A school has been advised to employ a database administrator. State three responsibilities of this personnel in the school.

A school has been advised to employ a database administrator. State three responsibilities of this personnel in the school.

​(b) Explain two ways in which computers can be used in the transport industry. 
(c) Mary was advised to partition a hard disk for her computer. Explain two reasons that may have necessitated this. 
(d) Explain a reason for conducting each of the following studies in systems development:
(i) Schedule feasibility; 
(ii) Technical feasibility. 

RESPONSES

a) Possible responsibilities of a database admin in a school

•  Carrying out school database backups.
•  Recovering of lost school data incase of system failure.
•  Ensuring the security and integrity of the school system.
•  Adding new users to the school system and managing the user’s accounts.
•  Designing and developing database application for the school.
•  Updating or maintaining database for the school.

b) Ways in which computers can be used in a transport industry.

•  Use of GPS to track vehicles, flights etc.
•  Bookings to different destinations can be done through the use of computers ( online booking).
•  The computers can also be used to reduce the speed of vehicles and bring sanity in the industry.
•  Managing human resource involved in the industry.

c) Reasons for partitioning hard disk

•  For security purposes, incase one partition fails the second partition remains functional.
•  If she requires backup copies to be stored in the same hard disk.
•  If she intends to install more than one operating system.

d) (I Schedule feasibility

•  To determine if the proposed solution can be developed within the required time.

(ii) Technical feasibility

•  To determine if the system can be supported by the available technology.

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