Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Accountancy

Chapter

Database Management System for Accounting

Question:

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.

Options:

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and but R is not the correct explanation of A.

Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.

Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Correct Answer:

Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Explanation:

The correct answer is option 4- Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.

In order to provide security and consistency of data, database is not directly accessible to users. 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.