The document lists 5 types of users in a database system: systems administrators, database administrators, database designers, systems analyst and programmers, and end users. It also lists the 5 major parts of a database system as hardware, software, procedures, data, and people. Finally, it explains 3 functions of a DBMS: security management to enforce user security and data privacy, backup and recovery management to ensure data safety and integrity, and data storage management to create and manage complex data storage structures.
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Fundamentals Database Essay Quiz 1
The document lists 5 types of users in a database system: systems administrators, database administrators, database designers, systems analyst and programmers, and end users. It also lists the 5 major parts of a database system as hardware, software, procedures, data, and people. Finally, it explains 3 functions of a DBMS: security management to enforce user security and data privacy, backup and recovery management to ensure data safety and integrity, and data storage management to create and manage complex data storage structures.
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PART 2.
ESSAY
Answer the following:
1. Give the 5 types of users in a database system
Systems administrators Database administrators Database designers Systems analyst and programmers End users 2. Give the 5 Major Parts of the Database System Hardware Software Procedures Data People 3. Give and explain least 3 functions of a DBMS -Security management. The DBMS creates a security system that enforces. User security and data privacy. Security rules determine which users can access the database, which data items each user can access and which data operations the user can perform. -Backup and recovery management. The DBMS provides backup and data recovery to ensure data safety and integrity. -Data storage management – The DBMS creates and manages the complex structures required for data storage. DBMS provides storage not only for the data but also for related data entry forms or screen definitions, report definitions, data validation rules, and procedural codes.