Exam 11: Behind the Scenes: Databases and Information Systems

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Data staging consists of all of the following steps, EXCEPT ________.

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A data dictionary is also referred to as a(n) ________.

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Match each of the following terms to its definition:
2)natural language processing (NLP)
assists employees in day-to-day tasks and communication
1)office support system (OSS)
helps managers develop solutions for specific problems
4)decision support system (DSS)
communicates with computer systems using a natural spoken or written language
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2)natural language processing (NLP)
assists employees in day-to-day tasks and communication
1)office support system (OSS)
helps managers develop solutions for specific problems
4)decision support system (DSS)
communicates with computer systems using a natural spoken or written language
5)enterprise resource planning (ERP) system
software system that integrates multiple system data sources and ties together the various processes of an organization
3)management information system (MIS)
provides managers with timely and accurate information
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Normalization means that there are no data entry errors in a database.

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A(n) ________ provides a view of data fields to be filled in with appropriate labels to assist a user in entering data into the database.

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A(n) ________ check determines whether a required field such as LastName was filled in.

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Data mining analyzes and investigates large amounts of data with the intention of discovering significant patterns or trends.

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A group of related records is called a table.

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________ data are information about how users of a company's website move through the web pages.

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Match each of the following terms to its definition:
2)expert system
process by which great amounts of data are analyzed and investigated
5)data staging
attempts to create computers that think like humans
4)artificial intelligence
includes transforming data to fit into a data warehouse
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2)expert system
process by which great amounts of data are analyzed and investigated
5)data staging
attempts to create computers that think like humans
4)artificial intelligence
includes transforming data to fit into a data warehouse
1)data mining
process that extracts data from source databases, reformats the data, and stores them in a warehouse
3)data mart
software that tries to replicate the decision making of human specialists
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In a database, another term for a table is a(n) ________.

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Data redundancy ensures that the data contained in the database is accurate and reliable.

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A filter is limited to extracting data from a single table.

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In a relational database, a(n) ________ relationship indicates that a record that appears only one time in a table, may appear multiple times in a related table.

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When creating a data warehouse, ________ is is the process that extracts data from source databases, reformats the data, and stores them in the warehouse.

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