THE DATABASE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS QUIZ

Incremental commitment does not allow a project to be easily redirected or to be terminated.

False

True

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During logical database design, the conceptual data model is transformed into a logical data model which describes the data in terms of a specific data management technology.

True

False

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CASE tools do not include which of the following features?

Help to draw data models

Create an information repository

Help to generate code

Help to manage people

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User views are included as part of which schema?

Conceptual

None of these

External

Internal

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Which is not a relevant feature of CASE tools?

An information repository

The ability to help draw data models using entity-relationship notations

The ability to generate code

Access to a DB via the Internet

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The most important reason for data architecture is reliability.

False

True

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One of the most popular systems development life cycle methods is prototyping.

True

False

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Whose role is it to determine the requirements and design for a database?

Neither A or B

Database analysts

Database administrators

Both A and B

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Which of the following database activities require a specific knowledge of a DBMS?

Logical database design

Physical database design and definition

Enterprise modeling

Conceptual data modeling

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An entity type is which of the following?

The various departments of an organization

The business processes the support the mission of an organization

The application software

A major category of data about people, place, and things

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