Data Resource Management: Chapter 5 Quiz

A database management approach is advantageous compared to a file processing approach in managing data resources of a business.

Data warehouses and data mining are examples of major types of databases.

Logical data elements are fundamental database structures.

Database development is one of the learning objectives of technical foundations of database management.

Database management software supports only the operations, not the management, of a business.

A character is represented by one bit.

A file is a group of related data records.

The relational structure is the most widely used database model today.

Encapsulation allows replication of some/all of the characteristics of a parent object in the creation of a child object.

Data Modeling (Entity-Relationship Diagrams) must be done after choosing the database model.

A field represents an attribute of some entity.

Relational structure allows many-to-many relationships.

A database is a collection of logically related data elements.

Metadata refers to data about the data.

The network structure is similar to the hierarchical structure but allows replication of some/all of the characteristics of a parent object in the creation of a child object.

A database management system is not required to structure and organize data resources in a logical manner for easy access, processing, and management.

Encapsulation does not allow replication of some/all of the characteristics of a parent object in the creation of a child object.

Data modeling (Entity-Relationship Diagrams) is not required before choosing the database model.

A file is not a group of related data records.

The relational structure is no longer the most widely used database model today.