Review Q's pg 237 #'s 2-6

2. A file manager enables users to work with one file at a time. A DBMS can manipulate data in a large collection of files. Both are used to search and store data. DBMS is more complex.
3. A database is composed of one or more tables, which is a collection of related information. It holds records which are information of people, product or event. Each "chunk" of information in a database is called a field.

4. A query is an information request. It can be a simple search for a record.An example of a query would be "all students who attended Al-Arqam in the year 1998)

5. To create a simple business report one would arrange data in tables with rows for individual records and columns for selected fields.

6. some advantages of personal information management softwares include more organized records of information, it is faster and more efficient then paper notebook organizers, it can also hold more information then a standard sized notebook.
Advantages of a paper notebook organizer is that this way one would not face privacy or security issues. A computer hacker can easily access a computer database and use or release confidential information.