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Data Modeling

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The word "entity" in the ER model corresponds to a _______.






2. 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.






3. A ______ attribute can have only one value.






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Data redundancy produces ____.






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






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






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






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






15. For most business transactional databases - we should normalize relations into ____.






16. ____ yields better performance.






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






18. Refers to the level of detail represented by the values stored in a table's row






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






20. A table that is in 2NF and contains no transitive dependencies is said to be in ___.






21. 1NF - 2NF - and 3NF are _____.






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






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






24. _______ databases reflect the ever-growing demand for greater scope and depth in the data on which decision support systems increasingly rely.






25. Improving ___ leads to more flexible queries.






26. The Crow's foot symbol with two parallel lines indicates ___ cardinality.






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






31. ________ cannot be further subdivided.






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






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






34. A ___________ must not contain a repeating group .






35. 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.






36. An ERM is not dependent on the ____________.






37. A table where every determinant is a candidate key is said to be in ____.






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






39. Dependencies can be identified with the help of a dependency _____.






40. When a nonkey attribute is the determinate of a key attribute the table is in 3NF but not ____.






41. The conflicts between design efficiency - ____________ - and processing speed are often resolved through compromised that include denormalization.






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






43. 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 ____.






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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