Read the following statements and answer the following questions.
Assertion: In order to provide security and consistency of data, database is directly accessible to users.
Reason: Any addition of information to the database is done by user-friendly programs.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is option 4- Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.
Assertion: In order to provide security and consistency of data, database is directly accessible to users. This is not true as In order to provide security and consistency of data, database is not directly accessible to users.
Reason: Any addition of information to the database is done by user-friendly programs. This is true. Any addition or retrieval of information from database is done by user-friendly programs. Database is thus rightly referred to as ‘back-end’ while the interactive program, that includes user interface, is termed as ‘front-end’ of a database application.
Thus, assertion is not true but reason is true.