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Data Modeling

Subject : it-skills
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1. Dependencies can be identified with the help of a dependency _____.






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






3. A ______ attribute can have only one value.






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. An ERM is not dependent on the ____________.






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. 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 ____.






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






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






22. 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.






23. ________ cannot be further subdivided.






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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 ____.






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






37. A ___________ must not contain a repeating group .






38. ____ yields better performance.






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. Improving ___ leads to more flexible queries.






44. Another word for existence-independent is ____.






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






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






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






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






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






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