What is stand for ACID?
1. atomicity, consistency, isolation and durability.
2. atom, consistency, isolation and durability.
3. atom, consist, isolation and durability.
4. none 

What does the abbreviation DBMS stand for?
1. Database Management System.
2. Data Borrowing and Movement Software.
3. Database Manipulation Software.
4. Digital Base Mapping System.

The advantages of Standard Query Language (SQL) include which of the following in relation to GIS databases?
1. It is simple and easy to understand.
2. It uses a pseudo-English style of questioning.
3. It is good at handling geographical concepts.
4. It is widely used.

Which of the following are characteristics of an RDBMS?
1. Queries are possible on individual or groups of tables.
2. It cannot use SQL.
3. Tables are linked by common data known as keys.
4. Data are organized in a series of two-dimensional tables each of which contains records for one entity.
  	Keys may be unique or have multiple occurrences in the database.

What is a 'tuple'?
1. An attribute attached to a record.
2. Another name for a table in an RDBMS.
3. Another name for the key linking different tables in a database.
4. A row or record in a database table.

Which of the following are issues to be considered by users of large corporate GIS databases?
1. The need to manage long transactions.
2. The need for multiple copies of the same data and subsequent merging after separate updates.
3. The need for manual transfer of records to paper.
4. The need for multiple views or different windows into the same databases.
5. The need for concurrent access and multi-user update.

Redundancy is minimised with a computer based database approach.
1. True
2. False

The relational database model is based on concepts proposed in the 1960s and 1970s.
1. True
2. False

A row in a database can also be called a domain.
1. True
2. False

A first step in database creation should be needs analysis.
1. True
2. False

In entity attribute modelling a many to many relationship is represented by M:M.
1. True
2. False

In a networked web based GIS all communications must go through an internet map server.
1. True
2. False

In an OO database approach 'object = attributes + behaviour'.
1. True
2. False

In an OO database objects may inherit some or all of the characteristics of other objects.
1. True
2. False