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Activity 1.1

A. Answer the following questions:
1. What do you mean by a database?

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2. What is a DBMS and why is it required?

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3. What is a table in a database?

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4. Give the name of any one real world example in which you have learnt about

database.
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5. What is a primary key?

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B. Fill in the blanks.

1. ___________ is the storage area which is used to store a huge amount of
data.

2. DBMS stands for ___________.

3. ___________ is the intersection of many rows and columns.
4. ___________ is a data type used to store text values.

5. ___________ is the column which is used to identify unique values in a table.

C. State whether these statements are true or false.
1. In a database, data is stored only in tables. ________

2. Database Management System is a hardware used to maintain
the data of the database. ________

3. P rimary key is a row/record used to identify unique values
in a table. ________
4. Data type is used to specify the kind of data to be used in a

column of a table. ________

5. A table is a collection of data in textual form. ________

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