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Database Management
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1. A value that may be assigned to an attribute when no other value applies or when the applicable value is unknown.
Null
Foreign Key
Second Normal Form
Table Window
2. 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.
Access 2007
Group
Attribute
Access
3. 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).
Table
Select Query
Determinant
Schema
4. A self-describing collection of integrated tables. The tables are called integrated because they store data about the relationships between the rows of data.
View
Alternate Key
Database
Flat File
5. Table has no anomalies.
Numeric Data Type
Determinant
Domain/Key Normal Form
Foreign Key
6. A characteristic of the items in a database i.e. a field
Numeric Data Type
Attribute
Select Query
First Normal Form
7. Functional dependency involving only non-key attributes.
Transitive Dependency
Delete Query
Data Sheet
Domain/Key Normal Form
8. DOC MADE UP
Data Type
Database
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
Recursive Dependency
9. A value that is automatically entered in a field or control when you add a new record.
Default Value
Column
Table Window
Database Object
10. An MS Access tool that simplifies a task. For example - you can quickly create a complex expression with the Expression Builder.
Schema
Expression Builder
Second Normal Form
Third Normal Form
11. A data type that is used for fields and calculations involving money
Currency Data Type
Default Value
Data
Primary Key
12. All key attributes defined - attributes depend on key and no repeating groups.
First Normal Form
Database Diagram
Second Normal Form
Data Integrity Rules
13. Refers to the number of associations that can exist between two record types.
Referential Integrity Constraint
Data Manipulation Language
Data Model
Cardinality
14. An action query that adds the records in a query's result set to the end of an existing table.
Object-Oriented Database
Column Selector
Referential Integrity Constraint
Append Query
15. 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.
Query
Criteria
Database
Calculated Field
16. 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.
Default Value
Database
Numeric Data Type
Referential Integrity
17. 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.
Candidate Key
Relation
Compound Key
Access
18. One (or more fields) in a table that refer to the primary key in another table.
Text Box
First Normal Form
Foreign Key
Determinant
19. One or more fields whose values uniquely identify each record in a table.
Primary Key
One-To-Many Relationship
Recursive Dependency
Select Query
20. 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.
Normalization
Functional Dependency
Referential Integrity Constraint
Database Object
21. In an access databse - a window in which you work with tables in design view or datasheet view.
Third Normal Form
Text Box
Triggers
Table Window
22. A section of a record containing data relating to one single characteristic of an entity; also called an attribute
Field
Referential Integrity Constraint
Third Normal Form
Data Manipulation Language
23. No Transitive Dependencies.
Data Manipulation Language
One-To-Many Relationship
Triggers
Third Normal Form
24. 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.
One-To-Many Relationship
SQL View
Index
Attribute
25. The part of an SQL statement that specifies which record to retrieve.
Second Normal Form
Multi-valued Dependency
Data Mining
Where clause
26. Knowing the value of one attribute you can determine the value of another attribute.
Foreign Key
Functional Dependency
Database Management System (DBMS)
Delete Query
27. 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
Alternate Key
Field
E-R diagram
Tuple
28. The DML statement used to choose data from a database. The result is stored in a temporary table - called the result-set.
Many-to-Many Relationships
Select
Object-Oriented Database
Numeric Data Type
29. When a relation is not just in Boyce-Codd Normal Form - but also contains at most one multivalued dependency.
Fourth Normal Form
Normalization
Super key
Record
30. A control that indicates whether an option is selected or not. A tick mark appears in the box when the option is selected.
Check Box
Index
Attribute
Data Model
31. A database object on which you place controls for entering - displaying and editing records in a table.
Form
Numeric Data Type
Candidate Key
Data Definiton Language
32. The program which is used to organize - access and manage the data in a database - Creates - processes - and administers databases.
Transaction
Referential Integrity
Append Query
Database Management System (DBMS)
33. A central repository for databases across an entire enterprise.
Data Definiton Language
Recursive Dependency
Design Vie
Data Warehouse
34. A relational database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational MS Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software-development tools.
Object-Oriented Database
Record
Expression Builder
Access 2007
35. The components of a data abase i.e. tables - queries - forms - reports - pages - macros and modules.
Relation
Transitive Dependency
Database Object
Referential Integrity Constraint
36. Contents of a Database: Tables of user data - Metadata - Indexes - Stored Procedures - _______ - Security Data - Backup/Recovery Data
Numeric Data Type
Index
Table Window
Triggers
37. All determinants are candidate keys.
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
Database
Second Normal Form
Null
38. A location within a database table that stores one particular type of data i.e. a field
Schema
Column
Data
Second Normal Form
39. No partial functional-dependencies.
Query
Second Normal Form
Secondary Key
Aggregate Function
40. Attribute that determines the value of another attribute.
Determinant
Hierarchical Database
Triggers
E-R diagram
41. 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.
Metadata
Data Model
Triggers
Database
42. A graphical representation of all entity relationships (Data Model)
Form
E-R diagram
Transact
Entity Relationship Diagram
43. Knowingly violates one or more rules of normalization.
Best Normal Form
Record
Make Table Query
Fourth Normal Form
44. A database object that stores data in records and fields. The data is usually about a particular category of things.
Table
Data Definiton Language
Group
Object-Oriented Database
45. 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.
Sort
E-R diagram
Totals Query
Data
46. Many-to-many relationships occur when each record in TableA may have 0 - 1 or many linked records in TableB and vice-versa.
Many-to-Many Relationships
Data
Access
Second Normal Form
47. A database object that prints information formatted and organised according to your specifications.
Report
Table Window
Table
Expression Builder
48. A collection of fields that together describe one entity.
Record
Entity Relationship Diagram
Database Management System (DBMS)
Compound Key
49. 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.
Calculated Field
SQL
Join
Access
50. Dependency where determinant determines a list of values.
Relational Database Model
Multi-valued Dependency
Select
Compound Key