Mis 535 Midterm Test Bank Questions

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------------------------------------------------- Chapter 6 Foundations of Business Intelligence: Databases and Information Management True-False Questions 1. | A grouping of characters into a word, a group of words, or a complete number is called a record. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 226 | 2. | Each characteristic or quality describing a particular entity is called an attribute. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: pp. 226–227 | 3. | A DBMS separates the logical and physical views of the data. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Reference: p. 229 | 4. | Every record in a file should contain at least one key field. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 230 | 5. | Many applications today require databases that can store and retrieve multimedia. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 233 | 6. | One of the drawbacks to OODBMS are that they cannot work with applets. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Reference: p. 233 | 7. | OODBMS are slower than relational DBMS. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Reference: p.233 | 8. | A data dictionary is a language associated with a database management system that end users and programmers use to manipulate data in the database. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: pp. 233–234 | 9. | In a relational database, complex groupings of data must be streamlined to eliminate awkward many-to-many relationships. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 236 | 10. | A data warehouse may be updated by a legacy system. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 239 | 11. | A data warehouse is typically comprised of several smaller data marts. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Reference: p. 239 | 12. | OLAP is a key tool of BI.

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