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CISA Information Systems — practice questions

Explore 22 free Information Systems questions in CISA Computer Science. Each question opens with answer choices, the correct answer and a worked solution.

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A firm stores a collection of related data items in one place. That store is a:Read the answer and worked solution →The software used to define, create and maintain a database is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A document describing the content, format and structure of a database is a data:Read the answer and worked solution →The part of a database system that lists every table and its fields is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The major elements of a DBMS include hardware, data, procedures, users, language and:Read the answer and worked solution →A customer address is stored in two different tables by mistake. That problem is data:Read the answer and worked solution →One clear advantage of using a DBMS is that it helps control data:Read the answer and worked solution →A DBMS guarantees every record in a table is unique by adding a:Read the answer and worked solution →Database systems are broadly categorised as relational and:Read the answer and worked solution →A DBMS that stores data in row based tables is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The relational model of data is built on the concept of a:Read the answer and worked solution →Several attributes together that uniquely identify a row form a:Read the answer and worked solution →A key is called minimal when it uses the fewest attributes needed. Such a key is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A car table could use the VIN and the make together as a:Read the answer and worked solution →One of the candidate keys is chosen to identify every record. It becomes the:Read the answer and worked solution →In a printed table diagram, the primary key is usually shown:Read the answer and worked solution →SQL was built on top of which theoretical framework?Read the answer and worked solution →A command that adds, deletes or modifies columns in an existing table is:Read the answer and worked solution →Rules that keep the data in a table accurate and reliable are SQL:Read the answer and worked solution →Two relations must have the same number of attributes on the same domains to be:Read the answer and worked solution →A database built for irregular or highly volatile data structures is a:Read the answer and worked solution →In April 2018 an unauthorised party got into the database of which company?Read the answer and worked solution →

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