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Name: Zaira Mae E.

Dungca Date: 5/14/2023

Accounting Information System - Quiz # 4 - Chapter 4:


Relational Databases
This quiz will test your knowledge and mastery of Chapter 4: Relational Databases. Choose the letter of the correct answer. For fill in the
blank questions, write your answer in BIG LETTERS (ALL CAPS). No acronym answers please.

1. Fill in the blanks points: 1


A DATABASE consolidates records previously stored in separate files into a common pool and serves a variety of users and data
processing applications.

2. Fill in the blanks points: 1


A DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (DBMS) is the program that manages and controls the data and the interfaces between
the data and the application programs that use the data stored in the database.

3. Fill in the blanks points: 1


The database, the DBMS, and the application programs that access the database through the DBMS are referred to as the
DATABASE SYSTEM (2 words).

4. Fill in the blanks points: 1


The DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR (DBA) is responsible for coordinating, controlling, and managing the database.

5. Fill in the blanks points: 1


A DATA WAREHOUSE (2 words) is one or more very large databases containing both detailed and summarized data for a number
of years that is used for analysis rather than transaction processing.

6. Fill in the blanks points: 1


Analyzing large amounts of data for strategic decision making is often referred to as BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (2 words).

7. Fill in the blanks points: 1


ONLINE ANALYTICAL PROCESSING(OLAP) is using queries to investigate hypothesized relationships among data.

8. Fill in the blanks points: 1


DATA MINING(2 words) is using sophisticated statistical analysis, including artificial intelligence techniques such as neural
networks, to “discover” unhypothesized relationships in the data.

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9. The Advantages of Database Systems points: 5

5 Data integration 1. Because data and the programs that use them are independent of each other, each can be changed
without changing the other.
2 Data independence
sharing 2. Integrated data are more easily shared with authorized users.

4 Minimal data redundancy and data inconsistencies 3. In a database system, relationships, such as the association
between selling costs and promotional campaigns, can be explicitly
defined and used in the preparation of management reports.
4. Because data items are usually stored only once, data
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redundancy and data inconsistencies are minimized.
3 Cross-functional analysis 5. Master files are combined into large “pools” of data that many application programs access.

10. Fill in the blanks points: 1


A RECORD LAYOUT (2 words) is a document that shows the items stored in a file, including the order and length of the data
fields and the type of data stored in an accounts receivable file.

11. Fill in the blanks points: 1


The LOGICAL VIEW (2 words) is how people conceptually organize and understand the relationships among data items.

12. Fill in the blanks points: 1


The PHYSICAL VIEW (2 words) refers to the way data are physically arranged and stored in the computer system.

13. Fill in the blanks points: 1


A SCHEMAis a description of the data elements in a database, the relationships among them, and the logical model used to
organize and describe the data.

14. Fill in the blanks points: 1


A DATA DICTIONARY (2 words) contains information about the structure of the database.

15. Fill in the blanks points: 1


A DBMS is characterized by the logical DATA MODEL (2 words), or abstract representation of database contents.

16. Fill in the blanks points: 1


A PRIMARY KEY(2 words) is the database attribute, or combination of attributes, that uniquely identifies a specific row in a table.

17. Fill in the blanks points: 1


A FOREIGN KEY (2 words) is an attribute in a table that is also a primary key in another table and is used to link the two tables.

18. Fill in the blanks points: 1


One way to design a relational database, called NORMALIZATION, begins by assuming that everything is initially stored in one
large table.

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19. Fill in the blanks points: 1
In an alternative design approach, called SEMANTIC DATA MODELING(3 words), the designer uses knowledge of business
processes and information needs to create a diagram that shows what to include in the database.

20. Fill in the blanks points: 1


A DELETE ANOMALY (2 words) occurs when deleting a row has unintended consequences.

21. Fill in the blanks points: 1


A REPORT WRITER(2 words) simplifies report creation.
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