Database Management Systems Basics Quiz

The raw, unsummarized, and unanalyzed facts and figures.

A computer-based system that provides information and support for effective managerial decision making.

The hardware, software, telecommunications, database management, and other technologies used to store, process, and distribute information. (correct)

The process of converting data into meaningful context for the receiver.

Data and information both refer to the same thing.

Data is the process of converting information into a meaningful context, while information is raw facts and figures.

Data and information are interchangeable terms.

Data is raw, unsummarized, and unanalyzed facts and figures, while information is data converted into a meaningful and useful context for the receiver. (correct)

To provide information and support for effective managerial decision making.

To provide organization decision makers with decision models and specialized databases to support decision making. (correct)

To convert data into meaningful and useful context for the receiver.

To facilitate strategic decision making at the highest levels of management by providing executives with easy access to timely and relevant information.

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