1.1 What problem can occur when a database is processed by more than one user?

1.2 Give an example of a database application that has hundreds of users and a very large and complicated database. Use an example other than one in Figure 1-3.

1.3 What are the largest databases used by e-commerce companies such as Amazon.com?

1.4 How do the e-commerce companies use these databases?

1.5 How do digital dashboard and data mining applications differ from transaction processing applications?

1.6 Explain why a small database is not necessarily simpler than a large one.

1.7 Describe the components shown in Figure 1-6.

1.8 What is SQL and why is it important?

1.9 Is Microsoft Access a DBMS? Why or why not?

1.10 What is the function of the application generator in Access?

1.11 Why would someone choose to replace the native Access DBMS engine with SQL Server?

1.12 Name the components of an enterprise-class database system.

1.13 Name and explain the four categories of database applications.

1.14 Define the term database.

1.15 What advantage is there in storing metadata in tables?

1.16 List the components of a database other than user tables and metadata.

1.17 List several consequences of a poorly designed database.

1.18 What does the term database migration mean?

1.19 Who was E.F. Codd?

1.20 What were the early objections to the relational model?

1.21 What characteristic of HTTP was a problem for some database processing applications?