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Database Fundamentals
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A screen object you use to maintain or view and print data from a database
Criterion
Security
Column
Form
2. The part of an SQL SELECT command that indicates the columns to be included in the query results
Query-By-Example (QBE)
Join
SELECT Clause
Primary Sort Key
3. In an Access query the line drawn between tables to indicate how they are related
Major Sort Key
FOREIGN KEY
Join Line
Union
4. A database has integrity if the data in it satisfies all established integrity constraints
Compound Conditions
Database Management System (DBMS)
Update Query
Integrity
5. A program or a collection of programs through which users interact with a database
PROJECT
Criterion
Database Management System (DBMS)
Catalog
6. A characteristic or property of an entity
Criteria
Security
Field
Database Administrator (DBA)
7. A rule in Access that data entered in a field must satisfy
Validation Rule
Union
ALTER TABLE
Join Column
8. The field on which data are sorted
Sort Key
Redundancy
Data Independence
Entity
9. A Characteristic or property of an entity
Data Macro
Null
CHECK
Column
10. A combination of two tables consisting of all records that are in either table
Legal-Values Integrity
Union
Entity
Subquery
11. 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
Attribute
DELETE
Repeating Groups
One-to-Many Relationship
12. The portion of the system catalog the contains column information
Column
Statement History
Form
Syscolumns
13. Two simple criteria in a query the are combined with the AND or OR operators
Security
Data Macro
Compound Criteria
Security
14. The relational algebra command that combines tables and searches for rows in the first table that match all rows in the second table
WHERE Clause
Attribute
Relationship
Division
15. A characteristic or property of an entity
Unnormalized Relation
Functions
Attribute
CREATE INDEX
16. When sorting on two fields this is the more important field
Relation
Field
Criterion
Primary Sort Key
17. A combination of criteria in which at least on the criteria must be true
SQL (Structured Query Language)
Relation
DROP TABLE
OR Criterion
18. A file used to store data about a single entity. Such a file can be thought of as a table.
Index
Integrity
Data File
CREATE INDEX
19. A field whose value is computed from other fields in the database
Calculated Field
SELECT
Query
Null
20. An application program's or an individual user's picture of a database
Database Administration (DBA)
Integrity
View
Primary Sort Key
21. A structure that can store information about multiple types of entities - the attributes of these entities and the relationships among those entities
Data File
Statement History
Server
Database
22. The prevention of unauthorized access to a database
Security
Database Administrator (DBA)
Relational Algebra
Database Management System (DBMS)
23. A data value meaning "unknown" or "not applicable"
Cartesian Product
Null
Database Administration (DBA)
Repeating Groups
24. A person or place or object or event or idea for which you want to store and process data
Design Grid
REVOKE
Entity
System Catalog
25. An association between entities
PRIMARY KEY
Attribute
Relationship
Arguments
26. A structure that can store information about multiple types of entities - the attributes of these entities and the relationships among those entities
SELECT
Database Administration (DBA)
Database
Column
27. A structure that contains information about the objects (tables or columns or indexes or views and so on) in a database
System Catalog
Compound Conditions
Relation
GRANT
28. A data manipulation language for relational databases in which users indicate the action to be taken by completing on-screen forms
Single-Column Index
CHECK
Database Administration (DBA)
Query-By-Example (QBE)
29. A person or place or object or event or idea for which you want to store and process data
Sort Key
Entity
Delimiter
Primary Key
30. The property that lets you change the structure of a database without requiring you to change the programs that access the database
Data Independence
Foreign Key
Syscolumns
Relation
31. More than one entry at a single location in a table
Repeating Groups
Server
Null
Cascade Update
32. The process of determining the content and structure of data in a database in order to support some activity on behalf of a user or group of users
Validation Text
Database Design
Join
Query
33. Combination of criteria in which both criteria must be true
Cascade Delete
CREATE INDEX
Grouping
AND Criterion
34. A field whose value is computed from other fields in the database
One-to-Many Relationship
Relationship
Aggregate Functions
Calculated Field
35. A characteristic or property of an entity
ALTER TABLE
UPDATE
Aggregate Functions
Field
36. The SQL statement that is used to grant different types of privileges to users of a dataabase
Cartesian Product
Query
Stored Procedure
GRANT
37. When sorting on two fields - the less important field
Integrity
Null
Secondary Sort Key
Comparison Operator
38. A file containing a collection of compiled and optimized SQL statements that are available for future use
One-to-Many Relationship
Stored Procedure
Outer Join
Major Sort Key
39. When sorting on two fields - the less important field
Secondary Sort Key
Delimiter
SELECT Clause
Aggregate Functions
40. The process of determining the content and structure of data in a database in order to support some activity on behalf of a user or group of users
Cascade Update
Relational Database
Database Design
WHERE Clause
41. Additional information required by an action in a data macro to complete the action
Database Design
Relationship
Arguments
SELECT
42. The form of a join in which all records appear - even if they don't match
Outer Join
PRIMARY KEY
Database Design
Security
43. An access tool that provides documentation about the objects in a database
Documenter
Entity Integrity
Join Column
Design Grid
44. A structure that satisfies the properties required to be a relation with the exception of allowing repeating groups
Functions
Primary Key
Unnormalized Relation
Intersection
45. To indicate the table (relation) of which a given column (attribute) is a part by preceding the column name with the table name.
Repeating Groups
Design Grid
Qualify
Major Sort Key
46. The portion of the Query Design window in Access where you enter fields or criteria or sort orders and so on
Sysviews
ORDER BY Clause
Join
Design Grid
47. A Characteristic or property of an entity
Sort Key
Column
Sort
Primary Sort Key
48. The relational algebra command used to select columns from a table
Criteria
Entity
Statement History
PROJECT
49. Duplication of data or the storing of the same data in more than one place.
Concatenation
Redundancy
Data File
Column
50. The most common form of a join
CHECK
Single-Field Index
Natural Join
Single-Column Index