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AUDITING 4TH EDITION BY JAMES A.HALL

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Edition By James A.Hall – Test Bank

Chapter 4 — Security Part II: Auditing Database

Systems

TRUE/FALSE

1. The database approach to data management is

sometimes called the !at "le approach.

ANS: F PTS: 1

2. The database management system provides a

controlled environment for accessing the
database.

ANS: T PTS: 1

3. To the user, data processing procedures for

routine transactions, such as entering sales
orders, appear to be identical in the database
environment and in the traditional environment.

ANS: T PTS: 1

4. An important feature associated with the

traditional approach to data management is the
ability to produce ad hoc reports.

ANS: F PTS: 1

5. The data de"nition language is used to insert

special database commands into application
programs.

ANS: F PTS: 1

6. There is more than one conceptual view of the

database.

ANS: F PTS: 1

7. In the database method of data management,

access authority is maintained by systems
programming.

ANS: F PTS: 1

8. The physical database is an abstract

representation of the database.

ANS: F PTS: 1

9. A customer name and an unpaid balance is an

example of a one-to-many relationship.

ANS: F PTS: 1

10. In the relational model, a data element is called a

relation.

ANS: F PTS: 1

11. Subschemas are used to authorize user access

privileges to speci"c data elements.

ANS: F PTS: 1

12. A recovery module suspends all data processing

while the system reconciles its journal "les
against the database.

ANS: F PTS: 1

13. A major di#erence between the database and

!at-"le models is the pooling of data into a
common shared database.

ANS: T PTS: 1

14. Examining programmer authority tables for

information about who has access to Data
De"nition Language commands will provide
evidence about who is responsible for creating
subschemas.

ANS: T PTS: 1

15. Data normalization groups data attributes into

tables in accordance with speci"c design
objectives.

ANS: T PTS: 1

16. Under the database approach, data is viewed as

proprietary or owned by users.

ANS: F PTS: 1

17. The data dictionary describes all of the data

elements in the database.

ANS: T PTS: 1

18. When information system needs arise, users

send formal requests for computer applications
to the database administrator of the
organization.

ANS: F PTS: 1

19. A deadlock is a phenomenon that prevents the

processing of transactions.

ANS: T PTS: 1

20. Time stamping is a control that is used to ensure

database partitioning.

ANS: F PTS: 1

21. A lockout is a software control that prevents

multiple users from simultaneous access to data.

ANS: T PTS: 1

22. An entity is any physical thing about which the

organization wishes to capture data.

ANS: F PTS: 1

23. Data access methods allow records to be located,

stored and retrieved. .

ANS: F PTS: 1

24. The term occurrence is used to describe the

number of attributes or "elds pertaining to a
speci"c entity.

ANS: F PTS: 1

25. The earliest DBAs were based on the hierarchical

data model.

ANS: T PTS: 1

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. All of the following are basic data management

tasks except

a. data deletion

b. data storage

c. data attribution

d. data retrieval

ANS: C PTS: 1

2. The task of searching the database to locate a

stored record for processing is called

a. data deletion

b. data storage

c. data attribution

d. data retrieval

ANS: D PTS: 1

3. Which of the following is not a problem usually

associated with the !at-"le approach to data
management?

a. data redundancy

b. restricting access to data to the primary user

c. data storage

d. currency of information

ANS: B PTS: 1

4. Which characteristic is associated with the

database approach to data management?

a. data sharing

b. multiple storage procedures

c. data redundancy

d. excessive storage costs

ANS: A PTS: 1

5. Which characteristic is not associated with the

database approach to data management?

a. the ability to process data without the help of

a programmer

b. the ability to control access to the data

c. constant production of backups

d. the inability to determine what data is

available

ANS: D PTS: 1

6. The textbook refers to four interrelated

components of the database concept. Which of
the following is not one of the components?

a. the database management system

b. the database administrator

c. the physical database

d. the conceptual database

ANS: D PTS: 1

7. Which of the following is not a responsibility of

the database management system?

a. provide an interface between the users and

the physical database

b. provide security against a natural disaster

c. ensure that the internal schema and external

schema are consistent

d. authorize access to portions of the database

ANS: C PTS: 1

8. A description of the physical arrangement of

records in the database is

a. the internal view

b. the conceptual view

c. the subschema

d. the external view

ANS: A PTS: 1

9. Which of the following may provide many distinct

views of the database?

a. the schema

b. the internal view

c. the user view

d. the conceptual view

ANS: C PTS: 1

10. Users access the database

a. by direct query

b. by developing operating software

c. by constantly interacting with systems

programmers

d. all of the above

ANS: A PTS: 1

11. The data de"nition language

a. identi"es, for the database management

system, the names and relationships of all
data elements, records, and "les that
comprise the database

b. inserts database commands into application

programs to enable standard programs to
interact with and manipulate the database

c. permits users to process data in the database

without the need for conventional programs

d. describes every data element in the database

ANS: A PTS: 1

12. The data manipulation language

a. de"nes the database to the database

management system

b. transfers data to the bu#er area for

manipulation

c. enables application programs to interact with

and manipulate the database

d. describes every data element in the database

ANS: C PTS: 1

13. Which statement is not correct? A query

language like SQL

a. is written in a fourth-generation language

b. requires user familiarity with COBOL

c. allows users to retrieve and modify data

d. reduces reliance on programmers

ANS: B PTS: 1

14. Which duty is not the responsibility of the

database administrator? " TOP