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1.

The data storage design activity is done in which phase of the Systems Development Life
Cycle?
A. Planning
B. Analysis
C. Design
D. Implementation
E. Evaluation
Ans: c

2. Which is NOT a type of database file?


A. Hierarchical databases
B. Relational databases
C. Object databases
D. Multidimensional databases
E. Federal database
Ans: e

3. The acronym for the standard language used to access data in relational databases is:
A. ERD
B. CRM
C. ERP
D. BPR
E. SQL
Ans: e

4. A type of relational database that is used extensively in data warehousing is:


A. Multidimensional databases
B. Visio databases
C. Brick-and-mortar databases
D. Stacking databases
E. None of the above
Ans: a

5. The most efficient tables (in terms of storage efficiency) in relational database management
systems:
Have duplicate data, especially for when more than one table is joined together for
A.
queries
B. Have no redundant data
C. Are denormalized
D. Have entire tables duplicated
E. Use plasma technologies
Ans: b

6. The most popular kind of database for applications development today is the relational
database.
A. True
B. False
Ans: a

7. Applications are of little use without the data that they support.
A. True
B. False
Ans: a

8. When moving from logical data models to physical data models, you should update your
CRUD matrix.
A. True
B. False
Ans: a
9. Although TJ did a lot of work normalizing the database so that it is in third normal form
(3NF), he may want to 'denormalize' it so that access might be faster.
A. True
B. False
Ans: a

10. Brian wants an e-commerce system to be able to do a lot of rapid processing – like search
for particular keywords in documents; return the price of an item; update quantities in the
shopping cart. He is probably building an Expert System.
A. True
B. False
Ans: b

NEW QUESTIONS:

1. Generally, the best way to optimize data storage for efficiency is:
a) Normalization
b) Redundancy
c) Null values
d) Insertion of hard returns <CR> after all fields
e) Through minimizing the data to be collected to no more than seven fields per table
Ans: a

2. Null values
a) Are valuable in database storage as they provide space for growth
b) Will be replaced with zeros when the tables are optimized
c) Threaten data integrity because they are difficult to interpret
d) Only exist in multidimensional databases
e) Have been outlawed by California and six other states
Ans: c

3. Which is not an element of a CRUD matrix?


a) Combine or join
b) Update or refresh
c) Erase or delete
d) Read or retrieve
e) Make or create
Ans: a
4. Changing the logical data model into a physical data model is one of the activities of
data storage design.
a. True
b. False
Ans: a

5. One of the goals of the data storage design activity in the Design Phase of the SDLC is
to revise logical use cases into physical use cases.
a. True
b. False
Ans: b

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