Week-1 Introduction to Database Design and Management

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ASSESSMENT AND FEEDBACK SUMMARY

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1) What is a database?

2) What is data? What is information? How are they different?

3) Explain metadata with an example

4) What are file processing systems? List the drawbacks of File processing systems
5) What is the solution to file processing systems approach? List the advantages of this
approach

6) What are the drawbacks of database approach?

7) What is a DBMS? List the roles of DBMS

8) What are the components of the database environment?

9) What are the two approaches to database/systems development?
10) Explain relational model and the three main aspects of relational model