Professional Documents
Culture Documents
How can a continuous planning process help businesses respond to external threats and
opportunities?
It allows them to continuously monitor and analyze business processes which
allow them to analyze data from the operational level of the organization which
helps them to respond to threats and opportunities.
2. Describe the differences between entities, tables, rows and attributes in a database.
Entity is something you collect data about.
Tables are collections of related records in a database.
Records are rows on a table.
Attributes are columns on a table.
3. What is the importance of master data management?
Creating a single version of the truth.
4. What are the advantages of a DBMS?
Program-data independence, Minimal data redundancy, Improved data
consistency, Improved data sharing, Increased productivity of application
development, Enforcement of standards, Increased security, Improved data
quality, Reduced program maintenance.
5. Explain the differences between OLAP and OLTP?
OLAP refers to the process of quickly conducting complex, multidimensional
analyses of data stored in a database that is optimized for retrieval, typically using
graphical software tools.
OLTP refers to immediate automated responses to the requests of users.