Short Quiz 004

1. Distributed database has three types such as partitioned, replicated and concurrent databases.
- False

2. Which of the following is not a function of the database administrator under operation and
maintenance?
a. Evaluate database performance
b. Establish programming standards
c. Reorganize database as user needs demand
d. Review standards and procedures

3. Which of the following is not an access control in a database system?

a. Voice prints
b. Passwords
c. Database authorization table
d. Antivirus software

4. The purpose of a data model is to represent entities and defining their attributes in a way that is
understandable to users.
- True

5. It is a description of the physical arrangement of records in the database.

a. The internal view
b. The external view
c. The conceptual view
d. The subschema

6. Which of the following may provide many distinct views of the database?
a. The internal view
b. The conceptual view
c. The schema view
d. The user view

7. The partitioned database approach splits the central database into segments or partitions that are
distributed to their primary users.
- True

8. Which characteristic is not associated with the database approach to data management?
 a. The ability to control access to the data.
b. Constant production of backups.
c. The ability to process data without the help of a programmer.
d. The inability to determine what data is available

9. Which of the following is not a problem usually associated with the flat-file approach to data
management?
a. Restricting access to data to the primary user
b. Data redundancy
c. Currency information
d. Data storage

10. Which of the following is a function of the database administrator under design?
a. Define data requirements
b. Internal view of databases
c. Evaluate new technology
d. Determine access policy