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Data Modeling

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. Another word for existence-independent is ____.






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






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






5. 1NF - 2NF - and 3NF are _____.






6. ________ cannot be further subdivided.






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






8. An attribute that is part of a key is known as a ____ attribute.






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






10. Improving ___ leads to more flexible queries.






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 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 ____.






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. A table where all attributes are dependent on the primary key are independent of each other - and no row contains two or more multivalued facts about an entity - is said to be in ____.






26. 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.






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






42. From a structural point of view - ______ is better than 1NF






43. Data redundancy produces ____.






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. A ______ attribute can have only one value.






50. A ___________ must not contain a repeating group .