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Data Modeling

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A ____ exists when there are functional dependencies such that Y is functionally dependent on X and Z is functionally dependent on Y - and X is the primary key.






2. A table that has all key attributes defined - has no repeating groups - and all its attributes are dependent on the primary key - is said to be in ____.






3. Depicts all dependencies found within a given table structure is known as a ______.






4. If you have three different transitive dependencies - ___ different determinants exist.






5. View the data as part of a table or collection of tables in which all key values must be identified.






6. Improving ___ leads to more flexible queries.






7. THE MOST LIKELY DATA TYPE FOR A SURROGATE KEY IS ____.






8. 1NF - 2NF - and 3NF are _____.






9. In a real-world environment - changing granularity requirements might dictate changes in primary key selection - and those changes might ultimately require the use of ____ keys.






10. The word "entity" in the ER model corresponds to a _______.






11. If a table has multiple candidate keys and one of those candidate keys is a composite key - the table can have ___ based on this composite candidate key - even when the primary key chosen is a single attribute.






12. A _____ entity is composed of the primary keys of each of the entities to be connected.






13. BCNF can be violated only if the table contains more than one ___ key.






14. __________ is a process to help reduce the likelihood of data anomalies.






15. A table is in BCNF if every determinant in the table is a ____________.






16. The associative entity is also known as a ___ entity.






17. A ___ identifier is composed of more than one attribute.






18. Need not be stored physically in the data base.






19. The set of possible values for an attribute is a ____.






20. Normalization represents a micro view of the ___ within the ERD.






21. From a system functionality point of view - ___ attribute values can be calculated when they are needed to write reports or invoices.






22. Data redundancies occur from ____ of data on every row entry.






23. A ___ relationship exists when two entities are associated.






24. A ___ derives its name from the fact that a group of multiple entries of the same type can exist for any single key attribute occurrence.






25. In order to meet ___ requirements - you may have to denormalize some portion of the database.






26. According to naming conventions described in Chapter 2 - ___ would be the best name for a column representing the charges per hour in a table named JOB.






27. Dependencies based on only a part of a composite primary key are called ___ dependencies.






28. ______________database tables often lead to various data redundancy disasters in production databases.






29. The ___ refers to a specific table row as an entity instance.






30. A ___ relationship exists when an association is maintained within a single entity.






31. In the ERD - Cardinality is indicated using the ___ notation.






32. A ______ attribute can have only one value.






33. The existence of a(n) ___ relationship indicated that the minimum cardinality is at least 1 for the mandatory entity.






34. If database tables are treated as though they were files in a file system - the ___ never has a chance to demonstrate its superior data-handling capabilities.






35. Any attribute whose value determines other values within a row is called ____.






36. A talbe is in 4NF if it is 3NF and has no ________.






37. A ___ attribute is one that cannot be subdivided.






38. The price paid for increased performance through denormalization is a larger amount of ____.






39. In a ___ diagram - the arrows above the attribute indicate all desirable dependencies.






40. An ERM is not dependent on the ____________.






41. A ____ relationship exists when three entities are associated.






42. Most designers consider the BCNF as a special case of the ____.






43. Complex ____ requirements may dictate data transformations - and they may expand the number of entities and attributes withing the design.






44. The following step occurs first in the process of building an ERD: create a __________ of the organization's description of operations.






45. In order to meet performance requirements - you may have to denormalize portions of the ________.






46. An example of denormalization is using a ___ denormalized table to hold report data. This is required when creating a tabular report in which the columns represent data that is stored in the table as rows.






47. If an employee within an EMPLOYEE entity has a relationship with itself - that relationship is known as a ____ relationship.






48. A ___ entity has a primary key that is partially or totally derived from the parent entity in the relationship.






49. Relationship strength depends on how the primary key of the related entity is formulated - while the relationship ____ depends on how the business rule is written.






50. ____ yields better performance.