MCQ FREAK A.

It is an integrated collection of
logically related records.
B. It consolidates separate files into
Q: ;Conceptual design ?
a common pool of data records.
A. Is a documentation technique.
C. Data stored in a database is
B. Needs data volume and
independent of the application
processing frequencies to determine
programs using it
the size of the database.
D. All of the above
C. Involves modelling independent of
the DBMS
Answer: Option D
D. Is designing the relational model.

Answer: Option C

Q: A report generator is used to ?

A. Update files.
B. Print files on paper
Q: The relational model feature is
C. Data entry.
that there ?
D. Delete files.
A. Is no need for primary key data
B. Is much more data independence
Answer: Option B
than some other database models
C. Are explicit relationships among
records
D. Are tables with many dimensions

Answer: Option D

Q: The way a particular application

views the data from the database
that the application ;uses is a ?
A. Module.
B. Relational model.
C. Schema.
Q: A relational database developer
D. Sub schema.
refers to a record as ?
A. A criteria.
Answer: Option D
B. A relation.
C. A tuple.
D. An attribute.

Answer: Option C

Q: The database environment has all

of the following components except:
?
A. Users.
Q: The property / properties of a B. Separate files
database is / are : ?
C. Database.
D. Database administrator

Answer: Option B

Q: Each of data files has a _____

that describe the way the data is
stored in the file.?
A. File structure
B. Records
Q: Related fields in a database are C. Fields
grouped to form a ? D. Database
A. Data file
B. Data record. Answer: Option D
C. Menu.
D. Bank.

Answer: Option B

Q: Primitive operations common to

all record management systems
include?
A. Print
Q: ;A logical schema ? B. Sort
A. Is the entire database. C. Look-up
B. describe data in terms of D. All of the above
relational tables and columns,
object-oriented classes, Answer: Option D
and XML tags.
C. Describes how data is actually
stored on disk.
D. Both (A) and (C)

Answer: Option A
Q: Which of the following is a
database administrator's function??
A. database design
B. backing up the database
C. performance monitoring
D. user coordination
Q: In tuple relational calculus P1 →
P2 is equivalent to ? Answer: Option D
A. ¬ P1 ∨ P2
B. P1 ∨ P2
C. P1 ∧ P2
D. P1 ∧ ¬P2

Answer: Option A
Q: Which of the following is not a Answer: Option B
logical data-base structure??
A. tree
B. relational
C. network
D. chain

Answer: Option D Q: Delete from r; r – relation This

command performs which of the
following action ??
A. Remove relation
B. Clear relation entries
C. Delete fields
D. Delete rows
Q: A report generator is used to?
A. update files Answer: Option B
B. print files on paper
C. data entry
D. All of the above

Answer: Option D

Q: To remove a relation from an SQL

database we use the ______
command.?
A. Delete
B. Purge
Q: Updates that violate __________ C. Remove
are disallowed.? D. Drop table
A. Integrity constraints
B. Transaction control Answer: Option D
C. Authorization
D. DDL constraints

Answer: Option A

Q: An attribute A of datatype
varchar(20) has the value
“Avi― . The attribute B of
datatype char(20) has value
Q: Insert into instructor values ―Reed― .Here attribute A has
(10211 ’Smith’ ____ spaces and attribute B has
’Biology’ 66000); What type ____ spaces.?
of statement is this ?? A. 3 20
A. Query B. 20 4
B. DML C. 20 20
C. Relational D. 3 4
D. DDL
Answer: Option A

Q: Which one of the following

provides the ability to query
information from the database and
to insert tuples into delete tuples
Q: The basic data type char(n) is a from and modify tuples in the
_____ length character string and database ??
varchar(n) is _____ length A. DML(Data Manipulation Langauge)
character.? B. DDL(Data Definition Langauge)
A. Fixed equal C. Query
B. Equal variable D. Relational Schema
C. Fixed variable
D. Variable equal Answer: Option A

Answer: Option C

Q: Which one of the following is used

to define the structure of the relation
Q: Select * from employee What deleting relations and relating
type of statement is this?? schemas ??
A. DML A. DML(Data Manipulation Langauge)
B. DDL B. DDL(Data Definition Langauge)
C. View C. Query
D. Integrity constraint D. Relational Schema

Answer: Option A Answer: Option B

Q: Create table employee (name Q: In SQL, which command(s)

varchar id integer) What type of is(are) used to issue multiple
statement is this ?? CREATE TABLE, CREATE VIEW, and
A. DML GRANT statements in a single
B. DDL transaction??
C. View A. CREATE PACKAGE
D. Integrity constraint B. CREATE SCHEMA
C. CREATE CLUSTER
Answer: Option B D. All of the above

Answer: Option B
 Q: In SQL, which command(s)
is(are) used to change a table's
storage characteristics??
Q: Database management systems A. ALTER TABLE
are intended to:? B. MODIFY TABLE
A. eliminate data redundancy C. CHANGE TABLE
B. establish relationships among D. All of the above
records in different files
C. manage file access Answer: Option A
D. maintain data integrity

Answer: Option D

Q: Goals for the design of the logical

schema include?
A. avoiding data inconsistency
Q: Subschema can be used to? B. being able to construct queries
A. create very different, personalized easily
views of the same data C. being able to access data
B. present information in different efficiently
formats D. All of the above
C. hide sensitive information by
omitting fields from the Answer: Option D
sub¬schema's description
D. All of the above

Answer: Option D

Q: Administrate supervision of
database activities is the
responsibility of the?
A. Database administrator
Q: In SQL, which of the following is B. DP Manager
not a data definition language C. DB Manager
commands?? D. DP administration
A. RENAME
B. REVOKE Answer: Option A
C. GRANT
D. UPDATE

Answer: Option D

Q: Report generators are used to?

A. store data input by a user dictionary
B. retrieve information from files D. monitoring performance
C. answer queries
D. both (b) and (c) Answer: Option A

Answer: Option D

Q: The master list of an indexed file?

A. is sorted in ascending order
Q: In SQL, which command(s) B. contains only a list of keys and
is(are) used to recompile a stored record numbers
function?? C. has a number assigned to each
A. SET FUNCTION record
B. SET STORED FUNCTION D. both (b) and (c)
C. ALTER FUNCTION
D. All of the above Answer: Option C

Answer: Option C

Q: Which command is used to select

distinct subject (SUB) from the table
Q: In order to use a DBMS, it is (BOOK)??
important to understand? A. SELECT ALL FROM BOOK
A. the physical schema B. SELECT DISTINCT SUB FROM
B. all sub-schemas that the system BOOK
supports C. SELECT SUB FROM BOOK
C. one subschema D. All of the above
D. both (a) and (b)
Answer: Option B
Answer: Option C

Q: The physical location of a record

Q: Which of the following is not the is determined by a mathematical
responsibility of the utilities formula that transforms a file key
component of DBMS software?? into a record location in?
A. creating the physical and logical A. a tree file
designs B. an indexed file
B. removing flagged records for C. a hashed file
deletion D. a sequential file
C. creating and maintaining the data
Answer: Option C

Q: A logical schema?
A. is the entire database
Q: In SQL, which command is used B. is a standard way of organizing
to select only one copy of each set of information into accessible parts
duplicable rows? C. describes how data is actually
A. SELECT DISTINCT stored on disk
B. SELECT UNIQUE D. All of the above
C. SELECT DIFFERENT
D. All of the above Answer: Option B

Answer: Option A

Q: It is more accurate to define a

_____ as a variety of different record
types that are treated as a single
Q: In order to use a record unit?
management system? A. Database
A. You need to understand the low- B. Table
level details of how information in C. Record
stored D. Flat File
B. You need to understand the model
the record management system Answer: Option A
uses.
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. All of the above

Answer: Option B

Q: Data encryption techniques are

particularly useful for?
A. reducing storage space
requirements
B. improving data integrity
Q: Queries to a database? C. protecting data in data
A. are written in English communication systems
B. can use aggregate functions like D. All of the above
SUM and COUNT
C. both (a) and (b) Answer: Option C
D. All of the above

Answer: Option B
 Q: Batch processing is appropriate
if?
A. a large computer system is
Q: A data dictionary doesn't provide available
information about:? B. only a small computer system is
A. where data is located available
B. the size of the disk storage device C. only a few transactions are
C. It allows a many-to-many involved
relationship D. All of the above
D. It is conceptually simple
Answer: Option D
Answer: Option B

Q: Which of the following is not true

Q: Which of the following is not an of the traditional approach to
advantage of the data-base information processing??
approach?? A. There is common sharing of data
A. elimination of the data among the various applications
redundancy B. It is file-oriented
B. ability to associate related data C. Programs are dependent on the
C. increased security files
D. program/data independence D. It is inflexible
Answer: Option D Answer: Option A

Q: What is the abbreviation used for

a software package that permits the
users to create, retrieve and Q: In SQL, the CREATE TABLE is
maintain records in a database?? used?
A. DASD A. to create a table, defining its
B. FMS columns, integrity constrains, and
C. EMMS storage allocation
D. DBMS B. to add a column/integrity
constraint to a table
Answer: Option D C. to redefine a column
D. to change a table's storage
characteristics

Answer: Option A
 A. the names of all fields in all files
B. the data types of all fields in all
files
C. the widths of all fields in all files
D. All of the above
Q: Which language has recently
become the de-facto standard for
interfacing application programs with Answer: Option D
relational database system??
A. Oracle
B. SQL
C. dBASE
D. 4GL

Answer: Option B Q: If a piece of data is stored in two

places in the database, then?
A. storage space is wasted
B. changing the data is one spot will
cause data inconsistency
C. it can be more easily accessed
D. both (a) and (b)
Q: A form can be used to?
A. modify records Answer: Option D
B. delete records
C. format printed output
D. All of the above

Answer: Option D

Q: A list in alphabetical order?

A. is in descending order
B. is in ascending order
C. is the result of a sort operation
D. both (b) and (c)
Q: A file that is organized in uniform
format is formally referred to as a Answer: Option D
_____ or a database file.?
A. Document
B. Database
C. Record
D. Structured data file

Answer: Option D Q: In SQL, the _____ command is

used to recompile a view?
A. COMPILE VIEW
B. DEFINE VIEW
C. CREATE VIEW
D. ALTER VIEW

Q: A data dictionary is a special file Answer: Option D

that contains?
 Q: The activity of a file?
A. is a low percentages of number of
records added or deleted from a file
B. if high, reduces processing
efficiency for sequential and
nonsequential files
Q: A _____ means that one record in
C. is a measure of the percentage of
a particular record type can be
existing records updated during a
related to many records in another
run
record type and vice-versa.?
D. refers to how closely the files fits
A. One-to-one relationship
into the allocated
B. One-to-many relationship
C. Many-to-one relationship
D. Many-to-many relationship Answer: Option A

Answer: Option D

Q: Data items grouped together for

storage purposes are called a?
A. record
Q: Related fields in a data base are
B. title
grouped to form?
C. list
A. data file
D. string
B. data record
C. menu
D. bank Answer: Option A

Answer: Option B

Q: Which of the following is a type of

DBMS software??
A. database manipulation language
B. query language
Q: Versatile report generators can C. utilities
provide? D. report writer
A. Columnar totals
B. Subtotals Answer: Option A
C. Calculations
D. All of the above

Answer: Option D

Q: Embedded pointer provide?

A. a secondary access path
B. a physical record key
C. an inverted index
D. All of the above

Answer: Option A

Q: The term _____ is sometimes

used to refer to a data file in which
all the records have the same record
format, that is, the same field
names, field lengths, and data
Q: The _____ command is used to types.?
allocates an extent for the table in A. Database
SQL? B. Table
A. MODIFY ALLOCATES C. Flat file
B. MODIFY TABLE D. Data structure
C. ALTER TABLE
D. REDEFINE TABLE Answer: Option C

Answer: Option A

Q: A multiple-form file management

system?
Q: A condition that led to the A. lets you define different forms for
development of databases was? different operations
A. a demand for more data to B. lets you create a look-up form
support information needs with an associated read-only
B. an increase in the amount of data password to prevent access by
handled by organizations unauthorized users
C. the proliferation of data files C. both (a) and (b)
D. All of the above D. allow you to entry data in all the
forms
Answer: Option D
Answer: Option C

Q: A _____ Contains fields of data

about one entity.?
A. Record Q: What software packages are
B. File commonly used for businesses that
C. Fields have to track extensive lists of
D. Document clients and inventory??
A. Special purpose packages
Answer: Option A B. Custom made programs
C. Single function application
packages
D. Data management packages
Q: If you want to organize a file in
Answer: Option D
multiple ways, it is better to _____
the data rather than to sort it.?
A. Delete
B. Update
C. Sort Key
D. Index

Q: One approach to standardizing Answer: Option D

storing of data?
A. MIS
B. structured programming
C. CODASYL specifications
D. All of the above

Answer: Option C
Q: The data-base environment has
all of the following components
except:?
A. users
B. separate files
C. data base
D. data-base administrator
Q: One data dictionary software
package is called? Answer: Option B
A. DB/DC dictionary
B. TOTAL
C. ACCESS
D. any of the above

Answer: Option A
Q: Characteristic(s) of a distributed
MIS structure is?
A. interactive sharing of the
workload
B. a multiprocessing environment
C. computers supporting local DP
Q: The modify operation is likely to operations
be done after? D. All of the above
A. Delete
B. Look-up Answer: Option D
C. Insert
D. All of the above

Answer: Option B

Q: Two files may be joined into a

third file if?
A. they have a row in common Answer: Option D
B. they have a field in common
C. they have no records with the
same value in the common field
D. both (b) and (c)

Answer: Option B
Q: Long-range planning report
produced in an MIS are primarily
designed for?
A. top management
B. middle management
C. lower management
Q: Which of the following contains a D. All of the above
complete record of all activity that
affected the contents of a database Answer: Option A
during a certain period of time??
A. report writer
B. query language
C. data manipulation language
D. transaction log

Answer: Option D Q: In any hierarchy of data

organization, the smallest entity to
be processed as a single unit is
called?
A. data field
B. data record
C. data file
Q: The designer of a form includes? D. database
A. filed designators
B. prompts Answer: Option A
C. data
D. both (a) and (b)

Answer: Option D

Q: A set of programs that handle a

firm's data base responsibilities is
called a?
A. Data Base Management System
(DBMS)
Q: The model for a record B. Data Base Processing System
management system might be? (DBPS)
A. handwritten list C. Data Management System (DMS)
B. a Rolodex card file D. All of the above
C. a business form
D. All of the above Answer: Option D
Q: The model for a _____ resembles Q: In SQL, which command(s)
the hierarchical model in many is(are) used to redefine an index's
respects.? future storage allocation?
A. Network database A. ALTER INDEX
B. Relational database B. REDEFINE INDEX
C. Distributed database C. MODIFY INDEX
D. Hierarchical database D. DO INDEX

Answer: Option A Answer: Option A

Q: With respect to data input, the Q: A _____ database does not use
most accurate description of batch pointers or physical links, but instead
control is? finds related records by examining
A. dividing documents to be entered the contents of fields.?
into batches A. Network
B. controlling the input of each input B. Hierarchical
clerk C. Relational
C. comparing to a pre-calculated D. Object-Oriented
figure the total of a data item
summed across a batch records put Answer: Option C
into the system
D. All of the above

Answer: Option C

Q: A _____ means that one record in

a particular record type is related to
only one record of another record
type.?
Q: Which of the following is a serious A. One-to-one relationship
problem of file management B. One-to-many relationship
systems?? C. Many-to-one relationship
A. difficult to update D. Many-to-many relationship
B. lack of data independence
C. data redundancy Answer: Option A
D. program dependence

Answer: Option D
 it the basic building block for a data
file.?
A. File structure
Q: When performing a look-up B. Records
operation using a form? C. Fields
A. you enter the search value into D. Database
the form
B. you look at each form sequentially Answer: Option C
until you see the one you want
C. you type the key in an entry line,
and the correct form is displayed
D. All of the above

Answer: Option A
Q: In SQL, the CREATE VIEW
command is used?
A. to recompile view
B. to define a view of one or more
tables or views
C. to recompile a table
Q: In SQL, which command is used D. to create a trigger
to create a database user??
A. ADD USER TO DATABASE Answer: Option B
B. MK USER
C. CREATE USER
D. All of the above

Answer: Option C

Q: A computer file contains several

records. What does each record
contain??
A. Bytes
B. Words
Q: In the DBM approach, application C. Fields
programs perform the? D. Database
A. storage function
B. processing functions Answer: Option C
C. access control
D. All of the above

Answer: Option B

Q: Which of the following is not

characteristic of a relational
database model??
A. tables
Q: A ____ Contains the smallest unit B. treelike structure
of meaningful data, so you might call
C. complex logical relationships
D. records
Q: The on-line, softcopy display a
Answer: Option B customer's charge account to
respond to an inquiry is an examples
of a?
A. forecasting report
B. exception report
C. regularly scheduled report
D. on demand report

Q: In SQL, which of the following is Answer: Option D

not a data Manipulation Language
Commands??
A. DELETE
B. SELECT
C. UPDATE
D. CREATE

Answer: Option D Q: An indexing operation?

A. sorts a file using a single key
B. sorts file using two keys
C. establishes an index for a file
D. both (b) and (c)

Answer: Option C

Q: If you want your database to

include methods, you should use a
_____ database.?
A. Network
B. Distributed
C. Hierarchical
D. Object-Oriented Q: A race condition occurs when?
A. Two concurrent activities interact
Answer: Option D to cause a processing error
B. two users of the DBMS are
interacting with different files at the
same time
C. both (a) and (b)
D. All of the above

Answer: Option A
Q: In SQL, which command(s)
is(are) used to create a synonym for
a schema object??
A. CREATE SCHEMA
B. CREATE SYNONYM
C. CREATE SAME
D. All of the above
Q: An audit trail?
Answer: Option B A. is used to make back-up copies
B. is the recorded history of
operations performed on a file
C. can be used to restore lost Answer: Option D
information
D. All of the above

Answer: Option B

Q: Which command(s) is(are) used

to enable/disable/drop an integrity
constraint in SQL??
A. DEFINE TABLE
Q: A database management system B. MODIFY TABLE
might consist of application C. ALTER TABLE
programs and a software package D. All of the above
called?
A. FORTRAN Answer: Option C
B. AUTOFLOW
C. BPL
D. TOTAL

Answer: Option C

Q: Which command(s) is(are) used

to redefine a column of the table in
SQL ??
A. ALTER TABLE
B. DEFINE TABLE
Q: The language used in application C. MODIFY TABLE
programs to request data from the D. All of the above
DBMS is referred to as the?
A. DML Answer: Option A
B. DDL
C. query language
D. All of the above

Answer: Option A

Q: A _____ means that one record in

a particular record type may be
related to more than one record of
another record type.?
A. One-to-one relationship
Q: In SQL, the ALTER TABLESPACE B. One-to-many relationship
command is used? C. Many-to-one relationship
A. to add/rename data files D. Many-to many relationship
B. to change storage characteristics
C. to take a tablespace online/offline Answer: Option B
D. to begin/end a backup
Q: Which of the following Q: In SQL, which command is used
command(s) is(are) used to to changes data in a table??
recompile a stored procedure in A. UPDATE
SQL?? B. INSERT
A. COMPILE PROCEDURE C. BROWSE
B. ALTER PROCEDURE D. APPEND
C. MODIFY PROCEDURE id) All of the
above Answer: Option A
D. None of the above

Answer: Option B

Q: A number of related records that

are treated as a unit is called?
A. file
Q: In a large DBMS? B. field
A. each user can "see" only a small C. data
part of the entire database D. batch
B. each user can access every
sub¬schema Answer: Option A
C. each subschema contains every
field in the logical schema
D. All of the above

Answer: Option A

Q: In SQL, which command is used

to add new rows to a table??
A. ALTER TABLE
B. ADD ROW
C. INSERT
Q: What name is given to the D. APPEND
collection of facts, items of
information or data which are related Answer: Option C
in some way??
A. Database
B. Directory information
C. Information tree
D. Information provider

Answer: Option A
Q: A list consists of last names, first
names, addresses, and pin codes if
all people in the list have the same
last and the same pin code, a useful
key would be?
A. the pin code
B. the last name
C. a compound key consisting of the
first name and the last name
D. All of the above

Answer: Option C Q: Updating a database means?

A. revising the file structure
B. reorganizing the database
C. modifying or adding record
occurrences
D. All of the above

Q: The main idea behind computer Answer: Option C

files is that it is convenient to?
A. arrange them
B. store information together
C. create them
D. access them

Answer: Option B Q: The logical data structure with a

one-to-many relationship is a :?
A. network
B. tree
C. chain
D. relational

Q: When you have finished entering Answer: Option B

information into a form?
A. the template is written to the data
file
B. the contents of the form are
written to the data file
C. the contents of the form can be
printed Q: The highest level in the hierarchy
D. All of the above of data organization is called?
A. data bank
Answer: Option B B. database
C. data file
D. data record

Answer: Option B

Q: In SQL, which command(s)

is(are) used to enable/disable all
triggers on a table??
A. ALTER TRIGGERS
B. ALTER TABLE Q: In SQL, GRANT command is used
C. MODIFY TRIGGERS IN TABLE to?
D. All of the above A. allow user to access databases
B. allow user to create databases
Answer: Option B C. grant system privileges, roles, and
object privileges to uses and roles Answer: Option A
D. choose auditing for specific SQL
commands

Answer: Option C

Q: A large computer information

system maintains many different
computer files. Which amongst them
is called a perpetual file??
Q: Which of the following is true of a A. Specialized file
network structure?? B. Log file
A. It is a physical representation of C. Master file
the data D. Update file
B. It allows a many-to-many
relationship Answer: Option C
C. It is conceptually simple
D. It will be the dominant data base
of the future

Answer: Option B

Q: Which command is used to

remove a table from the database in
SQL??
A. DELETE TABLE
B. DROP TABLE
Q: A form defines? C. ERASE TABLE
A. where data is placed on the D. UNATTACH TABLE
screen
B. the width of each field Answer: Option B
C. both (a) and (b)
D. All of the above

Answer: Option C

Q: Which of the following is not a

relational database??
A. dBASE IV
B. 4th Dimension
Q: A file produced by a spreadsheet? C. FoxPro
A. is generally stored on disk in an D. Reflex
ASCII text format
B. can be used as it by the DBMS Answer: Option D
C. can be used for graphic
D. All of the above
Q: A network schema?
A. restricts the structure to a one-to- record types, but a child record type
many relationship can have only one parent.?
B. permits many-to-many A. Network database
relation¬ships B. Relational database
C. stores data in tables C. Distributed database
D. All of the above D. Hierarchical database

Answer: Option B Answer: Option D

Q: When using a database Q: Sophisticated report generators

management system, the first thing can?
that you must do is to? A. print row-oriented reports
A. create a database file B. perform arithmetic operations
B. activate file editor C. selectively retrieve and print
C. load the software into your portions of a list
micro¬computer D. All of the above
D. keep a floppy disk in readiness
Answer: Option D
Answer: Option C

Q: To have a file hold a list, it is

Q: Which two files are used during necessary to?
operation of the DBMS?? A. identify the records in the list
A. query language and utilities B. identify the name, width and type
B. data manipulation language and of the fields of each record.
query language C. decide which fields will be used as
C. data dictionary and transaction sort or index keys
log D. All of the above
D. data dictionary and query
language Answer: Option D

Answer: Option C

Q: The PROJECT command will

create new table that has?
Q: In a _____ a parent record type A. more fields than the original table
can be linked to one or more "child" B. more rows than the original table
C. both (a) and (b) Answer: Option A
D. all the fields of master table

Answer: Option D

Q: What is the name given to the

database management system which
is able to handle full text data, image
data, audio and video??
A. Full media
B. Graphics media
Q: Which of the following hardware
C. Multimedia
components is the most important to
D. Hypertext
the operation of a database
management system??
Answer: Option C
A. high-resolution video display
B. printer
C. high speed, large-capacity disk
D. plotter

Answer: Option C

Q: An-owner-member set in the

CODASYL specifications may have?
A. only one owner but many owner
occurrences
B. only one member but many
member occurrence
Q: A database management system?
C. more than one member but only
A. allows simultaneous access to
one occurrence per member
multiple files
D. All of the above
B. can do more than a record
management system
Answer: Option A
C. is a collection of programs for
managing data in a single file
D. both (a) and (b)

Answer: Option D

Q: Which command is used to

remove an index from the database
in SQL??
A. DELETE INDEX
B. DROP INDEX
Q: A top-to-bottom relationship
C. REMOVE INDEX
among the items in a database is
D. ROLL BACK INDEX
established by a?
A. Hierarchical schema
Answer: Option B
B. Network schema
C. Relational schema
D. All of the above
 Q: In SQL, which command(s)
is(are) used to enable/disable a
database trigger??
Q: The files stored on a secondary A. MODIFY USER
stage device are composed of a B. CHANGE USER
hierarchy of data. What does a C. ALTER TRIGGER
record in a file contain?? D. All of the above
A. Bits
B. Characters
Answer: Option C
C. Data field
D. Schema

Answer: Option C

Q: The data dictionary tells the

DBMS?
A. what files are in the database
B. what attribute are possessed by
Q: The relational model uses some the data
unfamiliar terminology. A tuple is C. what these files contain
equivalent to a:? D. All of the above
A. record
B. field
Answer: Option D
C. file
D. data base

Answer: Option A

Q: Sort/report generators?
A. are faster than index/report
generators
B. require more disk space than
Q: If the record management system index/report generators
allows you to edit values before they C. do not need to sort before
are recorded on disk, you can? generating a report
A. correct spelling changes before D. both (a) and (b)
they are recorded
B. change the name of a field
Answer: Option B
C. change the width of a field
D. All of the above

Answer: Option A

Q: Periodically adding, changing and

deleting file records is called file?
A. Updating
B. upgrading
C. restructuring
D. renewing
Q: After you _____ a record, many
Answer: Option A
data management the environments
require you to issue a command to
save the changes you made.?
Q: In SQL, which command is used A. Delete
to make permanent changes made B. Update
by statements issue since the C. Sort key
beginning of a transaction?? D. Index
A. ZIP
B. PACK Answer: Option B
C. COMMIT
D. SAVE

Answer: Option C

Q: Data item characteristics that are

important in data management
include?
A. punctuation
B. language
C. spelling
D. width

Answer: Option D

Q: What is the language used by

most of the DBMSs for helping their
users to access data??
A. High level language
B. Query language
C. SQL
D. 4GL

Answer: Option B