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The document contains multiple-choice and true/false questions related to database concepts, including roles of database users, data models, database schemas, and SQL. It covers topics such as the three-schema architecture, data independence, and the definition of SQL. The questions are designed to assess understanding of fundamental database principles and terminology.

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Lec02 MCQ

The document contains multiple-choice and true/false questions related to database concepts, including roles of database users, data models, database schemas, and SQL. It covers topics such as the three-schema architecture, data independence, and the definition of SQL. The questions are designed to assess understanding of fundamental database principles and terminology.

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IS.

220: Lecture 2
Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs)

1. Who is responsible for authorizing access to the database and monitoring its use?
a) Database Administrator (DBA)
b) Database Designer
c) End-user
d) System Analyst
2. Which category of database users focuses on developing and maintaining database
applications?
a) Database Administrators
b) End-users
c) System Analysts & Application Programmers
d) Database Operators
3. Which of the following is NOT a category of data models?
a) Conceptual data models
b) Physical data models
c) Structural data models
d) Implementation data models
4. A database schema is best defined as:
a) The actual data stored in a database
b) The description of a database structure
c) A backup of the database
d) A transaction log of the database
5. What does the term ‘Database State’ refer to?
a) The initial database structure
b) The content of a database at a specific moment in time
c) A database transaction
d) A database query
6. The main purpose of the three-schema architecture is to:
a) Store data in multiple databases
b) Separate user applications from the physical database
c) Reduce database storage space
d) Improve the speed of query execution
7. Which of the following levels in the three-schema architecture describes the physical
storage of data?
a) External schema
b) Conceptual schema
c) Internal schema
d) Logical schema
8. Which type of data independence allows changes in the conceptual schema without
affecting the external schema?
a) Physical data independence
b) Logical data independence
c) Conceptual data independence
d) Structural data independence
9. Which database language is used for defining the database schema?
a) Data Definition Language (DDL)
b) Data Manipulation Language (DML)
c) Query Language
d) Procedural Language
10. What does SQL stand for?
a) Structured Query Language
b) Simple Query Language
c) Sequential Query Language
d) Standardized Query Logic

True/False Questions

11. Database Administrators are responsible for database design and defining
constraints. (False)
12. The database schema frequently changes whenever the database is updated. (False)
13. End-users are the primary reason databases exist. (True)
14. Physical data models describe how data is stored internally in a computer system.
(True)
15. A schema diagram visually represents the structure of a database. (True)
16. The external schema in the three-schema architecture provides multiple user views
of data. (True)
17. Logical data independence means changing the physical storage structure without
affecting the conceptual schema. (False)
18. DDL (Data Definition Language) is used for database retrieval and updates. (False)
19. SQL was standardized by ANSI in 1986 and by ISO in 1987. (True)
20. The SELECT statement in SQL is used to retrieve data from a database. (True)

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