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Site Title: Digital Planet: Tomorrow's
Technology and You, 10e
Book Title: Digital Planet: Tomorrow's
Technology and You, 10/e
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Chapter 7: Database
Applications and Privacy
Implications > Online Study
Guide
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September 22, 2013 at 2:40
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Summary of Results
31% Correct of 26 Scored items:
8 Correct: 31%
18
Incorrect:
69%

21 total questions in quiz (with 1 question
containing multiple pairs), for a total of 26
scored items More information about scoring


1.

____________ make it easier to store large amounts of
information, retrieve information quickly and flexibly, and
organize and reorganize information.
Your Answer: Databases

Correct. Databases make it easier to store large amounts of
information, retrieve information quickly and flexibly, and
organize and reorganize information.

2.

A _____________ is a feature of databases that blurs the line
between application programs and development tools.
Your Answer: report

Correct Answer: stored query


Refer to Database Queries

3.

_____________ is a standard language that allows users to
query databases without learning a new programming language.
Your Answer: Visual Basic

Correct Answer: SQL


Refer to Complex Queries

4.

A ______________ program automates appointment calendar,
to-do list, and address/phone book functions.
Your Answer: Web database

Correct Answer: personal information manager (PIM)


Refer to Personal Information Managers

5.

A ____________ can manipulate data in a large collection of
tables, cross-referencing between tables as needed.
Your Answer: database program

Correct Answer: database-management system


Refer to What Is a Database-Management System?

6.

A ____________ is a field shared by all the tables that use data
from a table.
Your Answer: data object

Correct Answer: key field


Refer to What Is a Database-Management System?

7.

A ___________ system enables users to access data stored on
large server systems using PCs or smart phones through a
network or the Internet.
Your Answer: client/server

Correct. A client/server system enables users to access data
stored on large server systems using PCs or smart phones
through a network or the Internet.

8.

The discovery and extraction of hidden predictive information
from large databases is called ____________.
Your Answer: interactive processing

Correct Answer: data mining


Refer to Data Mining

9.

A database that stores data in cubes rather than 2-D tables is
a(n) ____________.
Your Answer: multidimensional database

Correct. A database that stores data in cubes rather than 2-D
tables is a multidimensional database.

10.

____________ eliminates dirty data to correct errors in a
database.
Your Answer: Data scrubbing

Correct. Data scrubbing eliminates dirty data to correct errors in
a database.

11.

Fraudulent credit card charges, massive phone bills, threats from
collection agencies, and arrests are sometimes the result of
___________.
Your Answer: data errors

Correct Answer: identity theft


Refer to Personal Data: All about You

12.

According to the U.S. Supreme Court, the right to privacy is
implied by which document?
Your Answer: The Code of Fair Information Practice

Correct Answer: U.S. Constitution


Refer to Big Brother and Big Business

13.

The ____________ regulates the use of government data in
determining eligibility for federal benefits.
Your Answer: 1988 Computer Matching and Privacy Protection
Act

Correct. The 1988 Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act
regulated the use of government data in determining eligibility
for federal benefits.

14.

____________ is the result of massive disk drives, inexpensive
memory, and sophisticated software that replaced batch
processing for most applications.
Your Answer: Automated processing

Correct Answer: Interactive processing


Refer to Real-Time Computing

15.

Privacy is usually referred to as an individual's right to have
control over confidential personal information.
Your Answer: True

Correct. Privacy is usually referred to as an individual's right to
have control over confidential personal information.

16.

SQL is a full-featured programming language similar to Java or
C#.
Your Answer: True

Correct Answer: False


Incorrect. Refer to How It Works: The Language of Database
Queries

17.

A media database can serve as an index to separately stored
video and audio files because they are too large to store in a
database.
Your Answer: False

Correct Answer: True


Incorrect. Refer to Media Libraries

18.

Privacy breaches may be innocent mistakes, strategic actions, or
malicious mischief, and may not always involve computers.
Your Answer: False

Correct Answer: True


Incorrect. Refer to Personal Data: All about You

19.

Databases are only useful for small quantities of information.
Your Answer: True

Correct Answer: False


Incorrect. Refer to What Good Is a Database?

20.

A database table contains records made up of discrete chunks of
information called fields.
Your Answer: False

Correct Answer: True


Incorrect. Refer to Database Anatomy

21.

Match the following terms to the correct definition.

Option Your Answer: Correct
Answer:
Comments
21.1

Table B. A discrete
chunk of
information in
a record
F. A collection
of related
information
Incorrect. A
field is a
discrete chunk
of information
in a record.
21.2

Field C. Shows one
record on the
screen at a
time
B. A discrete
chunk of
information in
a record
Incorrect. The
form view
shows one
record on the
screen at a
time.
21.3

Record A. All the
information
related to a
person,
product, or
event
A. All the
information
related to a
person,
product, or
event
Correct!
21.4

Database F. A collection
of related
information
D. A collection
of related
tables
Incorrect. A
table is a
collection of
related
information.
21.5

Form
view
D. A collection
of related
tables
C. Shows one
record on the
screen at a
Incorrect. A
database is a
collection of
time related tables.
21.6

Report E. Shows the
selected fields
and records in
an easy-to-
read format
E. Shows the
selected fields
and records in
an easy-to-
read format
Correct!