Deck 2: Database Concepts and Applications in HRIS

Question 1

HR metrics are

A) various measures of organizational performance
B) derived from organizational outcomes
C) used to improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness
D) all of these

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Information is the ______ of data while knowledge is information that has been given ______.

A) accumulation; structure
B) meaning; structure
C) interpretation; meaning
D) understanding; definitions

Answer 2

C

Question 3

MS Access would be appropriate for an organization that

A) had a small database and limited knowledge of database programming
B) had a small database and extensive knowledge of database programming
C) had a large database and limited knowledge of database programming
D) had a large database and extensive knowledge of database programming

Answer 3

A

Question 4

A shortcoming of hierarchical and network database systems was that

A) only very knowledgeable technical staff members could interact with the database effectively
B) relationships between records were explicitly maintained
C) it replaced file-oriented structures
D) it was electronically stored data

Question 5

When a(n)______ from one table is stored as an attribute of another table,that attribute is called a(n)______.

A) primary key; foreign key
B) object; entity
C) foreign key; primary key
D) entity; attribution

Question 6

The database design process

A) begins with determining what the users want
B) is a task that only upper management should manage
C) begins with a budget estimate
D) requires outside consultant services

Question 7

Data mining involves visually analyzing large data sets to identify recurring relationships.

Question 8

A(n)______ allows you to ask a question based on one or more tables in a database.

A) action query
B) question query
C) cross-tab query
D) select query

Question 9

Functional units,management levels,and geographically dispersed locations may all have the need to ______.

A) share data
B) limit attributes in the database
C) reduce database needs
D) limit query functionality

Question 10

Queries are important because

A) they are a way to store data
B) they provide direction for strategic HR
C) they allow you to present questions to the DBMS in a language it understands
D) they allow you to manipulate information

Question 11

Business intelligence (BI)applications include ______.

A) the activities of decision support systems
B) query and reporting
C) forecasting
D) all of these

Question 12

Patterns in large data sets are identified through ______.

A) the creation of tables
B) data gathering
C) data mining
D) electronic data storage

Question 13

The advent of the Internet and a standardized communication protocol have contributed to

A) easier database programming
B) data sharing across geographically dispersed locations
C) the maximization of query functionality
D) the elimination of a centralized database

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a shortcoming of early file-oriented database structures?

A) data redundancy
B) poor data control
C) inadequate data manipulation capabilities
D) inability to resemble manual recordkeeping

Question 15

An attribute is a characteristic of the entity in a relational database.

Question 16

A data warehouse is a special type of database that is optimized for reporting and analysis and is the raw material for management's decision support system.

Question 17

One of the benefits of a relational database system is that

A) end users who generally had limited programming experience can still utilize the query functionality
B) organizations can easily implement them
C) they are easy to maintain
D) they are a strategic HRM resource

Question 18

Data processing systems that performed record-keeping functions that mimicked existing manual procedures were called ______.

A) file-oriented data structures
B) small database structures
C) data warehouses
D) electronic data storage

Question 19

The employee's name is an example of ______.

A) an entity
B) an attribute
C) an object
D) a primary key

Question 20

______ is a broad category of business applications and technologies for creating data warehouses and for analyzing and providing access to these specialized data to help enterprise users make better business decisions.

A) Strategic planning
B) Business intelligence
C) Enterprise solution
D) Data intelligence

Question 21

The database design process begins with determining what the users want.

Question 22

Tables are used to store information about entities.Multiple tables are created for each entity.

Question 23

The employee's name is an example of an object.

Question 24

A foreign key represents the primary key from another table that is stored as an attribute in another table.

Question 25

Compare the typical users of an action query with those of a cross-tab query.

Question 26

Relational database data is stored in tables where each table represents one "entity" in the real world,and the information associated with that "entity" is stored in that table.Tables are related to each other through a common attribute or key.

Question 27

MS Access would be appropriate for an organization that had a small database and limited knowledge of database programming.

Question 28

The advent of the Internet and a standardized communication protocol have contributed to easier database programming.

Question 29

What is meant by business intelligence?

Question 30

Attributes represent a single data element or characteristic of the data table.

Question 31

What is meant by a cross-tab query?

Question 32

What is meant by a hierarchical database?

Question 33

What critical role does N-tier architecture provide to large,multinational companies?

Question 34

What were the benefits of relational database systems versus traditional file-oriented data structures?

Question 35

What are the implications for databases and data sharing in today's global environment?

Question 36

One of the benefits of a relational database system is that end users who generally had limited programming experience can still utilize the query functionality.

Question 37

What are some examples of how an organization might use the data-sharing ability of a relational database system?

Question 38

What are decision support systems,and what role do they play?

Question 39

Provide some examples of actions that might be performed as a result of an action query.