Exam 1: The Database Environment and Development Process

Because applications are often developed independently in file processing systems:

All of the following are properties of metadata EXCEPT:

Although personal databases improve productivity, one risk is that data cannot be shared with other users.

Unplanned duplicate data files are the rule rather than the exception in file processing systems.

________ do NOT concentrate on determining the requirements for the database component of an information system.

The external schema contains a subset of the conceptual schema relevant to a particular group of users.

The traditional methodology used to develop, maintain and replace information systems is called the:

Relational databases establish the relationships between entities by means of common fields included in a file called a(n):

The relational data model is no longer popular in the 21ˢᵗ century.

Prototyping is a type of rapid application development.

An enterprise data model describes the scope of data for only one information system.

Organizing the database in computer disk storage is done in the ________ phase.

Cost and complexity are just two of the disadvantages of database processing.

Information is processed data.

Database processing programs are coded and tested during the design stage of the systems development life cycle.

The data repository assists database administrators in enforcing standards.