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Data Modeling

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Refers to the level of detail represented by the values stored in a table's row






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. A ___________ must not contain a repeating group .






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. ____ yields better performance.






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






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






21. 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 ____.






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. An ERM is not dependent on the ____________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Data redundancy produces ____.






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






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






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






47. 1NF - 2NF - and 3NF are _____.






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






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






50. A ______ attribute can have only one value.