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Database Management

Subject : it-skills
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1. That structure which contains description of objects created by a user - such as base tables - views and constraints - as a part of a database.






2. The program which is used to organize - access and manage the data in a database - Creates - processes - and administers databases.






3. Refers to the number of associations that can exist between two record types.






4. When a relation is not just in Boyce-Codd Normal Form - but also contains at most one multivalued dependency.






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






6. 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.






7. An organised pool of related data files which can be easily accessed and managed and that may be used by a number of different application programs






8. A field in a table with unique values that although it is not the primary key - it could have been used as such.






9. An operator used to compare two values or expressions; For example - < (less than) - > (greater than) - = (equal to)






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






11. 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.






12. An association between two tables in which the primary key value of each record in the primary table corresponds to the value in the matching field or fields of0 - 1 - or many records in the related table.






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






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






15. A function such as sum - count or average that you use to include summary data in a report.






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






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






18. A value that is automatically entered in a field or control when you add a new record.






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






20. The DBMS language component used to create - alter and destroy databases and database objects i.e. schemas - tables - views - sequences - catalogs - indexes - and aliases.






21. Two or more controls that can be treated as one unit while designing a form or report. You can select the group instead of selecting each individual control as you are arranging controls or assigning properties.






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






27. Attribute that determines the value of another attribute.






28. The process of examining and analyzing data with a view to extracting patterns from it. It is usually done on data warehouses






29. The conditional expession that is to be used to select particular data records from a larger set of records.






30. A relation that contains no multivalued attributes.






31. Stored procedures that may be configured to automatically execute (fire) when certain events take place.






32. 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.






33. The window that appears when you open an Access database or an Access project. It displays the commands for creating new database objects and opening and manipulating existing objects.






34. A window that shows the design or structure of the database objects: tables - queries - forms - reports - macros and data access pages.






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






36. No multiple multi-valued dependencies.






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






38. No Transitive Dependencies.






39. Dependency where determinant determines a list of values.






40. A value that may be assigned to an attribute when no other value applies or when the applicable value is unknown.






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






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






43. The components of a data abase i.e. tables - queries - forms - reports - pages - macros and modules.






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






45. This is an exact numeric data type that holds from 10^38 - 1 through 10^38 - 1.






46. a.k.a record






47. A database object that stores data in records and fields. The data is usually about a particular category of things.






48. A graphical representation of all entity relationships (Data Model)






49. The dominant database model






50. 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.