Question: The step in the decision-making process during which the decision makers consider laws, guidelines, policies, and principles that might apply to the decision is the _____ step.

Answer Options:

develop problem statement
evaluate and choose alternative
identify alternatives
implement decision

Answer: evaluate and choose alternative

 

Question: _____ had one of the lowest software piracy rates in 2011.

Answer Options:

Moldova
Bangladesh
Libya
New Zealand

Answer: New Zealand

 

Question: Which of the following is a software license that allows multiple installations of software using the same product key?

Answer Options:

Single-user license
Site license
Enterprise license
Volume license

Answer: Volume license

 

Question: Every society forms a set of rules that establishes the boundaries of generally accepted behavior. These rules are often expressed in statements about how people should behave, and they fit together to form the _____ by which a society lives.

Answer Options:

moral code
virtues and vices
laws
ethics

Answer: moral code

 

Question: A set of beliefs about right and wrong behavior within a society is called _____.

Answer Options:

ethics
laws
vices and virtues
moral code

Answer: ethics

 

Question: Data and information are essentially the same thing.

Answer Options:

True
False

Answer: False

 

Question: Data constitute the building blocks of information.

Answer Options:

True
False

Answer: True

 

Question: _____ provide a description of the data characteristics and the set of relationships that link the data found within the database.

Answer Options:

Queries
End-user data
Metadata
Schema

Answer: Metadata

 

Question: _____ serve as the intermediary between the user and the database.

Answer Options:

DBMS
Metadata
End-user data
Programming languages

Answer: DBMS

 

Question: The database structure itself is stored as a collection of files, and the only way to access the data in those files is through the DBMS.

Answer Options:

True
False

Answer: True

 

Question: One disadvantage of a database system over previous data management approaches is increased costs.

Answer Options:

True
False

Answer: True

 

Question: A desktop database is a multiuser database that usually runs on a personal computer.

Answer Options:

True
False

Answer: False

 

Question: Workgroup databases usually serve a relatively small number of users (usually fewer than 50) or a specific department within an organization.

Answer Options:

True
False

Answer: True

 

Question: ______ databases focus primarily on storing data used to generate information required to make tactical or strategic decisions.

Answer Options:

Data warehouse
Operational
Production
Workgroup

Answer: Data warehouse

 

Question: Transactional databases, which are sometimes referred to as ________ databases, are designed to support a company’s day-to-day operations.

Answer Options:

enterprise
data warehouse
production
workgroup

Answer: production

 

Question: Relational databases rely on unstructured data.

Answer Options:

True
False

Answer: False

 

Question: A reader function reads a collection of key-value pairs with the key used to summarize the data into a single result.

Answer Options:

True
False

Answer: True

 

Question: _____ is NOT one of the “3 Vs” of Big Data.

Answer Options:

Volume
Velocity
Validation
Variety

Answer: Validation