Vocabulary 6

Question 1

Attribute

Answer 1

Characteristic, describing an entity

Question 2

Big data

Answer 2

Refers to large and diverse sets of data that grow at ever increasing rates of speed. Big data is a field of study to systematically extract and analyze data sets that are too large or complex to be dealt with by traditional software

Question 3

Cardinality

Answer 3

Describes one of the type of relationship: one to one, one to many, many to many

Question 4

Data management

Answer 4

Data management is a set of processes established by a company for data that includes acquiring, validating, storing, protecting, and processing. Data Management needed to ensure data is accessible, reliable, and timely

Question 5

Entity

Answer 5

A single thing, person, place, or object

Question 6

Field

Answer 6

Represents each category of data contained in a record

Question 7

Master data management (MDM)

Answer 7

MDM is the process used to manage, centralize, organize, categorize, localize, synchronize, and share data according to the enterprise’s policies and / or strategies. When properly done, MDM streamlines data sharing among personnel, departments, and systems

Question 8

Entity relationship diagram

Answer 8

An Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) is a type of flowchart that illustrates how “entities” such as people, objects, or concepts relate to each other within a process or system

Question 9

Database Management System (DBMS)

Answer 9

A software system that is used to create and manage databases. They provide users and programmers with a systematic way to create, retrieve, update and manage data

Question 10

Record

Answer 10

Group of related items

Question 11

Relational Databases

Answer 11

Software designed to model data in tables. In a relational database, each row in the table is a record with a unique ID called the primary key. The columns of the table hold attributes of the data. Relational databases are designed to handle vast amounts of data by enterprise applications

Question 12

Object Oriented Databases

Answer 12

The data is represented and stored in the form of objects. Object databases are commonly used in applications that require high performance and calculations. They are designed to handle videos, music, 3D modeling, engineering, drawings, and images

Question 13

Table

Answer 13

A collection of related data consisting of columns and rows