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Data Modeling

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. From a system functionality point of view - ___ attribute values can be calculated when they are needed to write reports or invoices.






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






3. ________ cannot be further subdivided.






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. ____ yields better performance.






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






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






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






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






27. An ERM is not dependent on the ____________.






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






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






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






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






32. A ___________ must not contain a repeating group .






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. 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 ____.






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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 ____.






45. Improving ___ leads to more flexible queries.






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






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






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






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






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