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Access 2010
Microsoft Access Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Microsoft Access? | The best-selling personal computer database management system. |
| What is a database? | An organized collection of information about a subject. |
| What are 3 examples of a database? | Address book, telephone book, filing cabinet of files, cd tower of music |
| What is a database management systems? | Both the database information and tools (usually electronic) to use the database. |
| How is an Access database organized? | All objects are in one database file. |
| What is the file extension for Microsoft Access? | .accdb |
| What is a navigation pane? | A side panel that contains objects to select. |
| What are the 4 main types of objects in Access? | Tables, Queries, Forms, Reports |
| Where is all access information stores? | Tables |
| What is each row of an Access table called? | Record |
| What is a record? | A set of details about specific items. |
| What is each column of an Access table called? | Field |
| What is a field? | Objects that provide the categories for the details describing each record. |
| Each column is headed by what? | Field Name |
| What is a form in Microsoft Access? | A window for viewing the data in one or more tables - forms make it easy to view, input, amnd edit data. |
| What is a query in Microsoft Access? | An object that allows you to wrok with a portion of a table by limiting the number of fields and by selecting specific records. |
| What is a report in Microsoft Access? | Formatted information from a table or query that you can send to a printer. |
| How do you relate one table to another? | Through common fields. |
| A unique identifier that you should include in each table is called a(n) __________ key. | Primary |
| Each field has a data ___________, which indicates what can be stored in the field. | Type |
| The _____________ contains a list of all the objects in the database. You use this to open an object. | Navigation Pane |
| You work on objects such as tables, forms, and reports in the Access _______ area. | Work |
| ______________ view is only used to create a table or to modify the structure of the table. | Design |
| The most common type of relationship you will encounter between tables it the ____ to _____ relationship. | One to Many |
| ___________ means storing the same fact in more than one place. | Redundancy |
| When importing data you have two choices. What are those choices? | Create a new table, or add the records to an existing table. |