Transaction Processing Systems (TPS)

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Front (Term)

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Back (Definition)

Question 2

What is a TPS?

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Transaction Processing System

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What does a TPS do?

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Collects, Stores, Modify and Retreave the records transactions of an organisation

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What is Batch Processing used for?

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Buying a product at a point-of-sale terminal.

Question 5

Data compared to a set of accepted data is called a?

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List check

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A database that organises data using a series of related tables is called a?

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Relational database

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What is a backup?

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a copy of the data that could be used to rebuild the system

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Whats direct access?

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immediate access of data

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What is automation?

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concurrency is a property of systems in which several computations are executing simultaneously, and potentially interacting with each other

Question 10

What are the three generation of backup master files?

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Grandfather-Father-son

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Why is Rapid Response important for a business?

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Businesses cannot afford to have customers waiting for a TPS to respond. The turnaround time from the input of the transaction to the production of the output must be a few seconds or less.

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Describe Atomicity?

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ensures that all of the steps involved in a transaction are completed successfully as a group. If any step fails, no other step should be completed.

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What is concurrency?

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ensures that two users cannot change the same data at the same time.

Question 14

Used to check the entry of transaction data.

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Data Validation

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A process performed by the data entry person to ensure the data for each transaction has been entered correctly.

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Data Verification

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Methods used to minimise data entry mistakes include:

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Pull down menus
Pop-up lists
Radio buttons
Check boxes
Range checks
Type checks