FULL TEST BANK FOR Database Principles Fundamentals of Design, Implementation and Management, International Edition, 9th Edition Chapter 1: Database Systems TRUE/FALSE 1. Data and information are essentially the same thing. ANS: F
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2. Data processing can be as simple as organizing data to reveal patterns. ANS: T
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3. We are now said to be entering the ―knowledge age.‖ ANS: T
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4. Information implies familiarity, awareness, and understanding knowledge as it applies to an environment. ANS: F
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5. Data constitute the building blocks of information. ANS: T
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6. Metadata present a more complete picture of the data in the database than the data itself. ANS: T
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7. The only way to access the data in a database is through the DBMS. ANS: T
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8. Database programming languages receive all application requests and translate them into the complex operations required to fulfill those requests. ANS: F
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9. The DBMS reveals much of the database’s internal complexity to the application programs and users. ANS: F
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10. One disadvantage of the DBMS is that it increases the risk of data security breaches. ANS: F
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