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Ad Hoc Query ✔✔"Spur of the moment" question
Analytical Database ✔✔A database focused primarily on storing historical data and business
metrics used for tactical or strategic
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WGU C175 Chapter/Lesson 1 Already
Passed
Ad Hoc Query ✔✔"Spur of the moment" question
Analytical Database ✔✔A database focused primarily on storing historical data and business
metrics used for tactical or strategic decision making.
availability ✔✔In the context of data security, it refers to the accessibility of data whenever
required by authorized users and for authorized purposes.
centralized database ✔✔A database located at a single site.
cloud database ✔✔A database that is created and maintained using cloud services, such as
Microsoft Azure or Amazon AWS.
data ✔✔Raw facts, or facts that have not yet been processed to reveal their meaning to the end
user.
data anomaly ✔✔A data abnormality in which inconsistent changes have been made to a database.
For example, an employee moves, but the address change is not corrected in all files in the
database.
data dependence ✔✔A data condition in which data representation and manipulation are
dependent on the physical data storage characteristics.
data dictionary ✔✔A DBMS component that stores metadata—data about data. Thus, the data
dictionary contains the data definition as well as their characteristics and relationships. A data
dictionary may also include data that are external to the DBMS. Also known as an information
resource dictionary. See also active data dictionary, metadata, and passive data dictionary.
data inconsistency ✔✔A condition in which different versions of the same data yield different
(inconsistent) results.
data independence ✔✔A condition in which data access is unaffected by changes in the physical
data storage characteristics.
data integrity ✔✔In a relational database, a condition in which the data in the database complies
with all entity and referential integrity constraints.
data management ✔✔A process that focuses on data collection, storage, and retrieval. Common
________________ functions include addition, deletion, modification, and listing.
data processing (DP) specialist ✔✔The person responsible for developing and managing a
computerized file processing system.
data redundancy ✔✔Exists when the same d
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