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Data Modeling

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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 ____.






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. ________ cannot be further subdivided.






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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 ____.






28. 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.






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






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






31. Improving ___ leads to more flexible queries.






32. Data redundancy produces ____.






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






34. An ERM is not dependent on the ____________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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