Why DBMS replaced file-based systems - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the sentence to explain a key problem with file-based systems.

DBMS Theory

File-based systems often lead to [1] because data is stored separately in many files.

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Adata redundancy

Bdata security

Cdata backup

Ddata mining

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Common Mistakes

Choosing data security, which is a benefit of DBMS, not a problem of file systems.

File-based systems store data in separate files, causing data redundancy, which means the same data is duplicated in multiple places.

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medium

Complete the sentence to identify a limitation of file-based systems.

DBMS Theory

File-based systems lack [1], making it hard to control who can access data.

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Adata security

Bdata backup

Cdata redundancy

Ddata sharing

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Common Mistakes

Confusing data sharing with security.

File-based systems do not provide data security features, so unauthorized users may access sensitive data.

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hard

Fix the error in the sentence about file-based systems.

DBMS Theory

File-based systems provide easy [1] of data across multiple users.

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Asecurity

Bsharing

Cbackup

Dduplication

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Common Mistakes

Choosing duplication or backup, which are not related to multi-user access.

The statement is incorrect because file-based systems do not provide easy sharing of data among multiple users; this is a limitation that DBMS solves.

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hard

Fill both blanks to explain a DBMS advantage over file-based systems.

DBMS Theory

DBMS provides [1] to avoid data [2] and improve data integrity.

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Acentralized control

Bdata backup

Credundancy

Ddata security

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Common Mistakes

Mixing up redundancy with security or backup.

DBMS offers centralized control to reduce redundancy, which helps keep data consistent and accurate.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to describe DBMS benefits.

DBMS Theory

DBMS supports [1] access, [2] management, and [3] recovery.

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Amulti-user

Btransaction

Cdata

Dbackup

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Choosing 'data' instead of 'backup' for recovery.

DBMS allows multi-user access, manages transactions to keep data consistent, and provides backup recovery to protect data.