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You have run an SQL statement that asked the DBMS to display data in a table named USER_TABLES. The results include columns of data labeled "TableName," "NumberOfColumns" and "PrimaryKey." You are looking at ________.

  • A.user data
  • B.metadata
  • C.A report
  • D.
    indexes

Answer: B

Correct answer: metadata

USER_TABLES describes the structure of the database - table names, column counts, keys - not the data the organisation stores. That is metadata, kept in the system catalogue and queryable with ordinary SQL, which is exactly what makes a database self-describing.

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