1.

The first phase in the design of the new application for an existing database or design of a brand-
new database
a. Operators and maintenance personnel
b. Online transaction processing ( OLTP)
c. Requirements specification and analysis
d. Traditional database applications
2. The characteristic that allows program - data independence and program - Apparation
independence
a. Data abstraction
b. Canned transactions
c. Constructing
d. Physical design
1) high initial investment and hardware, software, and training
2) the generality that DBMS provides for defining and processing data
3) overhead for providing security, concurrency control, recovery, and integrity
functions
e. Naïve or parametric end-users
f. Sophisticated end users
g. Database administrator DBA
h. Overhead costs of a DBMS
3. Ensures that either all the database operations in a transaction or executed or none are
a. Canned transactions
b. Atomicity property
c. Economies of scale
d. Logical design
4. Main job function revolves around constantly querying and updating the database, using standard
types of queries and updates - called canned transactions - that have been carefully programmed
and tested
a. Overhead costs of a DBMS
b. Naïve or parametric end-users
c. Isolation property
d. Program - data Independence
5. Self describing nature, insulation between programs and data & data abstraction, support of
multiple views of the data, sharing of data and multiuser transaction processing
a. Main characteristics of a database
b. Operators and maintenance personnel
c. Naïve or parametric end-users
d. Sophisticated end users
6. Standard types of queries and updates that have been carefully programmed and tested
a. Canned transactions
 b. Data abstraction
c. Economies of scale
d. Casual end users
7. Data of the same type
a. Database
b. Data type
c. Data model
d. Data records
8. Not only SQL in systems that manage large amounts of data, some of the data is stored using
SQL systems, whereas other data would be stored using NOSQL , depending on the application
requirements
a. NOSQL
b. Manipulating
c. False
d. True
9. The process of storing the data on some storage medium that is controlled by the DBMS
a. Manipulating
b. Transaction
c. Data abstraction
d. Constructing
10. A computerized system that enables users to create an maintain a database. the DBMS is a
general purpose software system that facilitates the process of defining, constructing,
manipulating, and sharing databases among various users in applications
a. False
b. Data
c. DBMS
d. NOSQL
11. In this type of database application, Most of the information that is stored and accessed is either
textual or numeric
a. Operation interface
b. Traditional database applications
c. Operators and maintenance personnel
d. Isolation property
12. The people whose jobs require access to the database for querying, updating, and generating
reports
a. End users
b. False
c. System analyst
d. Meta-data
13. Ensures that concurrent transactions operate correctly and efficiently
a. Atomicity property
b. Real - time and active database technology
c. Geographic information systems (G I S)
d. Online transaction processing ( OLTP)
14. Determine the requirements of end-users, especially naïve and parametric end users, and
develop specifications for standard canned transactions that meet these requirements
a. System analyst
b. Isolation property
c. Manipulating
d. System protection
15. New types of database systems they have been created to manage data for social media
applications
a. Transaction
b. Physical design
c. Big data
d. Logical design
1) controls redundancy 2) restricts unauthorized access 3) provides persistent
storage for program objects
4) provide storage structures and search techniques for efficient query
processing
5) provides back up & recovery
6) provides multiple user interfaces
7) represents complex relationships among data
8) enforces integrity constraints
9) permits inference and actions using rules and triggers
e. Advantages of using the DBMS approach
f. Real - time and active database technology
g. Database administrator DBA
h. Operators and maintenance personnel
16. May cause some dated to be read and some dated to be written into the database
a. Virtual data
b. Data model
c. Logical design
d. Transaction
17. A collection of related data
a. Database
b. Data elements
c. Data records
d. Data model
18. The DBMS software includes application programs and queries
 a. True
b. Data
c. Transaction
d. False
19. Consolidation of data and applications, thus reducing the amount of wasteful overlap between
activities and applications
a. Canned transactions
b. Economies of scale
c. Operation interface
d. Conceptual design
20. A representation that does not include many of the details of how the data is stored or how the
operations are implemented. Informally, a data model is a type of data abstraction that is used to
provide this conceptual representation.
a. Overhead costs of a DBMS
b. Conceptual representation
c. Sophisticated end users
d. Conceptual design
21. The DBMS software includes software to process queries and programs and software to access
store data
a. Big data
b. Physical design
c. Data abstraction
d. True
22. protection against unauthorized or malicious access
a. Security protection
b. Economies of scale
c. Isolation property
d. Atomicity property
23. Used to control industrial and manufacturing processes
a. Program - data Independence
b. Geographic information systems (G I S)
c. Operators and maintenance personnel
d. Real - time and active database technology
24. Can store and analyze maps, weather data, and satellite images.
a. Program - data Independence
b. Online transaction processing ( OLTP)
c. Operators and maintenance personnel
d. Geographic information systems (G I S)
25. Known facts that can be recorded and that have implicit meaning
 a. False
b. Data
c. Data model
d. Data type
26. Responsible for authorizing access to the database, coordinating and monitoring its use, and
acquiring software and hardware resources as needed. The DBA is accountable for problems
such as security breaches and poor system response time.
a. Overhead costs of a DBMS
b. Operators and maintenance personnel
c. Database administrator DBA
d. Database designers
27. Include engineers, scientists, business analyst, and others who thoroughly familiarize themselves
with the silkies of the DBMS in order to implement their own applications to meet their complex
requirements
a. Sophisticated end users
b. Properties of a database
c. Isolation property
d. Application programmers
28. A type of data abstraction that is used to provide a conceptual representation
a. Data records
b. Logical design
c. Data model
d. Virtual data

30 True/False questions
29. The design where further detailed specifications provided for storing in accessing the
database → Physical design
True
30. Users who maintain personal data bases by using ready-made program packages that provide
easy to use menu based or graphics based interfaces → End users
False
a. It should be → Standalone users
31. A database system includes users in programmers → False
True
32. Some aspect of the real world → Data elements
False
a. It should be → Mini world or universe of discourse (U0D)
33. The database definition or descriptive information stored in the DBMS in the form of a database
catalog or dictionary → Data type
False
a. It should be → Meta-data
34. Occasionally access the database, but they may need different information each time → Casual
end users
True
35. Data that is derived from the database files but is not explicitly stored → Logical design
False
 a. It should be → Virtual data
36. Storage capabilities on the web for managing all types of data including documents programs
images videos and emails → Economies of scale
False
a. It should be → Cloud storage
37. Specifying the data types, structures, and constraints of the data to be stored in the
database → Defining
True
38. The elements of the data record → Data elements
True
39. Responsible for the actual running in maintenance of the hardware and software and env for the
database systems → Database administrator DBA
False
a. It should be → Operators and maintenance personnel
40. represents some aspect of the real world, sometimes called the mini world databases is a
logically coherent collection of data with some inherent meaning 3. a database is designed, built
and populated with data for a specific purpose. It has an intended group of users and some
preconceived applications in which these users are interested → Overhead costs of a DBMS
False
a. It should be → Properties of a database
41. Typically causes some data to be retrieved → False
False
a. It should be → Query
42. Includes functions such as querying the database to retrieve specific data, updating the database
to reflect changes in the mini world, and generating reports from the data → Manipulating
True
43. A design that can be expressed in a data model implemented in a commercial
DBMS → Conceptual design
False
a. It should be → Logical design
44. They design and implement the DBMS modules and interfaces as a software package → System
analyst
False
a. It should be → DBMS system designers and implementors
45. The implementation of the operation is specified separately and can be changed without affecting
the interface. → Operation implementation or program-operation independence
True
46. Includes the operation name and the data types of its arguments or parameters → Operation
interface
True
47. Changes to the data does not require changing all programs that access it → Geographic
information systems (G I S)
False
a. It should be → Program - data Independence
48. Very large databases, used to support decision-making → Data model
False
a. It should be → Data warehouses and online analytical processing (0LAP)
49. The design where requirements are documented in detail → Conceptual design
True
50. A different perspective of the database → False
False
a. It should be → View
51. Ensures that each transaction appears to execute in isolation from other transactions, even
though hundreds of transactions may be executing concurrently → Sophisticated end users
False
a. It should be → Isolation property
52. Responsible for identifying the data to be stored in the database and for choosing appropriate
structures to represent and store this data → Database administrator DBA
False
a. It should be → Database designers
53. The type of the data elements → Data type
a. True
54. When he multiuser DBMS allows multiple users to access the database at the same time → End
users
False
a. It should be → Concurrency control
55. System protection against hardware or software malfunction → System protection
True
56. Implement these specifications as programs; then they test, debug, document, and maintain
these canned of transactions → Application programmers
a. True
57. Allows multiple users and programs to access the database simultaneously → Defining
False
a. It should be → Sharing
58. Design and implement tools the software packages that facilitate database modeling and design,
database system design, and improved performance → Cloud storage
False
a. It should be → Tool developers