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Database Management

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A query that asks a question about the data stored in your tables and returns a results set in the form of a data sheet without changing the actual data in the table(s).






2. A control that indicates whether an option is selected or not. A tick mark appears in the box when the option is selected.






3. A window that displays the SQL statement for the current query or is used to create a SQL specific query. When you create a query in design view - Access constructs the SQL equivalent in the SQL view.






4. No Transitive Dependencies.






5. A characteristic of the items in a database i.e. a field






6. The actual pieces of facts that are stored in the fields in a database table.






7. DBMS (Database Management System) statements used to manage data (tables and other objects) within a database






8. All determinants are candidate keys.






9. Table has no anomalies.






10. A programming language designed for managing & obtaining data in relational database management systems (RDBMS)






11. A relation that contains no multivalued attributes.






12. A Key composed of more than one attribute.






13. A query that removes records which match the criteria you specify from one or more tables






14. The DML statement used to choose data from a database. The result is stored in a temporary table - called the result-set.






15. The part of an SQL statement that specifies which record to retrieve.






16. Groups of database commands which are to be treated as a single atomic event.






17. A record as seen in the data sheet view.






18. Knowing the value of one attribute you can determine the value of another attribute.






19. Data about data.






20. In an access databse - a window in which you work with tables in design view or datasheet view.






21. Knowingly violates one or more rules of normalization.






22. Many-to-many relationships occur when each record in TableA may have 0 - 1 or many linked records in TableB and vice-versa.






23. A question about the data stored in your tables - or a request to perform an action on the data. A query can bring together data from multiple tables to serve as the source of data for a form. report or data access page.






24. An association/link established between common fields in two different tables. A relationship can be one-to-one - many-to-many or more usually one-to-many.






25. A central repository for databases across an entire enterprise.






26. All key attributes defined - attributes depend on key and no repeating groups.






27. One (or more fields) in a table that refer to the primary key in another table.






28. A control - also called an edit field - used on a form - report or data access page to display text or accept data entry.It can have a label attached to it.






29. One or more fields whose values uniquely identify each record in a table.






30. A database object that prints information formatted and organised according to your specifications.






31. An association between two tables in which several records in one table can relate to 0 - 1 or many records in the other table.






32. A characteristic of a field that determines what kind of data it can store and what type of operations can be performed on it.






33. A query that copies data or changes data in some way. This includes append - delete - make-table and update queries.






34. A feature that speeds up searching and sorting in a table based on key values and can enforce uniqueness on the rows of a table.






35. This is a property of data which - when satisfied - requires every value of one field (attribute) of a table to exist as a value of another field in another related table.






36. The process of organizing data to minimize redundancy and produce smaller - well-structured relations/tables.






37. A graphical representation of entities and their relationship to each other - typically used in computing in regard to the organization of data within databases or information systems






38. A collection of fields that together describe one entity.






39. An abstract model that documents and organizes the business data for communication between team members and is used as a plan for developing applications - specifically how data is stored and accessed.






40. A relational database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational MS Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software-development tools.






41. DOC MADE UP






42. A DBMS created by Microsoft - it is a collection of data and objects - such as tables - queries - or forms - related to a particular topic or purpose.






43. A query ( SQL statement ) that creates a new table and then creates records in it by coping records from an existing table.






44. A way of looking at a database object - usually looking at the design or at the contents/results






45. A graphical representation of any portion of a database scheme.






46. A location within a database table that stores one particular type of data i.e. a field






47. Arrange the records in a view set in order according to a particular field






48. A data type that is used for fields and calculations involving money






49. A section of a record containing data relating to one single characteristic of an entity; also called an attribute






50. An MS Access tool that simplifies a task. For example - you can quickly create a complex expression with the Expression Builder.