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A ____ stores data about engineering, architectural, and scientific designs.

A) multimedia database
B) groupware database
C) computer-aided design (CAD) database
D) hypertext database

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

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In managing a company's database, the ____________________ requires a technical inside view of data.

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Accessible information ____.

A(n) ____________________ stores data in dimensions.

A(n) ____ program interacts with a DBMS, which in turn interacts with the database.

Figure 10-1 A user of a relational database, such as that pictured in Figure 10-1, refers to a record as a ____.

Figure 10-4 As shown in Figure 10-4, SQLs have a graphical user interface that assists users with retrieving data.

In a(n) ____________________, the DBMS uses the log to reenter changes made to a database since the last save or backup.

A(n) ____________________ is an application appropriate for an object-oriented database that contains text links to other types of documents.

Data integrity is important because computers and people use information to make decisions and take actions.

Popular data models in use today include all of the following except ____.

A data model defines how the operating system actually arranges the data on the disk.

Discuss at least four strengths of the database approach.

Some databases are called ____________________ because they combine features of the relational and object-oriented data models.

Commonly used methods to retrieve and maintain data include all of the following except ____.

The DA does all of the following except ____.

In a file processing system, the records in one file always relate to the records in other files.

What is a data type? List the data types commonly found in a database.

Although a query language can be used for other purposes, most users only ____ data with a query language.

Figure 10-2 In the database pictured in Figure 10-2, a(n) ____________________ is a combination of one or more related characters or bytes and is the smallest unit of data a user accesses.