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Database Fundamentals
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The portion of the Query Design window in Access where you enter fields or criteria or sort orders and so on
ORDER BY Clause
Calculated Field
Design Grid
Compound Criteria
2. A combination of criteria in which at least on the criteria must be true
Product
Catalog
Compound Criteria
OR Criterion
3. What type of an operator is >= ?
Comparison Operator
Design Grid
Primary Key
Repeating Groups
4. A function used to calculate the number of entries and the sum or average of all the entries in a given column or the largest or smallest of the entries in a given column
Union Compatible
Data File
Data File
Functions
5. A field whose value is computed from other fields in the database
Computed Field
Database Management System (DBMS)
Repeating Groups
Concatenation
6. A program or a collection of programs through which users interact with a database
CHECK
Form
Database Management System (DBMS)
Security
7. Combination of criteria in which both criteria must be true
AND Criterion
Aggregate Functions
Sysindexes
Database
8. A question the answer to which is found in the database
PROJECT
Union
Query
Integrity
9. A function used to calculate the number of entries and the sum or average of all the entries in a given column or the largest or smallest of the entries in a given column
Field
Functions
Computed Field
SELECT
10. A characteristic or property of an entity
Database Design
Attribute
Entity
Major Sort Key
11. A condition that involves only a single field and a single value
Criteria
Form
Simple Condition
Command
12. A graphic model for database design in which entities are represented as rectangles and relationships are represented as either arrows or diamonds connected to the entities they relate
Compound Conditions
AND Criterion
Entity-Relationship (E-R) Diagram
Intersection
13. The property that lets you change the structure of a database without requiring you to change the programs that access the database
Entity-Relationship (E-R) Diagram
Calculated Field
Data Independence
Reserved Words
14. A screen object you use to maintain or view and print data from a database
Entity
Computed Field
Form
Design Grid
15. A relational data manipulation language in which new tables are created from existing tables through the use of a set of operations
Repeating Groups
Relational Database
Relational Algebra
DROP TABLE
16. A rule in Access that data entered in a field must satisfy
Database Administrator (DBA)
Validation Rule
Division
One-to-Many Relationship
17. An update option in which related records are automatically updated
Compound Criteria
Cascade Update
Data Independence
Outer Join
18. The process of arranging rows in a table or results of a query in a particular order
DROP TABLE
Database Administrator (DBA)
Sort
Make-Table Query
19. An instruction by a user that directs a database to perform a certain way
Command
Make-Table Query
Intersection
OR Criterion
20. The property that no record can exist in the database with a value in a field other than a legal value
Legal-Values Integrity
Secondary Sort Key
SELECT
Grouping
21. 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
Entity-Relationship (E-R) Diagram
Union
Calculated Field
One-to-Many Relationship
22. The SQL statement that is used to revoke privileges from users of a database
Database Administrator (DBA)
Database Administrator (DBA)
Data Macro
REVOKE
23. The process of creating collections of records that share some common characteristics
Reserved Words
Aggregate Functions
Database Administration (DBA)
Grouping
24. When comparing tables an intersection is a new table containing all rows that are in both original tables
Relational Algebra
Make-Table Query
Calculated Field
Intersection
25. Duplication of data or the storing of the same data in more than one place.
Relation
Union Compatible
SELECT Clause
Redundancy
26. In relational algebra the operation in which two tables are connected on the basis of common data.
Integrity Constraint
Intersection
Join
Entity
27. In an Access query the line drawn between tables to indicate how they are related
Join Line
Entity-Relationship (E-R) Diagram
Make-Table Query
Outer Join
28. The portion of the system catalog that contains view information
Join Line
Redundancy
Primary Sort Key
Sysviews
29. A function used to calculate the number of entries and the sum or average of all the entries in a given column or the largest or smallest of the entries in a given column
Entity-Relationship (E-R) Diagram
Aggregate Functions
Attribute
Database Design
30. The SQL command that is used to change the structure of a table
ALTER TABLE
Concatenation
PROJECT
Attribute
31. A source of data - usually stored in hidden database tables - about the types of entities or attributes and relationships in a database
PROJECT
Catalog
Join
Trigger
32. A minimal collection of columns (attributes) in a table on which all columns are functionally dependent and that is chosen as the main direct-access vehicle to individual rows.
Primary Key
Sort Key
Stored Procedure
Single-Field Index
33. An association between entities
Command
Relationship
Outer Join
Database Administrator (DBA)
34. The individual who is responsible for a database or the head of database administration
Comparison Operator
Database Administrator (DBA)
Compound Criteria
Field
35. To indicate the table (relation) of which a given column (attribute) is a part by preceding the column name with the table name.
Query-By-Example (QBE)
Secondary Sort Key
ORDER BY Clause
Qualify
36. A file that relates key values to records that contain those key values
Join
Index
Field
Primary Key
37. A rule that must be followed by data in a database
Integrity Constraint
Comparison Operator
Repeating Groups
HAVING Clause
38. A data manipulation language for relational databases in which users indicate the action to be taken by completing on-screen forms
Cascade Delete
Integrity Constraint
Data Independence
Query-By-Example (QBE)
39. A two-dimensional table-style collection of data in which all entries are single-valued - each column has a distinct name and all the values in a column are values of the attribute that is identified by the column name - and the order of the columns
Query-By-Example (QBE)
One-to-Many Relationship
CREATE INDEX
Relation
40. A screen object you use to maintain or view and print data from a database
Outer Join
Entity-Relationship (E-R) Diagram
Form
Join
41. The relational algebra command to select rows from a table
SELECT
GRANT
Database Management System (DBMS)
Entity
42. Two simple criteria in a query the are combined with the AND or OR operators
Compound Conditions
WHERE Clause
HAVING Clause
CHECK
43. A combination of two tables consisting of all records that are in either table
Primary Key
Union
Single-Field Index
AND Criterion
44. The part of an SQL SELECT command that indicates the columns to be included in the query results
Relational Database
Update Query
Statement History
SELECT Clause
45. Combination of criteria in which both criteria must be true
Field
Security
SELECT
AND Criterion
46. More than one entry at a single location in a table
Repeating Groups
Legal-Values Integrity
Update Query
Relational Database
47. A field whose value is computed from other fields in the database
Update Query
Compound Criteria
Criteria
Computed Field
48. A two-dimensional table-style collection of data in which all entries are single-valued - each column has a distinct name and all the values in a column are values of the attribute that is identified by the column name - and the order of the columns
Command
Column
Server
Relation
49. The relational algebra command for performing the difference of two tables
Database Management System (DBMS)
INSERT
Referential Integrity
SUBTRACT
50. Two simple criteria in a query the are combined with the AND or OR operators
Validation Rule
Compound Criteria
Entity-Relationship (E-R) Diagram
Primary Key