a) Assume that you are responsible for selecting a new DBMS product for a group of users in your
organization. To undertake this exercise, you must first establish a set of requirements for the
group and then identify a set of features that a DBMS product must provide to fulfill the
requirements. Describe the process of evaluating and selecting the best DBMS product.

b) Describe the components of the DBMS environment and discuss how they relate to each other.