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CIS Chapt 4 Quiz

The document contains 20 true/false questions about concepts related to databases and data management. Some key topics covered include flat file data structures, data redundancy, access control, relational database models, and schema. The questions test understanding of features and challenges of different data organization approaches.

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CIS Chapt 4 Quiz

The document contains 20 true/false questions about concepts related to databases and data management. Some key topics covered include flat file data structures, data redundancy, access control, relational database models, and schema. The questions test understanding of features and challenges of different data organization approaches.

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True or False

1. Flat-File is a data file that contains records with no structured relationships to other
files.
- TRUE

2. Which of the following is false about data redundancy?


a. it is the replication of essentially the same data in multiple files
b. it is the biggest problem encountered in the flat file approach
c. it causes problem in data storage, data updating, currency of information and
task dependency
d. if the user requests data that he or she is not authorized to access, the
request is denied

3. This is one of the features of Access Control. It contains rules that limit the actions a
user can take. This technique is similar to access control list used in the operating
system.
a. User View
b. Database Authorization Table
c. Data Encryption
d. Inference Controls

4. The database approach is most often associated with the so-called legacy system
- FALSE

5. The flat-file environment promotes a single-user view approach to data management


whereby end users own their data files rather than share them with other users
- TRUE

6. Flat-File approach centralizes the organization’s data into a common database that
is shared by the end users
- FALSE

7. This is one of the categories of controls over data management systems that are
designed to prevent unauthorized individuals from viewing, retrieving, corruprion, or
destroying the entity’s data.
a. Access Control
b. Flat File Environment
c. Check point Feature
d. Backup Control

8. Data Model is the set of record types an organization needs to support the business.
- FALSE

9. This defines the user's section of the database ㅡ the portion that an individual user is
authorized to access.
a. Conceptual View
b. Physical View
c. Subschema
d. Schema

10. Relational Model permits a child record to have multiple parents.


- FALSE

11. A fourth generation, nonprocedural language with many commands that allow users
to input, retrieve and modify data easily.
a. Data Manipulation Language
b. Record Language
c. Data Dictionary
d. Structured Query Language

12. Access Control is designed to prevent unauthorized individuals from viewing,


retrieving, corrupting or destroying the entity's data.
- TRUE

13. Which of the following is the basic record associations


a. One to all association
b. All to one association
c. One to one association
d. All to all association

14. Schema is the subset of the total database that defines the user's data domain and
provides access to the database
- FALSE

15. For each occurrence of Record Type X and Y, there are zero, one or many
occurrence of Record Type X and Y, respectively.
a. One to one association
b. Many to many association
c. Many to one association
d. One to many association

16. Deadlock Phenomenon helps to eliminate the concurrency problem in DBMS for
simultaneous transactions by locking or isolating a particular transaction to a single
user.
- FALSE

17. It is effective in companies where there exists a high degree of data sharing but no
primary user.
a. Distributed databases
b. Partitioned databases
c. Replicated databases
d. Centralized databases

18. The following are the key elements of the database environment, except:
a. Users
b. Database Administrator
c. Physical Database
d. Program Development

19. Logically related tables need to be physically connected to achieve the associations
described in the data model. This is accomplished by embedding the foreign key of
one table into the related table as a primary key.
- FALSE

20. What types of problems do data redundancy cause?


a. Increased data storage because the same data is stored in single files.
b. Decreased data storage because the same data is stored in multiple files.
c. Increased data updating because changes must be made to single files.
d. Problem of current data in some files, but not all files.

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