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College of Engineering and Computing

Academic Year 2014 - 2015, Semester – Fall

Fundamentals of Information Systems / CIS 203 Section 1


Submission date : Tuesday, December 15, 2015 Total Marks: 50/5 Marks Obtained ……
MODEL ANSWERS Student ID: ___________________
Assignment 2

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Q 1. What is a database? 1 marks
a collection of integrated and related files CLO 2

Q 2. Match the terms on the left column to the right description on the right column of the next 11
table. marks
CLO 2
Term Match Description
Bit 6 1. basic building block of information
Byte 7 2. typically a name, number, or combination of characters
that describes an aspect of a business object or activity
Character 1 3. a collection of related data fields
Field 2 4. a collection of related records
Record 3 5. a collection of integrated and related files
File 4 6. a circuit that is either on or off
Database 5 7. eight bits

Term Match Description


Entity 9 8. field or set of fields in a record that is used to identify the
record
Attribute 10 9. a generalized class of people, places, or things (objects) for
which data is collected, stored, and maintained
Data item 11 10. characteristic of an entity
Primary key 8 11. value of an attribute

Q 3. Define the following terminologies: 5 marks


1. Entity-relationship (ER) diagrams CLO 2

data models that use basic graphical symbols to show the organization of and relationships
between data
2. Relational model

all data elements are placed in two-dimensional tables (relations), which are the logical
equivalent of files
3. Database Management Systems (DBMS)

a group of programs used as an interface between a database and application programs or a


database and the user

4. Data warehouse

collects business information from many sources in the enterprise

5. Data mining

an information-analysis tool for discovering patterns and relationships in a data warehouse


or a data mart

Q 4. Give an example of Single user and multiple user DBMS. 2 marks


CLO 2
MS access and Oracle 2/4

Q 5. What do the following acronyms stand for and what are they? 5 marks
SQL CLO 2

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