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Database Fundamentals

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1. The property that lets you change the structure of a database without requiring you to change the programs that access the database






2. The portion of the system catalog that contains index information






3. A characteristic or property of an entity






4. The part of an SQL SELECT command that indicates grouping






5. The form of a join in which all records appear - even if they don't match






6. A characteristic or property of an entity






7. A collection of relations






8. A rule that must be followed by data in a database






9. More than one entry at a single location in a table






10. In an Access query the line drawn between tables to indicate how they are related






11. A collection of relations






12. A statement the can be either true or false. Also called a condition






13. When sorting on two fields this is the more important field






14. An association between entities






15. A structure that contains information about the objects (tables or columns or indexes or views and so on) in a database






16. The relational algebra command for performing the difference of two tables






17. A combination of criteria in which at least on the criteria must be true






18. An index built on a single field






19. The property that lets you change the structure of a database without requiring you to change the programs that access the database






20. The individual who is responsible for a database or the head of database administration






21. A collection of actions in Access that are performed in response to an associated database operation - such as inserting or updating or deleting records.






22. An instruction by a user that directs a database to perform a certain way






23. A structure that can store information about multiple types of entities - the attributes of these entities and the relationships among those entities






24. An index built on more than one field






25. An update option in which related records are automatically updated






26. The process of creating collections of records that share some common characteristics






27. The field on which data are sorted






28. A screen object you use to maintain or view and print data from a database






29. A field whose value is computed from other fields in the database






30. An index built on a single field






31. The SQL command that drops (deletes) and index from a table






32. The portion of the Query Design window in Access where you enter fields or criteria or sort orders and so on






33. A Characteristic or property of an entity






34. Additional information required by an action in a data macro to complete the action






35. In relational algebra the operation in which two tables are connected on the basis of common data.






36. The SQL clause that is used in a CREATE TABLE or ALTER TABLE command to set a table's primary key field(s)






37. The individual or group that is responsible for a database






38. A message in Access that is displayed when a validation rule is violated






39. The relational algebra command to select rows from a table






40. A structure that satisfies the properties required to be a relation with the exception of allowing repeating groups






41. A query that deletes all records that satisfy some criterion






42. A file used to store data about a single entity. Such a file can be thought of as a table.






43. A relationship between two entities in which each occurrence of the first entity is related to many occurrences of the second entity and each occurrence of the second entity is related to or at most one occurrence of the first entity






44. The relational algebra command used to select columns from a table






45. The portion of the Query Design window in Access where you enter fields or criteria or sort orders and so on






46. A source of data - usually stored in hidden database tables - about the types of entities or attributes and relationships in a database






47. A delete option in which related records are automatically deleted






48. A relational data manipulation language in which new tables are created from existing tables through the use of a set of operations






49. Duplication of data or the storing of the same data in more than one place.






50. A file that relates key values to records that contain those key values







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