Homework due on May 5, 2006

I hope you all enjoyed the food fair. Thanks to you and your other Grade 9 classmates for all your hard work. You guys were great! But, now back to the grind and this week's homework questions:

Read pages 106-107 and answer the following questions:

1. What is a database? What are the four main properties? (5 pts.)
2. Give an example, not found in the reading, of a small database. (1 pt.)
3. Give two examples of large databases that might be used to help members of the public. (2 pts.)
4. Describe a GIS and how it is used. (4 pts.)
5. Explain what is meant by: file, record, and field. (3 pts.)
6. Look carefully at the table on page 107. In your opinion, do the advantages of a database outweight the disadvantages? (3 pts.)

Good luck!