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Which of the following encompasses all organizational information with the primary purpose of supporting the performance of managerial analysis tasks?


A) Analytical information
B) Transactional information
C) Statistical information
D) Targeted information

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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What is a backward integration?


A) The integration of a company's existing management information systems
B) The integration of data from multiple sources, which provides a unified view of all data
C) Sending information entered into a given system automatically to all downstream systems and processes
D) Sending information entered into a given system automatically to all upstream systems and processes

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Identify the business advantages of a relational database.

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What is the term for the time it takes for data to be stored or retrieved?


A) Data governance
B) Data latency
C) Data validation
D) Data gap analysis

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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What is a data steward responsible for?


A) Acting as a liaison between the MIS department and the business
B) Ensuring policies and procedures are implemented across the organization
C) Acting as a liaison between the MIS department and the business and ensuring policies and procedures are implemented across the organization
D) None of these

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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What is a data-driven website?


A) The person responsible for creating the original website content
B) Includes data that change based on user action
C) Information is stored in a dynamic catalog, or an area of a website that stores information about products in a database
D) An interactive website kept constantly updated and relevant to the needs of its customers using a database

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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Accurate information asks if there is an incorrect value in the information.

A) True
B) False

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Unique information asks if the information is current with respect to the business needs.

A) True
B) False

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Timely information asks if the information is current with respect to the business needs.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is correct in reference to a database?


A) A database can support only one logical view
B) A database can support many physical views
C) A database can support many logical views
D) A database can support up to 3 logical views

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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Integrations allow separate systems to communicate directly with each other, eliminating the need for manual entry into multiple systems.

A) True
B) False

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What is a foreign key?


A) A field (or group of fields) that uniquely identifies a given entity in a table
B) A primary key of one table that appears as an attribute in another table and acts to provide a logical relationship among the two tables
C) Characteristics or properties of an entity
D) A field (or group of fields) that uniquely identifies a given attribute in a table

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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What is immediate, up-to-date information?


A) Real-time information
B) Real-time systems
C) Information granularity
D) Information governance

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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Data element (or data field) is the smallest, or basic, unit of information.

A) True
B) False

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Application integration is the integration of data from multiple sources, which provides a unified view of all data.

A) True
B) False

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Data dictionary compiles all of the metadata about the data elements in the data model.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following stores information about a person, place, thing, transaction, or event, and is usually referred to as a record?


A) Entity
B) Extraction
C) Attribute
D) Foreign key

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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A forward integration takes information entered into a given system and sends it automatically to all upstream systems and processes.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following creates, reads, updates, and deletes data in a database while controlling access and security?


A) Database element
B) Database management system
C) Data governance
D) Data file

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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Foreign key is a primary key of one table that appears as an attribute in another table and acts to provide a logical relationship between the two tables.

A) True
B) False

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