Management Information System Quiz 3
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Mara Shaira SiegaManagement Information System Quiz 3
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Mara Shaira SiegaName: Course & Year: Score: July 31, 2018
MIS - Quiz#3
I. Multiple Choice. Encircle the best answer for each question. (Score x 2; 40 pts)
1. Statement 1 Sequential file structure enables you to read or write information anywhere in the file
Statement 2 Data models define how data is connected to each other and how they are processed and
stored inside the system.
a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE
2. Statement 1 Database is a systematically organized or structured repository of indexed information that
allows easy retrieval, updating, analysis, and output of data.
Statement 2 Physical data model represents how the model will be built in the database.
a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE
3. Statement 1 OLAP data is also organized hierarchically and stored in cubes instead of tables.
Statement 2 A schema is a logical view of data relationships needed to support specific end user
application programs that will access the database.
a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE
4. Statement 1 The data stored in a database is independent of the application programs using it and of the
types of secondary storage device on which it is stored.
Statement 2 The principal models of DBMS are hierarchical structure, network structure, and relational
structure.
a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE
5. Statement 1 Information are the principal resources of an organization.
Statement 2 A DBMS provides the language, called data manipulation language, for defining the database
objects on the three levels.
a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE
6. Statement 1 Data are logically organized into bits, fields, records, files, and databases.
Statement 2 Hierarchical structure allows many-to-many relationships among records.
a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE
7. Statement 1 OLAP is the process of analyzing data from different perspectives and summarizing it into
useful information.
Statement 2 The relational structure is the most popular of the three database structure.
a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE
8. Statement 1 Hierarchical structure allows man-to-many relationship among records.
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Statement 2 The person who has the central responsibility for an organizations data is called database
administrator.
a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE
9. Statement 1 Data type is an interpretation applied to a set of bits representing a given data item.
Statement 2 Data administrator is a specialist responsible for maintaining standards for the development,
maintenance, and security of an organization’s database.
a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE
10. Statement 1 Data warehouse or marts are designed to be updated,
Statement 2 Data-driven website is a site than can be easily and quickly be updated by its managers to
display requested information to the website user in the most effective way.
a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE
11. Statement 1 Data manager is responsible for handling of data in the database, providing a recovery to the
system that allows it to recover the data after a failure.
Statement 2 Distributed database is a database in which storage devices are not at all attached to a
common processing unit such as the CPU.
a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE
12. Statement 1 Data mart emphasizes the capture of data from divers’ sources for useful analysis and
access but does not generally start from the point-of-view of the end user who may need
access to specialize.
Statement 2 Replication involves using specialized software that looks for changes in the distributive
database.
a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE
13. Statement 1 A set of read-only table and views, containing different information about the data used in the
enterprise to ensure that the database representation of the data follow one standard is
called a database engine.
Statement 2 Duplication identifies one database as a master and then duplicates the database.
a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE
14. Statement 1 Conceptual data model identities the highest-level relationships between the different entities.
Statement 2 Variables are data which defines the characteristics of an object.
a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE
15. Statement 1 Report writer is also referred to as the report generator.
Statement 2 Data warehouse stores data from current and previous years that has been extracted from
various operational and management databases of an organization.
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a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE
16. Statement 1 Data-driven website is one that uses database for collecting and storing information. It is a
site than can hardly be updated by its managers to display requested information to the
website.
Statement 2 Data warehouse is a centralized repository that stores data from multiple information sources
and transforms into a common, multidimensional data model for efficient querying and
analysis.
a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE
17. Statement 1 A direct access refers to a record that can be accessed without accessing the records
between it and the beginning of the file
Statement 2 ETL is a process in data warehousing responsible for pulling data out of the source systems
and placing it into a data warehouse.
a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE
18. Statement 1 Data mart is a subset of the data warehouse that is usually oriented to specific business line
or team,
Statement 2 Data mining is sometimes called data or knowledge discovery.
a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE
19. Statement 1 There are three methods of file organization namely, sequential organization, indexed-
sequential organization, and direct organization.
Statement 2 Object databases should be used when there is uncomplicated data or uncomplicated data
relationships.
a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE
20 Statement 1 Logical database design is the process of deciding how to arrange the attributes of the
. entities in a given business environment into database structures.
Statement 2 A logical data model identifies the highest-level relationships between the different entities.
a. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are TRUE
b. Statement 1 is TRUE and Statement 2 is FALSE
c. Statement 1 is FALSE and Statement 2 is TRUE
d. Statement 1 and Statement 2 are FALSE