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Chapter 4 Auditing Database Systems (Multiple Choice)

The document discusses auditing database systems. It covers topics such as data management tasks, database models, database administration responsibilities, database security, and database backup and recovery. Multiple choice questions are provided about these topics.

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Chapter 4 Auditing Database Systems (Multiple Choice)

The document discusses auditing database systems. It covers topics such as data management tasks, database models, database administration responsibilities, database security, and database backup and recovery. Multiple choice questions are provided about these topics.

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Ch4: AUDITING DATABASE SYSTEMS

Multiple choice

All of the following are basic data management tasks Data attribution
except: A) data deletion
The task of searching the database to locate a stored Data retrieval
record for processing is called: A) data deletion
Which of the following is not a problem usually Restricting access to data to the primary user
associated with the flat-file approach to data
management? A) data redundancy
Which characteristic is associated with the database Data sharing
approach to data management? A) data sharing
Which characteristic is not associated with the The inability to determine what data is available
database approach to data management? A) the
ability to process data
The textbook refers to four interrelated components The conceptual database
of the database concept. Which of the following is
not one of the components? A) the database manag
Which of the following is not a responsibility of the Ensure that the internal schema and external
database management system? A) provide an schema are consistent
interface between
A description of the physical arrangement of records The internal view
in the database is: A) the internal view
Which of the following may provide many distinct The user view
views of the database? A) the schema
Users access the database: A) by direct query By direct query
The data definition language: A) identifies, for the identifies, for the database management system, the
database management system, the
The data manipulation language: A) defines the Enables application programs to interact w/ &
database to the database man manipulate the database
Which statement is not correct? A query language Requires user familiarity with COBOL
like SQL: A) is written in a fourth-generati
Which duty is not the responsibility of the database To design application programs
administrator? A) to develop and maintain the
In a hierarchical model: A) links between related The way to access data is by following a predefined
records are implicit data path
Which term is not associated with the relational Collision
database model? A) tuple
In the relational database model: A) relationships are Data is presented on two-dimensional tables
explicit
In the relational database model all of the following Only one-to-many relationships can be supported
are true except: A) data is presented to users as tables
In a relational database: A) the user's view of the Users perceive that they are manipulating a single
physical database is the same as table
Which of the following is not a common form of Sequential
conceptual database model? A) hierarchical
Which statement is false? A) The DBMS is special The DBMS does not control access to the database
software that is programmed to know
All of the following are elements of the DBMS which Data access language
facilitate user access to the database except: A) query
language
Which of the following is a level of the database that All are levels or views of the database
is defined by the data definition language? A) user
view
An example of a distributed database is: A) partitioned database
partitioned database
Data currency is preserved in a centralized database Using a lockout procedure
by: A) partitioning the database
Which procedure will prevent two end users from Data lockout
accessing the same data element at the same time? A)
data redundancy
The advantages of a partitioned database include all Data transmission volume is increased
of the following except: A) user control is enhanced
A replicated database is appropriate when: A) there is There exists a high degree of data sharing and no
minimal data sharing among primary user
What control maintains complete, current, and Concurrency control
consistent data at all information processing units? A)
deadlock control
Data concurrency: A) is a security issue in partitioned Is implemented using timestamping
databases
All of the following are advantages of a partitioned Deadlocks are eliminated
database except: A) increased user control by having
the data stored locally
Which backup technique is most appropriate for grandparent-parent-child approach
sequential batch systems? A) grandparent-parent-
child approach
When creating and controlling backups for a The more significant the data, the greater the
sequential batch system,: A) the number of backup number of backup versions
versions retained depends on the amount of data in
the file
In a direct access file system: A) backups are created Files are backed up immediately before an update
using the grandfather-father-son approach run
Which of the following is not an access control in a antivirus software
database system? A) antivirus software
Which of the following is not a basic database Database authority table
backup and recovery feature? A) checkpoint
Audit objectives for the database management system verifying that the security group monitors & reports
include all of the following except: A) verifying that on fault tolerance violations
the security group monit
All of the following tests of controls will provide Reconciling program version numbers
evidence that access to the data files is limited
except: A) inspecting biometric controls
Which of the following is not a test of access Backup controls
controls? A) biometric controls
To preserve the confidentiality and integrity of the Inference controls
database requires: A) biometric devices

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