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Data Modeling

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The following step occurs first in the process of building an ERD: create a __________ of the organization's description of operations.






2. 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.






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






4. Another word for existence-independent is ____.






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






21. A ___________ must not contain a repeating group .






22. 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.






23. Improving ___ leads to more flexible queries.






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






25. An ERM is not dependent on the ____________.






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 1NF - 2NF - and 3NF are _____.






37. ________ cannot be further subdivided.






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. 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 ____.






40. A ______ attribute can have only one value.






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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