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Database Management

Subject : it-skills
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1. Relations which allow you to retrieve related records from the same table.






2. A link between two or more tables.






3. Specialized engines designed specifically to store objects. Users can interact with objects only through designated methods.






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






5. Guidelines set in place to ensure the trustworthiness of data over its entire life cycle.






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






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






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






9. 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).






10. 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.






11. A key that consists of 2 or more attributes that uniquely identify an entity occurrence.






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






13. The dominant database model






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. 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






25. A type of computer file system that stores all data in a single file.






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






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






28. A self-describing collection of integrated tables. The tables are called integrated because they store data about the relationships between the rows of data.






29. Attribute that determines the value of another attribute.






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






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






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. To modify a database - or the files associated with the database.






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






35. An attribute utilized to sort and/or identify data in some manner. Each table should have a primary key which uniquely identifies records.






36. Table has no anomalies.






37. 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






38. a.k.a record






39. Contents of a Database: Tables of user data - Metadata - Indexes - Stored Procedures - _______ - Security Data - Backup/Recovery Data






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






41. That structure which contains description of objects created by a user - such as base tables - views and constraints - as a part of a database.






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






43. A field - set up in a query - that displays the result of an evaluated expression rather than displaying stored data.The value of the calculated field is re-calculated each time a value in the expression changes.






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






45. The persons or things that a database table is about.






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






47. All determinants are candidate keys.






48. 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






49. The set of fields in a table which stores unique values and so any one from the list can be selected to be the primary key.






50. 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.