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1. What does ISO 3166 define?
Question 1A. Guidelines for metadata registriesB. Codes for the names of countries, territories and special areas of geographical interestC. Capital requirements for banksD. A framework for asset managementE. Rules for digitising paper documents
2. What type of data is ISO 3166 described as?
Question 2A. Transactional dataB. Master dataC. Reference dataD. MetadataE. Streaming data
3. What are the three types of ISO 3166-1 codes?
Question 3A. Alpha-2, Alpha-3 and NumericB. Short, Medium and LongC. Binary, Octal and HexadecimalD. Primary, Secondary and TertiaryE. Local, Regional and Global
4. What is the ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 code for Canada?
Question 4A. CAB. 124C. CDND. CANE. CND
5. What is the ISO 3166-1 Numeric code for the United States?
Question 5A. USB. USAC. 001D. 124E. 840
6. Who maintains ISO 3166 and why is it periodically updated?
Question 6A. The International Organization for Standardization, to reflect changes in country names and geopolitical developmentsB. The Basel Committee, to reflect changes in banking regulationC. The Bank for International Settlements, to track currenciesD. Each national government, to record its own bordersE. OpenAI, to train language models
7. How are ISO 3166 codes used in database integration?
Question 7A. To encrypt customer recordsB. To uniquely identify countries and ensure consistency in data representationC. To calculate shipping costsD. To replace primary keys in every tableE. To store the full text of treaties
8. Why does using ISO 3166 codes instead of full country names improve efficiency?
Question 8A. Because codes are easier to translateB. Because codes are more secureC. Because codes make data entry and processing more efficientD. Because codes cannot be misspeltE. Because codes are required by every database
9. Which of the following is NOT listed as an application of ISO 3166 codes?
Question 9A. Database integrationB. International transactionsC. Data exchange between systems and organisationsD. Calculating bank capital adequacyE. Specifying the countries involved in trade and finance
10. In the game analogy for ISO 3166, what role do the agreed codes play?
Question 10A. They decide who wins the gameB. They keep score for each playerC. They translate the rules into every languageD. They record each player's addressE. They make sure everyone knows which country is being referred to, no matter where they are from