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Data ______________ refers to the process of merging two or more originally separate sets of data into a single set of data.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Statistical data are expected to be arranged into informative tables

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

A data collection instrument will be considered _____________ if it reports the same data every time it is used to mention the same thing.

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?

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The aim of data organization is to facilitate which of the following?

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

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

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

Which of these is not a feature of a system?

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

____________ 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.

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

Microsoft Access, dBase V for Windows, Visual FoxPro, Paradox, Oracle, DB2, etc. are all examples of software for managing __________________.

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

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

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

Information systems invariably have subsystems.

Examples of data ____________ include textbooks, newspapers, library catalogues and computer databases.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

A byte consists of ____________ bits?

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

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