Exam 1: Introduction

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Microsoft Access is a low-end product intended for individuals and small workgroups.

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The purpose of a database is to:

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Sequenced Query Language (SQL)is an internationally recognized standard language that is understood by all commercial database management system products.

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Database professionals use ________ as specific data sources for studies and analyses.

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In an enterprise-class database system,reports are created by ________.

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Business organizations have resisted adopting object-oriented database systems because the cost of purchasing OODBMS packages is prohibitively high.

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A database consists of integrated tables,which store ________.

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In database systems,indexes are held by the database.

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In database systems,the DBMS ________.

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The database management system (DBMS)is responsible for inserting,modifying,reading,and deleting data.

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An online drugstore such as Drugstore.com is an example of a(n)________.

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In database systems,the DBMS enforces rules about which data can be written in certain columns.The rules are known as ________.

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The largest databases in e-commerce are the order entry databases.

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What are the three types of database design situations?

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The e-commerce companies use Web activity databases to determine which items on a Web page are popular and successful.

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dBase was the first PC-based DBMS to implement true relational algebra on a PC.

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The current DBMS engine in Microsoft Access is called ADE.

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Database design is important,and fortunately it is simple to do.

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What is "metadata" and how does it relate to the definition of a database?

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A database stores:

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