Reading Questions: Chapter 7

2. A file manager is a program that enables users to manipulate files on their computers and a database management system is a program or system of programs that can manipulate data in a large collection of files. They are similar because they both include manipulating files whether it is in the beginning or sometime down the road.

4. A query is an information request. An example of a question answered by a query is, " Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?" in the context of a database on the life of Abraham Lincoln.

7. To sort a data-file means to edit the content of the file.

8. Because it can back up and correct any entries that you make based on the databased.