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    Question 1. What are the main purposes of a database system?


    Answer:

     Storage of information.
     Retrieval of information quickly.
     Sorting, selecting data that satisfies certain criteria (filtering).
     Produce the report in some standardised and readable format.

    Question 2. How are fields, record and a table related to each other? Explain
    with the help of an example. CBSE 2007
    Answer: Fields are one type of information. A record contains logically related fields.
    A table Emp name contains logically related records.

    EmpNo Name Salary

    1. Shridhar 20000

    2. Raghav 40000

    Here EmpNo, Name and Salary are three different fields. 1, Shridhar, 20000
    represents one complete record.

    Question 3. What is the difference between ‘Rows’ and ‘Columns’ in a table?


    CBSE 2002
    Answer: In a table, rows are called records and columns are termed as fields. A row
    stores complete information of a record whereas column stores only similar data
    values for all records.

    Question 4. Distinguish between data and information. CBSE 2007


    Answer: Distinguish between data and information are as follows:

    Data Information
    It is a raw facts. It is a process form of data.

    It considers facts symbols, images for It considers knowledge derived from study, experience or

    reference or analysis. instruction.

    e.g. 23 is a data. e.g. age = 23 is information.

    Question 5. Define query in the context of database.


    Answer: A query is an inquiry into the database using the SELECT statement.These
    statements give you filtered data according to your conditions and specifications
    indicating the fields, records and summaries which a user wants to fetch from a
    database.

    Question 6. Define forms and what is the need of using them? CBSE 2006
    Answer: In a database, a form is a window or a screen that contains numerous
    fields or spaces to enter data. Forms can be used to view and edit your data. It is an
    interface in user specified layout.
    e.g. a user can create a data entry form that looks exactly like a paper form. People
    generally prefer to enter data into a well-designed form, rather than a table.

    Question 7. What do you understand by report?


    Answer: When you want to print those records which are fetched from your
    database, design a report. It is an effective way to present data in a printed format. It
    allows you to represent data retrieved from one or more tables, so that it can be
    analysed.

    Question 8. What do you mean by DBMS? CBSE 2004


    Answer: It is a collection of programs that enables users to create, maintain
    database and control all the access to the database. It is a computer based record
    keeping system. DBMS is a software package that manages database, e.g. MySQL,
    INGRES, MS-ACCESS etc.
    DBMS is actually a tool that is used to perform any kind of operation on data in
    database.

    Question 9. Define RDBMS.


    Answer: RDBMS is a type of DataBase Management System that stores data in the
    form of relations (tables). Relational databases are powerful, so they require few
    assumptions about how data is related or how, it will be extracted from the database.
    Question 10. A table named School (containing data of students of the whole
    school) is created, where each record consists of several fields including
    AdmissionNo (Admission Number), RollNo (Roll Number), Name. Which field
    out of these three should be set as the primary key and why? CBSE 2007
    Answer: AdmissionNo should be set as primary key because admission numbers
    are unique for each and every students of the school, which is not possible in the
    case with RollNo and Name.

    Question 11. What is the utility of primary key in database? Write distinct
    features of primary keys. CBSE 2013
    Answer: Primary key is used to uniquely identify the record in a database. It can be
    a column or a set of columns in the table. Main features of primary key are as
    follows:

    1. It must contain a unique value for each record of table.


    2. It does not contain null values.

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