This activity contains 14 questions.

What does the abbreviation DBMS stand for?

Digital Base Mapping System.
Data Borrowing and Movement Software.
Database Manipulation Software.
Database Management System.

The advantages of Standard Query Language (SQL) include which of the

following in relation to GIS databases?
It uses a pseudo-English style of questioning.
It is simple and easy to understand.
It is widely used.
It is good at handling geographical concepts.

Which of the following are characteristics of an RDBMS?

Data are organized in a series of two-dimensional tables each of which
contains records for one entity.
It cannot use SQL.
Keys may be unique or have multiple occurrences in the database.
Tables are linked by common data known as keys.
Queries are possible on individual or groups of tables.

What is a 'tuple'?
An attribute attached to a record.
Another name for the key linking different tables in a database.
A row or record in a database table.
Another name for a table in an RDBMS.

Which of the following are issues to be considered by users of large

 corporate GIS databases?
The need for multiple views or different windows into the same databases.
The need for multiple copies of the same data and subsequent merging after
separate updates.
The need for manual transfer of records to paper.
The need for concurrent access and multi-user update.
The need to manage long transactions.

Which of the following are features of the object-oriented approach to

databases?
The ability to develop database models based on location rather than state
and behaviour.
The need to split objects into their component parts.
The ability to represent the world in a non-geometric way.
The ability to develop more realistic models of the real world.
The ability to develop databases using natural language approaches.

Redundancy is minimised with a computer based database approach.

True
False

The relational database model is based on concepts proposed in the 1960s

and 1970s.
True
False

A row in a database can also be called a domain.

True
False
 A first step in database creation should be needs analysis.

True
False

In entity attribute modelling a many to many relationship is represented

by M:M.
True
False

In a networked web based GIS all communications must go through an

internet map server.
True
False

In an OO database approach 'object = attributes + behaviour'.

True
False

In an OO database objects may inherit some or all of the characteristics of

other objects.
True
False

Correct Answer: Database Management System.

Correct Answers: It is good at handling geographical concepts.

It is widely used.

It uses a pseudo-English style of questioning.

Correct Answers: Tables are linked by common data known as keys.

 Queries are possible on individual or groups of tables.

Data are organized in a series of two-dimensional tables each of which contains

records for one entity.

Your Answer: A row or record in a database table.

Correct Answers: The need for multiple views or different windows into the same databases.

The need for concurrent access and multi-user update.

The need to manage long transactions.

Correct Answers: The ability to develop more realistic models of the real world.

The ability to represent the world in a non-geometric way.

The ability to develop databases using natural language approaches.

Your Answer: True

Your Answer: True

Correct Answer: False

Your Answer: True

Correct Answer: False

Correct Answer: False

Correct Answer: False

Your Answer: True