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Kindly note that you will be presented with 50 questions randomized from the NOUN question bank. Make sure to take the quiz multiple times so you can get familiar with the questions and answers, as new questions are randomized in each attempt.
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1. Organizing data in books or computers is a sample activity in which of the following processes?
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2. Which of the following is a basic guide to action that sets the boundaries within which data management activities take place?
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3. When entering data in database the keyboard is used for entering which of the following?
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4. ________________ management aims to facilitate effective creation, computation and analysis, storage and retrieval, transfer and delivery of data.
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5. Data ___________ is concerned with the selection, combination, arrangement and formatting of symbols such as words, numbers and images to form data.
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6. Studies of the existing system aim to collect data and information for improving the system designer's knowledge about the existing system
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7. Information system does not provide access to data to one of the following
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8. Statistical data are expected to be arranged into informative tables
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9. One of these is not a disadvantage of manual analysis of data
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10. In system development cycle, ________ study of candidate new systems are undertaken to determine the possibility of designing and establishing a new system to acquire and process data for producing the information required by the users.
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11. Examples of data ____________ include textbooks, newspapers, library catalogues and computer databases.
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12. Motor car engine can be considered as a good example of a system
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13. A byte consists of ____________ bits?
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14. A data collection instrument is considered _____________ if it can be used to measure a variable with little or no error.
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15. ______________ is a pre-defined format for entering data into one or more data tables in a database.
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16. The binary number system uses only two symbols – 0 and _____ – in different combinations and sequences to represent quantities.
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17. Data protection are often performed to ensure that data are protected from which of the following?
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18. The process of reducing voluminous data into less voluminous data is called data _____________
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19. A medium that has been used to convey data symbols is called which of the following?
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20. ___________ data model is based on the underlying principle that one can often think of many ways in which each data record can be related or linked to the others.
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21. Data protection are often performed to ensure that data are protected from which of the following?
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22. Microsoft Access, dBase V for Windows, Visual FoxPro, Paradox, Oracle, DB2, etc. are all examples of software for managing __________________.
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23. The binary number for 8 is ____________. (numeric answer only)
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24. A ______________ is the technical term for a selective or comprehensive list or summary of the data in records of one or more data tables in a database.
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25. Data __________ refers to the process of arranging, grouping or linking groups of data for different purposes.
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26. Data ____________ refers to the extent to which a set of data expresses accurate and true information about an entity.
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27. The binary number for 7 is _______. (numeric answer only)
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28. Data ______________ refers to the process of merging two or more originally separate sets of data into a single set of data.
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29. ____________ management aim to facilitate effective communication and exchange of facts and ideas from and to various knowledge stores, centres and sources such as human experts, books, databases, etc.
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30. The arrangement of chapters, sections and subsections in a textbook is an example of which of the following data models?
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31. Data display and presentation is a critical last stage in the data management cycle
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32. Paper, microforms, human brain are all examples of data _____________ media.
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33. The aim of data organization is to facilitate which of the following?
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34. In a database, the __________________ key field is a field in which the data can never at any time be the same for any two records in a table.
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35. The _____________ is a device typically used to input pictures into the computer.
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36. _______________ search is used when the searcher only knows the general area or topic of the information required from a data store.
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37. A ___________ view enables one to update data in a table.
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38. _________________ management aims to facilitate the growth and application of ideas from different disciplines for making decisions and solving human problems.
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39. A data collection instrument will be considered _____________ if it reports the same data every time it is used to mention the same thing.
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40. One of these is a process in data management life-cycle
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41. _______ data is data that someone had previously created, collected, stored or published.
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42. The in-depth study of the old system usually doesn’t aim to find out how data are being managed by the old system
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43. System implementation is likely to encounter less problems if the system design is very good
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44. A ________________ data model is one where data records are grouped or interrelated in terms of being super-ordinate or subordinate to one another i.e. groups of data in a sort of parent - child manner.
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45. In a DBMS, each record of data is subdivided into separate meaningful portions known as data _______________.
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46. With regards to a DBMS, a _____________ is a pre-defined way of displaying some or all the records and fields in a data table.
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47. Information ________________ is the process by which a person searches through a data store for some data or information.
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48. The process of making decisions about what data should be created and for what purpose is referred to as which of the following?
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49. The process of investigating and identifying important attributes of a particular data set is called data ________________.
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50. Which of the following is usually described in terms of variables such as accuracy, validity and adequacy?
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