Exam 1: Data: the New Corporate Resource

Data is a corporate resource.

All magnetic disks are non-removable.

Grand Travel Airlines has decided to build a database to help it manage its operations. It is interested in keeping track of its airplanes, the airports to which they fly, its passengers and the trips they have taken, its employees, and data about the maintenance of its airplanes. a. Using this introductory description of (and hints about) the Grand Travel Airlines, make a list of the things in the company's environment about which you think the company would want to maintain data. b. How can Grand Travel Airlines use this data to improve its operations and gain a competitive advantage?

The pebbles-in-the-pouch technique used by ancient Middle Eastern shepherds to keep track of their sheep was a primitive example of data storage and retrieval.

In ancient times, hollow clay vessels with descriptively marked clay tokens sealed in them were primitive examples of annual reports.

The data processing equipment that Herman Hollerith developed for the 1890 U.S. census used _____ as a data storage medium.

Optical disk technology is based on _____.

Jacquard's loom included the invention of magnetic tape for data storage.

The efficient storage and access of data is challenged by increasing data volumes and decreasing numbers of people who want access to the data.

A database management system is software that is designed to handle large amounts of data efficiently.

All of the following are challenges to the efficient storage and access of data, except _____.