From the mid-1950s until the early 1970s, organizations managed their data in a _________; this created ________.
A. database; a centralized location for information
B. database; information silos
C. file management environment; a centralized location for information
D. file management environment; information silos
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Databases maximize _________; this means ________.
A. independence; applications cannot access data associated with other applications
B. independence; applications and data are not linked to each other, so all applications are able to access the same data
C. isolation; applications cannot access data associated with other applications
D. isolation; applications and data are not linked to each other, so all applications are able to access the same data
Each relational database table contains records (listed in _______) and attributes (listed in ______) .
A. columns; columns
B. columns; rows
C. rows; columns
D. rows; rows
Each characteristic or quality of a particular entity is called a(n) ________.
A. attribute
B. field
C. instance
D. record
The category “student” is a(n) ________.
A. attribute
B. database
C. entity
D. instance