Quiz 8 - AIS

Question 1

	How do users retrieve data stored in a database?
	Correct Answer:   by executing a query

Question 2

	A set of individual user views of the database is called the
	Correct Answer:   external-level schema.

• Question 3

  
  

  	Using the database depicted below, "Item #" is best described as
  	Correct Answer:   an attribute, a primary key, and a foreign key

• Question 4

  
  

  	Ama Afolayan is chair of the National Owl Society, which maintains a database of all rare owls within the United States. One table will store the name, birth date, and other characteristics of all of the owls that have been registered. Each owl is uniquely identified by a registration number. A second table will contain data that link each owl to its male and female parents by means of their registration numbers. The primary key in the second table is
  	Correct Answer:   a combination of primary keys in the first table.

• Question 5

  
  

  	Which is probably the most immediate and significant effect of database technology on accounting?
  	Correct Answer:   quicker access to and greater use of accounting information in decision-making