In order to study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of databases, the student must have an understanding of related technological concepts.
These may include the following.
Design and creation concepts
• Key terms—field, key field, record, search, query, sort, database management system,
mail merge
• Flat-file database versus relational database
• Paper files versus electronic files
• Data redundancy and data integrity
• Updating data
Storage and access concepts
• Data transfer between a database and a spreadsheet
• Search and the use of the Boolean operators (AND, OR and NOT)
• Data mining/data matching
Presentation concepts
• Report generation
• Special-purpose databases, for example, personal information managers,
encyclopedias, library systems
Databases - Knowledge of technology
In order to study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of
databases, the student must have an understanding of related technological concepts.
These may include the following.
Design and creation concepts
• Key terms—field, key field, record, search, query, sort, database management system,
mail merge
• Flat-file database versus relational database
• Paper files versus electronic files
• Data redundancy and data integrity
• Updating data
Storage and access concepts
• Data transfer between a database and a spreadsheet
• Search and the use of the Boolean operators (AND, OR and NOT)
• Data mining/data matching
Presentation concepts
• Report generation
• Special-purpose databases, for example, personal information managers,
encyclopedias, library systems
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