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Data Modeling

Subject : it-skills
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1. 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 ____.






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Improving ___ leads to more flexible queries.






12. ____ yields better performance.






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






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






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






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






17. 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 ____.






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






19. 1NF - 2NF - and 3NF are _____.






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. An ERM is not dependent on the ____________.






33. ________ cannot be further subdivided.






34. A ______ attribute can have only one value.






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






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






37. Another word for existence-independent is ____.






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






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






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






41. A ___________ must not contain a repeating group .






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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