Understanding Data Bases and Information Management Chapter 5 Quiz

Understanding the organization’s data and how they should be represented in a ______ is perhaps the most important lesson you can learn from this course.

Database - Is an organized collection of related information about any subject. - A DB does not have to be kept on a ______.

For example, telephone directory, train timetable, etc. These are all examples of ______ based DB.

One of the most successful databases in modern history is the ______ book.

The telephone book is a collection of records on people and businesses who have ______.

Prior to the development of digital databases, a business would use large filing cabinets filled with ______ files.

An application such as ORACLE or SQL or M/S Access that enables you to create and manage a database on a computer is called a Database Management system (______).

In a relational database, a field (or combination of fields) in a database record that is used to identify that record quickly is called a ______.

A collection of records that contain the same fields is called a ______.

Databases are made up of a number of related tables in a ______.

An organized collection of related files / information about any subject is called a ______.

The space where data or information is held in a database is called a ______.

The kind of data that may be entered into fields is controlled by the ______.

One complete set of fields relating to the same item is called a ______.

A field (or combination of fields) in a database record that is used as a primary key for another table is called a ______.

In a flat ______, full customer details, including the customer name, address, contact person, phone number, etc must be entered into the ______ each time an order is received.