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Business English for IT l Topic: English for Database Administration (DBA) 4

Choose the correct response to complete each of the following sentences:

1. I'm responsible for __________________ which data fields will be used.

a) deciding b) decision c) dedicating

2. Make sure that your field names are unique and __________________.
a) describing b) descriptive c) deceptive

3. Your field names are too vague - they need to be more __________________.
a) specified b) spec-sheet c) specific

4. The __________________ ( = first/original) value was 0.

a) initial b) inert c) invalid

5. A SQL statement can be used to __________________ ( = get information from) a database.

a) question b) ask c) query

6. Do you know how to __________________ ( = divide) a field into multiple fields?

a) spit b) split c) spot

7. Would you like to update these values for all records, or only those records that meet a specified
__________________ ( = rule, value).
a) criteria b) interior c) crater

8. It might not be the __________________ ( = normal, accepted) way of doing things, but it works.
a) conditional b) conventional c) conceptual

9. The symbol ">" usually means "__________________".

a) bigger like b) greater than c) bigger than

10. Many databases are made up of __________________ (which are vertical) and rows (which are
horizontal).
a) colons b) calluses c) columns

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Business English for IT l Topic: English for Database Administration (DBA) 4

ANSWERS:
1) a 2) b 3) c 4) a 5) c 6) b 7) a 8) b 9) b 10) c