VT Chapter 11 Exam Questions
The test that a transaction processing system uses to make sure that transactions are fully completed or aren't undertaken at all is known as ________.
atomicity
Which would make the best primary key in a table?
Social Security number
A(n) ________ is a set of rules that are used to apply a knowledge base to each situation.
inference engine
To ensure that a person does not misspell Wednesday in a field, a(n) ________ list can be used.
lookup
An expert system is a computer programmed to ________.
make decisions in real-life situations
________ is the application of information technology to the field of biology.
Bioinformatics
In a relational vehicle database, a(n) ________ relationship occurs when each vehicle record may link to several repair records, but each repair can link to only one vehicle.
one-to-many
Microsoft Office is an example of a(n) ________.
office support system (OSS)
A(n) ________ improves over time by learning from its interactions.
cognitive computing system
A ________ contains the information for a single entity in the database.
record