Lab 204 Quiz

COB 204 Test review

CHAPTER 1

1. You follow certain step’s to access the supplementary readings for a course when u sing your organizations library management system. These steps that you follow are examples of the _________ components of an information system.
a. Procedures
b. Hardware
c. Software
d. Data

2. Which of the following is the best description of data?
a. Unbiased information
b. Knowledge derived from facts or figures
c. Information presented in a meaningful context
d. Recorded facts or figures
3. The words that you type in an MS Word document is an example of
a. Processes
b. Data
c. Software
d. Procedures
4. Which of the following is a low tech information system
a. A decision support system that analyzes
The purpose of an ____ is to keep track of things
a. Cloud
b. Application software
c. Storage folder
d. Database
2. The columns in a database are called_____.
a. Tables
b. Fields
c. Records
d. Files
3. The rows in a database are called
a. Fields
b. Files
c. Tables
d. Records
4. The tables that appear in a database are known as
a. Applications
b. Files
c. Records
d. Fields
5. A primary key is used in a database is a
a. Character or byte that represents fields or column
b. Group of tables or files formed to identify a unique field or row
c. Column or group of column that identifies a unique row in a table
d. Group of rows that are formed to identify a unique table or file
6. Columns that belong to a different table than the ones in which they reside are called _____
a. Foreign keys
b. Internal records
c. Primary keys
d. Attributes
7. Metadata are_____
a. Data stored on the main server
b. Error logs of databases
c. Encrypted transmissions
d. Data that describe data
8. An ______ is a program used to create, process and administer a database
a. DBMS
b. Operating system
c. Data Mart
d. KMS

9. Which of the following is an example of database management system?
a. MS Excel
b. Access
c.