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Database Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. No partial functional-dependencies.
Entity Relationship Diagram
Database Diagram
Second Normal Form
Secondary Key
2. To modify a database - or the files associated with the database.
SQL View
Transact
Data Type
Flat File
3. DBMS (Database Management System) statements used to manage data (tables and other objects) within a database
Foreign Key
Trigger
Third Normal Form
Data Manipulation Language
4. 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.
Calculated Field
Secondary Key
Transitive Dependency
Data Model
5. Attribute that determines the value of another attribute.
Make Table Query
Data Mining
Candidate Key
Determinant
6. A window that shows the design or structure of the database objects: tables - queries - forms - reports - macros and data access pages.
SQL View
Query
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
Design Vie
7. Knowingly violates one or more rules of normalization.
Currency Data Type
First Normal Form
SQL View
Best Normal Form
8. A table which is not only in 2NF but whose non-primary key fields are dependent only on the primary key and therefore have no dependence on (relationship to) any other non-primary key field in the table.
Design Vie
Totals Query
Alternate Key
Third Normal Form
9. 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
Group
Table Window
Default Value
10. A query that removes records which match the criteria you specify from one or more tables
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
Data
Delete Query
Second Normal Form
11. Data from a table - form - query which is displayed in a row-and-column format.
Select
Column
Data Sheet
Data Warehouse
12. A collection of fields that together describe one entity.
Record
Primary Key
Second Normal Form
Key
13. Arrange the records in a view set in order according to a particular field
Delete Query
Sort
Transaction
SQL
14. The part of an SQL statement that specifies which record to retrieve.
Where clause
Third Normal Form
Third Normal Form
One-To-One Relationship
15. When a table is not only in 1NF but each non key field is functionally dependent on the full primary key
Index
Null
Default Value
Second Normal Form
16. The components of a data abase i.e. tables - queries - forms - reports - pages - macros and modules.
Determinant
Data Mining
Database Object
Primary Key
17. 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.
Hierarchical Database
Totals Query
Data Definiton Language
Row
18. A central repository for databases across an entire enterprise.
Trigger
Best Normal Form
Object-Oriented Database
Data Warehouse
19. 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 of one and only one record in the related table.
Form
Third Normal Form
Where clause
One-To-One Relationship
20. 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.
Object-Oriented Database
E-R diagram
Data Model
Text Box
21. No multiple multi-valued dependencies.
First Normal Form
Determinant
Referential Integrity Constraint
Fourth Normal Form
22. 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.
Data Type
Action Query
Candidate Key
Object-Oriented Database
23. 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).
Select Query
Third Normal Form
Alternate Key
Relational Database Model
24. A function such as sum - count or average that you use to include summary data in a report.
Fourth Normal Form
Composite Key
Aggregate Function
Cardinality
25. One or more fields whose values uniquely identify each record in a table.
Data Warehouse
Domain/Key Normal Form
Expression Builder
Primary Key
26. In an access databse - a window in which you work with tables in design view or datasheet view.
Data
Table Window
Alternate Key
Criteria
27. A programming language designed for managing & obtaining data in relational database management systems (RDBMS)
Super key
Database
SQL
Query
28. A normalization which falls between 3NF and 4NF and involves the elimination of non-trivial dependencies
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
Compound Key
Data Manipulation Language
Entity Relationship Diagram
29. 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.
Third Normal Form
Key
Relation
Fourth Normal Form
30. A way of looking at a database object - usually looking at the design or at the contents/results
Access 2007
Composite Key
View
Many-to-many Relationship
31. 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.
Transaction
Data Model
Third Normal Form
Data
32. a.k.a record
Access 2007
Tuple
Data Sheet
Data Type
33. 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
Database
Access 2007
Access
Alternate Key
34. A candidate key that coud have been the primary key but was not selected as such ; OR a field that is not the primary key but has been used for indexing nevertheless.
Secondary Key
Alternate Key
Recursive Dependency
Schema
35. A field data type that automatically stores a unique number for each record as it is added to a table.
Trigger
Referential Integrity Constraint
Entity Relationship Diagram
Autonumber
36. 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
Delete Query
Access 2007
SQL View
E-R diagram
37. The DML statement used to choose data from a database. The result is stored in a temporary table - called the result-set.
Select
Access
Compound Key
Triggers
38. A characteristic of the items in a database i.e. a field
View
Recursive Dependency
Attribute
Data Type
39. A query ( SQL statement ) that creates a new table and then creates records in it by coping records from an existing table.
Make Table Query
Recursive Dependency
Triggers
Text Box
40. No Transitive Dependencies.
Third Normal Form
Record
Sort
E-R diagram
41. A database object that stores data in records and fields. The data is usually about a particular category of things.
SQL
Table
Referential Integrity Constraint
Select Query
42. A graphical representation of all entity relationships (Data Model)
Field
Entities
Entity Relationship Diagram
Data Warehouse
43. A field in a table with unique values that although it is not the primary key - it could have been used as such.
Compound Key
Alternate Key
Where clause
Data Type
44. The program which is used to organize - access and manage the data in a database - Creates - processes - and administers databases.
Database Management System (DBMS)
Field
First Normal Form
Candidate Key
45. A data type that is used for fields and calculations involving money
Best Normal Form
Data Sheet
Form
Currency Data Type
46. A self-describing collection of integrated tables. The tables are called integrated because they store data about the relationships between the rows of data.
Data Integrity Rules
Third Normal Form
Database Window
Database
47. All determinants are candidate keys.
Check Box
Group
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
Recursive Dependency
48. Guidelines set in place to ensure the trustworthiness of data over its entire life cycle.
Domain/Key Normal Form
Data Integrity Rules
Transitive Dependency
SQL
49. 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.
Group
Null
Referential Integrity Constraint
Index
50. All key attributes defined - attributes depend on key and no repeating groups.
Report
Index
Cardinality
First Normal Form