INFO321 Assignment 1

INFO321 Assignment 1

Answer the 4 following questions:

1. Discuss each of the following terms:

a) data

b) database

c) database management system

d) database application program

e) data independence

f) security

g) integrity

h) views

2. Do you believe that the instructor and students are presented with the same “view” of the data in this classroom? – Explain why you feel that is or is not necessary.

3. What is the concurrency control and why does a DBMS need a concurrency control facility?

4. Does the Classroom for this course demonstrate a need for Concurrency Control? Explain.

Include the questions with your answers The submission should be well organized, demonstrate your understanding of the assigned material and be in the order of ~1,200+ words in length. Your submission must be original, include supporting sentences using the terms, concepts, and theories with the page number or website from the required readings or other material. Your submission should paraphrase the material you reference, restrict your use of direct quotes (copy and paste) to less than 20% of the submission (the grade will be impacted if you exceed this limit).

I will give access to the Connolly book for chapter one for this assignment.