Databases — Practice Questions

Question 1

In a database table, a row of data is called a:

Accepted Answer

record — A row is a record.

Question 2

In a database table, a column is called a:

Accepted Answer

field — A column is a field.

Question 3

The field that uniquely identifies each record is the:

Accepted Answer

primary key — The primary key is unique for each record.

Question 4

Databases let us easily:

Accepted Answer

search, sort and update data — Databases make it easy to search, sort and update.

Question 5

Data in a relational database is organised into:

Accepted Answer

tables — Data is stored in tables.

Question 6

A primary key must be:

Accepted Answer

unique for each record — A primary key is unique per record.