PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR THE TERM END EXAMINATIONS

SEMESTER I
JULY 2023

COURSE NAME: Technology in Business

NOTE: - These questions are for practice purpose only. Actual questions
may vary in final Examination

SECTION A: This section will have objective questions (MCQ). Each question will
carry one mark. There is no negative marking.

Q1. Excel data file which contains many spreadsheets is called as ……

a. Database
b. Worksheet
c. Workbook
d. Cell

Q2. The intersection of row and column is …….

a. Data
b. Worksheet
c. spreadsheet
d. Cell

Q3. ________________is not true sentence.

a. Excel formula start with # sign
b. Excel formula start with = sign
c. Worksheet is also called as spreadsheet.
d. Excel is also used as basic database software

Q4. Filter, Row, Column and Value regions are used to get business reports using
……….
Excel facility
a. Pivot Chart
b. Data Table
c. Pivot Table
d. Excel Table

Q5. The recorded steps to perform repetitive tasks quickly is called as …….
a. Program
b. Macro
c. Formula
d. Function

Q6. In the EMPLOYEE data, unique employee ID is the key.

a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Partial
d. candidate

Q6. To represent the relationship between entities is used as shown below.

a. Rectangle
b. Diamond
c. Circle
d. Oval

Q7. “Student enrolls for only one course, but a course can have many students” is an
example of __________Relationship.
a. One to One
b. One to Many
c. Many to One
d. Many to Many

Q8. The data and the association both are contained in a single structure which is
known
as an_______________in OOD databases.
a. Entity
b. Relation
c. Object
d. Information
5. NoSQL stands for ……………….
a. Opposite of Yes SQL
b. No SQL
c. Network On SQL
d. Not Only SQL

Q9. Which of the following system is associated to Lower level management?

a. ESS
b. MIS
c. TPS
d. None of these
Q10. Strategic Decisions can be taken using
a. EIS
b. MIS
c. TPS\
d. None of these

Q11. _____________is the basic raw facts and figures generated during each and every
transaction in every process at each functional level.
a. Information
b. Data
c. Knowledge
d. None of these

Q12. …………. is integrated virtual replica of all business function. It can be called as
Digital Picture of your Business.
a. ERP
b. MIS
c. TPS
d. None of these

Q13. is of the top most important component of any information system.

a. Software
b. Hardware
c. People
d. Network

Q14 "Filter, Row, Column and Value regions are used to get business reports using
……….
Excel facility"
a. Pivot Table
b. Excel Table
c. Pivot Chart
d. Insert Table

Q15. DBMS means …………

a. Database Merging Software
b. Database Management System
c. Database Monitoring System
d. Database Messaging System
Q16. …….. helps to create, alter, drop and rename of tables, files, indexes and columns in
the database.
a. ODD
b. DDL
c. MDL
d. DML

Q17 ………………. data is always left align in the cell.

a. label
b. number
c. row
d. column

Q18. The use of conditional formatting helps to get ……………

a. Top/Bottom Values from large data
b. Graphical Representation of Data
c. Data validation
d. wrap text

Q19. The cell address for the intersection of C column with 5th Row is…………
a. 5C
b. C5
c. C&5
d. C#5

Q 20.Nobody will remember and able to answer updates done to the excel reports and
data sheets after few months/years. Adding the ………………... about such changes along
with reports is very important and best practice one must always follow.
a. worksheet
b. instruction sheet
c. Workbook
d. Pivot Table

Q 21. You can quickly summarize large amounts of data with drag and drop of the fields
in appropriate area using……...
a. Pivot Charts
b. Data Validation
c. VBA Macros
d. Pivot Table
Q22. ………….. mode will help you to see the visual design before actual printing the
excel worksheet.
a. Print Preview
b. Page layout
c. Page orientation
d. Custom views

Q23. Which is not database software?

a. Microsoft Excel
b. MySQL
c. Microsoft Access
d. dBASE

Q24. ………………...option is used to highlight certain values or make records or cells

easy to identify from your complex business reports.
a. Data Validation
b. Conditional formating
c. VBA Macros
d. Pivot Table

Q25. They are popular for recognizing patterns in semi-structured as well as unstructured
data.
a. Graph databases
b. Wide-column databases
c. Key-Value databases
d. OOD databases

Q27. The graphical representation of Pivoted data

a. Pivot Table
b. Pivot Chart
c. Excel Table
d. Insert Table

Q 28. Data is organized into a tree-like structure in …………...databases

a. OOD
b. NoSQL
c. Network
d. Hierarchical
Q29. …………………... are a great way to add data visualizations to your data.
a. Pivot Charts
b. Data Validation
c. VBA Macros
d. Pivot Table

Q30. ……………..offers that handle user requests.

a. DML
b. DDL
c. DCL
d. ODD

Q31. Numerical data in exxcel cell is always ……….. aligned.

a. center
b. middle
c. left
d. right

Q32. …………database stores the data in JSON documents

a. OOD
b. NoSQL
c. Network
d. Hierarchical

Q33. A …………..database stores the data points that are related to one another in excel
table like row and column structure.
a. OOD
b. Relational
c. Network
d. Hierarchical

Q34. Excel data file which contains many spreadsheets is called as ……

a. Database
b. Worksheet
c. Workbook
d. Workspace
Q35. The rows are having numbers on left side and starts from ………………
a. A1
b. 100
c. 1
d. A100

Q36. Excel formula start with ………………. sign

a. $
b. =
c. #
d. @

Q37. Insert, update, delete and select are the major tasks performed using ……………
a. ODD
b. DDL
c. MDL
d. DML

Q38 In relational database each column represents the ………. of the entity.
a. properties
b. value
c. fk
d. pk

Q39. Database languages are also called as ………languages

a. Answer
b. Question
c. Query
d. Filter

Q40. "After Z alphabet for excel column, the column name is ……."
a. AB
b. AZ
c. AA
d. BA

Q41 "A database allows …………. users to update, edit, maintain, and store information
at the same time."
a. one
b. ten
c. thousand
d. many

Q42 Text data is called as ------------

a. row
b. column
c. name
d. label

Q43 NoSQL stands for …………….

a. NO SQL
b. New Output from SQL
c. Net output SQL
d. Not Only SQL

Q44. By default any new workbook has …………….. worksheets

a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four

SECTION –II This section contains the subjective part

Student will have to answer 04 questions out of 06. Each question carries 05 marks.
Answers are to be typed in the assessment platform.

Answer following in brief.

Each question carries 5 marks

1. Write a note on use of DATA VALIDATION option for Business data saved in
Excel datasheet.
2. Write the difference between SORT and FILTER for Business data saved in Excel
datasheet.
3. Write a note on the use of Conditional Formatting for Business data saved in Excel
datasheet.
4. Write in short, the difference between the use of Directional Arrows versus Flag
Indicators for business data analysis using Excel Options.
5. Write a short note on “use of Pivot Table” for large business data in Excel.
6. How Pivot Charts are different from Insert-Chart option in Excel.
7. Write a note on Lookup functions for business data analysis using Excel.
8. How to automate the repeating tasks in Excel? Write short note.
9. “Object-oriented database (OOD) is a DBMS where information is denoted by
Objects”, write a short note.
10. What is DBMS and how it is different from Database. Write shortly.
11. Write a short note on “Entity-Relationship Model”.
12. Write a note on “Relational Databases” with its some advantages.
13. Write a note on “different Relationships between Entities” with one example each.
14. Write a note on “different Keys” used in Relational Data Model.
15. Differentiate between DDL and DML used in DBMS.
16. Write a note on “Different Databases”
17. Write a short note on “TPS-Transaction Processing System”
18. Describe in short “Information Systems” from Bottomline (Business Transactions)
to Topline ( CEOs/CIOs) of the business people.
19. How Decision Support Systems are different than Transactions Processing System?
Write in short with one example each.
20. Describe in short – “More unstructured data than structured is needed at CEO
level”.
21. “TPS level systems have more/fully structured data”, Describe in short.
22. “Tactical/Practical decisions are taken at MIS level systems”, Describe in short.
23. Write a short note on “ERP as integrated Information System”
24. “Strategic Decisions are taken based on TPS data”, Describe in short.