Database package

Contents & notes: what this topic covers

Under Database package, the JAMB Computer Studies syllabus expects you to study:

• 3. Database package
• (a) Definition of Database and examples of database packages
• (b) Database organizations
• (c) Different features of database format
• (d) Basic operations of Database using MS Access
• (e) Create database using MS Access
• (f) Carry out operations on existing database using MS Access.
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Study notes & guidance

Study Database package using a recommended Computer Studies textbook that follows the JAMB syllabus. Work through the contents listed above one by one, make brief notes in your own words, and then practise as many questions on this topic as you can — in Computer Studies, understanding and steady practice matter far more than memorising. Use the objectives below as a checklist: if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.

Objectives — candidates should be able to

After studying Database package, you should be able to:

1. Define Database and give examples of Database packages. (Dbase, Foxbase, MS Access, Oracle, etc.)
2. Define basic database terms (File, Record, Field, key, form, table, etc.)
3. List and explain different types of database organisation (Hierarchical, Network and Relational.)
4. List the application areas of Database in different organizations (Office, Home, Education, Government, Hospital, Agriculture, etc.) ates should be able to: Explain different features of database format in MS Access: - Files designed as tables - Tables comprising of rows and columns - Row containing related information about a record - Column containing specific type of information about a field Carry out steps to create a database in MS Access to: - Define structure of a database - Indicate field type (numeric, character, data, text, etc.) - Enter data - Save data carry out basic operations on an already created MS Access database: - searching, modifying, sorting, reporting, selecting, inserting, etc. Close the MS Access database.

These objectives are from the official JAMB syllabus. Use them as a checklist — if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.

Source: official JAMB UTME Computer Studies syllabus (IBASS, jamb.gov.ng). Reproduced for study use. Last checked: 17 Sept 2026. Always confirm the current syllabus on the official portal.