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Database Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A graphical representation of any portion of a database scheme.
Second Normal Form
Comparison Operator
Database Diagram
Multi-valued Dependency
2. A Key composed of more than one attribute.
Numeric Data Type
Compound Key
Schema
Access
3. A query that copies data or changes data in some way. This includes append - delete - make-table and update queries.
Action Query
Select Query
Compound Key
Numeric Data Type
4. An association between two tables in which several records in one table can relate to 0 - 1 or many records in the other table.
Many-to-many Relationship
Entity Relationship Diagram
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
Fourth Normal Form
5. The horizontal bar at the top of a column. You can click a column selector to select the entire column in the query design grid or the filter design grid
Metadata
Make Table Query
Super key
Column Selector
6. Groups of database commands which are to be treated as a single atomic event.
Default Value
SQL View
Metadata
Transaction
7. Knowingly violates one or more rules of normalization.
Calculated Field
Many-to-many Relationship
Foreign Key
Best Normal Form
8. A relation that contains no multivalued attributes.
Schema
First Normal Form
Field
Object-Oriented Database
9. A data model in which the data is organized into a tree-like structure. The structure allows representing information using parent/child relationships: each parent can have many children - but each child has only one parent
Hierarchical Database
Foreign Key
Aggregate Function
Action Query
10. 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.
Text Box
Query
Data Model
Alternate Key
11. A window that shows the design or structure of the database objects: tables - queries - forms - reports - macros and data access pages.
Transact
Design Vie
Aggregate Function
Compound Key
12. Refers to the number of associations that can exist between two record types.
Primary Key
Entity Relationship Diagram
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
Cardinality
13. A way of looking at a database object - usually looking at the design or at the contents/results
SQL View
Table
Entity Relationship Diagram
View
14. A value that may be assigned to an attribute when no other value applies or when the applicable value is unknown.
Null
Alternate Key
Access 2007
Table Window
15. 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.
Cardinality
Autonumber
Aggregate Function
Text Box
16. No multiple multi-valued dependencies.
Fourth Normal Form
Data Sheet
Entities
One-To-Many Relationship
17. Guidelines set in place to ensure the trustworthiness of data over its entire life cycle.
Data Integrity Rules
Table Window
Candidate Key
Access 2007
18. In an access databse - a window in which you work with tables in design view or datasheet view.
Table Window
Schema
Relational Database Model
Transitive Dependency
19. Attribute that determines the value of another attribute.
Make Table Query
Determinant
Best Normal Form
Numeric Data Type
20. DBMS (Database Management System) statements used to manage data (tables and other objects) within a database
Record
Data Manipulation Language
Data Model
Database Window
21. A referential integrity constraint is a statement that limits the values of the foreign key to those already existing as primary key values in the corresponding table.
Referential Integrity Constraint
One-To-One Relationship
Referential Integrity
Default Value
22. A characteristic of the items in a database i.e. a field
First Normal Form
Multi-valued Dependency
Primary Key
Attribute
23. A query that removes records which match the criteria you specify from one or more tables
Comparison Operator
Delete Query
Numeric Data Type
Sort
24. The program which is used to organize - access and manage the data in a database - Creates - processes - and administers databases.
Data Type
SQL
Normalization
Database Management System (DBMS)
25. A relational database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational MS Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software-development tools.
Data Model
Access 2007
One-To-Many Relationship
Self-Join
26. A database object that stores data in records and fields. The data is usually about a particular category of things.
Calculated Field
Report
Data Warehouse
Table
27. 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.
Cardinality
Compound Key
Access
Append Query
28. Contents of a Database: Tables of user data - Metadata - Indexes - Stored Procedures - _______ - Security Data - Backup/Recovery Data
Access 2007
First Normal Form
Many-to-many Relationship
Triggers
29. No Transitive Dependencies.
Design Vie
Group
Third Normal Form
Recursive Dependency
30. A query that displays a summary calculation - such as an average or a sum - for values in a table or tables. A totals query is not a seperate kind of query; rather it extends the flexibility of select queries.
Text Box
Totals Query
Column
Select Query
31. Relations which allow you to retrieve related records from the same table.
Self-Join
Super key
Group
Composite Key
32. A database computer language designed for the retrieval and management of data in relational database management systems (RDBMS) - database schema creation and modification - and database object access control management.
Second Normal Form
SQL
Many-to-Many Relationships
Second Normal Form
33. A value that is automatically entered in a field or control when you add a new record.
Default Value
Fourth Normal Form
Data Integrity Rules
Query
34. Data from a table - form - query which is displayed in a row-and-column format.
Action Query
Super key
Entities
Data Sheet
35. A self-describing collection of integrated tables. The tables are called integrated because they store data about the relationships between the rows of data.
Third Normal Form
Hierarchical Database
Determinant
Database
36. When a relation is not just in Boyce-Codd Normal Form - but also contains at most one multivalued dependency.
Fourth Normal Form
Currency Data Type
Recursive Dependency
Metadata
37. A collection of fields that together describe one entity.
Autonumber
Record
Currency Data Type
Composite Key
38. DOC MADE UP
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
Recursive Dependency
Relation
Transaction
39. All key attributes defined - attributes depend on key and no repeating groups.
First Normal Form
Triggers
Second Normal Form
Compound Key
40. A function such as sum - count or average that you use to include summary data in a report.
Aggregate Function
Referential Integrity
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
Data Warehouse
41. Stored procedures that may be configured to automatically execute (fire) when certain events take place.
Action Query
Key
Query
Trigger
42. Knowing the value of one attribute you can determine the value of another attribute.
Third Normal Form
Functional Dependency
Data
Determinant
43. The components of a data abase i.e. tables - queries - forms - reports - pages - macros and modules.
Database Object
Best Normal Form
Record
One-To-Many Relationship
44. The process of organizing data to minimize redundancy and produce smaller - well-structured relations/tables.
Normalization
Database Diagram
Index
Compound Key
45. That structure which contains description of objects created by a user - such as base tables - views and constraints - as a part of a database.
Append Query
Field
Schema
Data Integrity Rules
46. 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
E-R diagram
Table
Access
SQL View
47. An operator used to compare two values or expressions; For example - < (less than) - > (greater than) - = (equal to)
Determinant
Data Manipulation Language
Query
Comparison Operator
48. A key that consists of 2 or more attributes that uniquely identify an entity occurrence.
Compound Key
Database Management System (DBMS)
Database
Append Query
49. A type of computer file system that stores all data in a single file.
Flat File
Foreign Key
Entity Relationship Diagram
Column Selector
50. The DML statement used to choose data from a database. The result is stored in a temporary table - called the result-set.
Data Type
Database Management System (DBMS)
Select
Boyce-Codd Normal Form