Question #1

Which occupation would most likely use a database on the job

a) An athlete

b) A cleaner

c) A truck driver

d) A bank clerk

e) A gardener

Question #2

Which of the following is not a good use for a database program?

a) Keeping school records

b) Maintaining hospital admission records

c) Organizing recipes at home

d) A banks financial records

e) Completing a paper for English class

Question #3

An advantage of a database program is:

a) Office correspondence can be handled

b) All fields can be printed in a one page report

c) Data can be added or deleted easily

d) All records can be displayed at one time

e) All of the above

Question #4

A database program replaces what piece of office equipment?

a) A fax

b) A photocopier

c) A filing cabinet

d) A scanner

e) All of the above

Question #5

In a database program, a set of related information is called a:

a) a file

b) a record

c) an entry

d) a column

e) all of the above

Question #6

Which of the following is not true of database programs?

a) They can be viewed in different formats.

b) They can be used to retrieve information quickly.

c) TThey are limited to the amount of information they can hold.

d) They can be used by just about anybody.

e) all of the above

Question #7

If a student sorted the following in descending order, which international capital would be first?

a) Moscow

b) Perth

c) England

d) Australia

e) Africa

Question #8

All of the following are examples of electronic databases except which one?

a) collection of country music CDs

b) computerized student information

c) Electronic Card Catalog

d) Online Auction site

e) Online book shop

Question #9

Which search of an electronic phone directory would find only the Doe families living on Main Street in area code 919?

a) Name = Doe and Address = Main Street or Area Code = 919

b) Name = Doe and Address = Main Street and Area Code = 919

c) Name = Doe or Address = Main Street and Area Code

d) Name = Doe or address = Main Street or Area Code = 919

e) All of the above

Question #10

What would you do to generate a hard copy of a database of North Carolina?

a) Edit the file

b) Print the file

c) Retrieve the file

d) Save the file to a floppy disk

e) all of the above

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