Database Concept AAPP004-3
Introduction to Database
Tutorial 1
1. Define the following terms:
a. Data
b. Information
c. File processing system
d. Database
e. Database management system (DBMS)
f. Data redundancy
2. Problems with file processing system
3. Advantages of DBMS
4. DBMS functions
5. List four applications you have used that most likely employed a database system to store
persistent data. Give specific examples of what kind of information was stored in that
database.
6. List four significant differences between a file-processing system and a DBMS.
7. What are the main components of a database system?
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Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology
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