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Database Management
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1. 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.
Data Sheet
Multi-valued Dependency
Key
Relation
2. A type of computer file system that stores all data in a single file.
Database Management System (DBMS)
Flat File
E-R diagram
Form
3. a.k.a record
Autonumber
Second Normal Form
Index
Tuple
4. A section of a record containing data relating to one single characteristic of an entity; also called an attribute
Aggregate Function
Join
Field
Numeric Data Type
5. 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).
Referential Integrity
Delete Query
Secondary Key
Select Query
6. An association between two tables in which several records in one table can relate to 0 - 1 or many records in the other table.
Select Query
Fourth Normal Form
Super key
Many-to-many Relationship
7. 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.
Database
Column
Query
Sort
8. DOC MADE UP
Calculated Field
Query
Recursive Dependency
First Normal Form
9. That structure which contains description of objects created by a user - such as base tables - views and constraints - as a part of a database.
Primary Key
Schema
Table
Action Query
10. A database object that prints information formatted and organised according to your specifications.
Expression Builder
Report
View
Attribute
11. A value that is automatically entered in a field or control when you add a new record.
Entity Relationship Diagram
Sort
Transact
Default Value
12. Specialized engines designed specifically to store objects. Users can interact with objects only through designated methods.
First Normal Form
Object-Oriented Database
Row
Access
13. 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.
Flat File
Totals Query
One-To-One Relationship
First Normal Form
14. A data type that is used for fields and calculations involving money
Foreign Key
Query
One-To-One Relationship
Currency Data Type
15. A Key composed of more than one attribute.
Totals Query
Action Query
Data Sheet
Compound Key
16. 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.
Select Query
Referential Integrity Constraint
Data Integrity Rules
Data Type
17. 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.
Data Definiton Language
Database
Group
Column Selector
18. A query that removes records which match the criteria you specify from one or more tables
Primary Key
Determinant
Delete Query
Referential Integrity Constraint
19. 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
Data Type
Null
Data Manipulation Language
20. No partial functional-dependencies.
Second Normal Form
Fourth Normal Form
Flat File
Transaction
21. The components of a data abase i.e. tables - queries - forms - reports - pages - macros and modules.
Autonumber
Entity Relationship Diagram
Referential Integrity
Database Object
22. Data about data.
Autonumber
Metadata
Super key
Third Normal Form
23. 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.
Many-to-Many Relationships
Referential Integrity
Tuple
Determinant
24. 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
Table
Database
Index
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.
Many-to-Many Relationships
Column
Access 2007
Data Warehouse
26. 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.
Column
SQL View
Second Normal Form
Calculated Field
27. The dominant database model
Database
Relational Database Model
Third Normal Form
Numeric Data Type
28. The process of examining and analyzing data with a view to extracting patterns from it. It is usually done on data warehouses
Database Window
Data Mining
Hierarchical Database
Third Normal Form
29. An MS Access tool that simplifies a task. For example - you can quickly create a complex expression with the Expression Builder.
Column Selector
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
Composite Key
Expression Builder
30. Contents of a Database: Tables of user data - Metadata - Indexes - Stored Procedures - _______ - Security Data - Backup/Recovery Data
One-To-Many Relationship
Database
Triggers
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
31. A location within a database table that stores one particular type of data i.e. a field
Column
Currency Data Type
First Normal Form
Relation
32. A way of looking at a database object - usually looking at the design or at the contents/results
Currency Data Type
View
Object-Oriented Database
Comparison Operator
33. A graphical representation of any portion of a database scheme.
Currency Data Type
Database Diagram
Referential Integrity
Check Box
34. DBMS (Database Management System) statements used to manage data (tables and other objects) within a database
Table
Aggregate Function
Data Manipulation Language
Database Object
35. 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.
Data Model
Transaction
Data Type
Candidate Key
36. Table has no anomalies.
Normalization
Totals Query
Data Type
Domain/Key Normal Form
37. The actual pieces of facts that are stored in the fields in a database table.
Key
Transaction
Field
Data
38. Refers to the number of associations that can exist between two record types.
E-R diagram
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
Cardinality
Key
39. A key that consists of 2 or more attributes that uniquely identify an entity occurrence.
Primary Key
Join
Compound Key
Data Sheet
40. Dependency where determinant determines a list of values.
Data Manipulation Language
Referential Integrity Constraint
Multi-valued Dependency
Metadata
41. A link between two or more tables.
Data
Append Query
E-R diagram
Join
42. An action query that adds the records in a query's result set to the end of an existing table.
Select
Append Query
Relation
Database
43. 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.
Entity Relationship Diagram
One-To-Many Relationship
Database Management System (DBMS)
Best Normal Form
44. A field in a table with unique values that although it is not the primary key - it could have been used as such.
Alternate Key
Many-to-many Relationship
Determinant
Self-Join
45. No Transitive Dependencies.
Third Normal Form
Text Box
Secondary Key
Attribute
46. 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.
Numeric Data Type
Make Table Query
Second Normal Form
Candidate Key
47. Candidate key selected for use.
Primary Key
Access 2007
Flat File
Row
48. Knowingly violates one or more rules of normalization.
Text Box
Report
Best Normal Form
Database Diagram
49. A window that shows the design or structure of the database objects: tables - queries - forms - reports - macros and data access pages.
Second Normal Form
Composite Key
Record
Design Vie
50. Knowing the value of one attribute you can determine the value of another attribute.
Database Management System (DBMS)
Primary Key
Functional Dependency
Schema