges the data on the disk.

Figure 10-1 A user of a relational database, such as that pictured in Figure 10-1, refers to a record as a ____.

The DA does all of the following except ____.

Data integrity is important because computers and people use information to make decisions and take actions.

Some databases are called ____________________ because they combine features of the relational and object-oriented data models.

A(n) ____________________ stores data in dimensions.

A(n) ____________________ is an application appropriate for an object-oriented database that contains text links to other types of documents.