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Data Modeling

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1NF - 2NF - and 3NF are _____.






2. ________ cannot be further subdivided.






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






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






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






6. An ERM is not dependent on the ____________.






7. 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 ____.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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 ____.






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






30. 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.






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






32. ____ yields better performance.






33. Improving ___ leads to more flexible queries.






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






35. Data redundancy produces ____.






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






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






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






39. A ___________ must not contain a repeating group .






40. A ______ attribute can have only one value.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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