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1. A ___________ view enables one to update data in a table.

2. Data protection are often performed to ensure that data are protected from which of the following?

3. Data ___________ is concerned with the selection, combination, arrangement and formatting of symbols such as words, numbers and images to form data.

4. Which of the following is a basic guide to action that sets the boundaries within which data management activities take place?

5. ___________ 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.

6. ___________________ data are data that have been uniformly or logically defined and arranged to facilitate human and machine processing and understanding.

7. The binary number system uses only two symbols – 0 and _____ – in different combinations and sequences to represent quantities.

8. 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.

9. The arrangement of chapters, sections and subsections in a textbook is an example of which of the following data models?

10. Information ________________ is the process by which a person searches through a data store for some data or information.

11. System implementation is likely to encounter less problems if the system design is very good

12. One of these is a process in data management life-cycle

13. _________________ management aims to facilitate the growth and application of ideas from different disciplines for making decisions and solving human problems.

14. Information systems invariably have subsystems.

15. One of these is not a disadvantage of manual analysis of data

16. ________________ management aims to facilitate effective creation, computation and analysis, storage and retrieval, transfer and delivery of data.

17. With regards to a DBMS, a _____________ is a pre-defined way of displaying some or all the records and fields in a data table.

18. Which of the following is usually described in terms of variables such as accuracy, validity and adequacy?

19. ____________ 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.

20. ______________ is a pre-defined format for entering data into one or more data tables in a database.

21. A byte consists of ____________ bits?

22. Data protection are often performed to ensure that data are protected from which of the following?

23. _________ term refers to the data used to describe the information one is looking for in a data store.

24. The _____________ is a device typically used to input pictures into the computer.

25. Information systems and sub-systems also require ______ for performing their data management activities

26. Studies of the existing system aim to collect data and information for improving the system designer's knowledge about the existing system

27. Information system does not provide access to data to one of the following

28. The process of investigating and identifying important attributes of a particular data set is called data ________________.

29. A data collection instrument is considered _____________ if it can be used to measure a variable with little or no error.

30. Paper, microforms, human brain are all examples of data _____________ media.

31. Which of these is not a feature of a system?

32. The binary number for 8 is ____________. (numeric answer only)

33. Organizing data in books or computers is a sample activity in which of the following processes?

34. Data display and presentation is a critical last stage in the data management cycle

35. Statistical data are expected to be arranged into informative tables

36. A set of statements that describe the circumstances, objectives and constraints to be followed by people in an organization concerning a particular activity or issue is called which of the following?

37. The process of reducing voluminous data into less voluminous data is called data _____________

38. The in-depth study of the old system usually doesn’t aim to find out how data are being managed by the old system

39. When entering data in database the keyboard is used for entering which of the following?

40. Data __________ refers to the process of arranging, grouping or linking groups of data for different purposes.

41. 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.

42. Data ____________ refers to the extent to which a set of data expresses accurate and true information about an entity.

43. The process of making decisions about what data should be created and for what purpose is referred to as which of the following?

44. A medium that has been used to convey data symbols is called which of the following?

45. _______ data is data that someone had previously created, collected, stored or published.

46. Motor car engine can be considered as a good example of a system

47. Information systems in particular must process data and information for people and other systems in their environments.

48. The binary number for 7 is _______. (numeric answer only)

49. _______________ search is used when the searcher only knows the general area or topic of the information required from a data store.

50. In a DBMS, each record of data is subdivided into separate meaningful portions known as data _______________.