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Which of the following types of information could you store in a database? |
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Information about different products, including descriptions and prices |
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Information about all of the pupils in a school, including name, date of birth and address |
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Information about different countries, including population, climate and language |
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All of the above |
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In a database about planets, all of the information about Mars would be held on what? |
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A field |
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A report |
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A record |
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A graph |
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Each record on a database has several different what? |
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Different fields |
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Different yards |
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Different graphs |
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Different coordinates |
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What is a database search called? |
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A quest |
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A query |
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An inquest |
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An answer |
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Imagine an animal database in which each record has these fields: number of legs, habitat, lifespan, diet. Which of the following pieces of information could NOT be found out from the database? |
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Whether the animal is a reptile |
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Whether the animal inhabits grassland |
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Whether the animal eats mice |
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Whether the animal has four legs |
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Which database might you use to help you find your next library book? |
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An encyclopedia |
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A journal |
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A magazine |
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A catalog |
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Which fields would you expect to find in a database of library books? |
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Author, title, whether your best friend liked the book |
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Author, title, color of cover, book condition, how long it will take to read |
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Author, title, genre, number of pages, location |
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Author and title only |
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If you had a database for the children in your class and you wanted to organize the list of children by date of birth, you would instruct the database to do what? |
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Sort |
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Randomize |
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Alphabetize |
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Save |
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A planet database could be organized in which of the following ways? |
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By distance from the sun, in ascending numerical order |
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By distance from the sun, in alphabetical order |
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By time taken to orbit, in alphabetical order |
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All of the above |
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What is another name for the information held in a database? |
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IQ |
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Data |
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Snippets |
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Fun facts |
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