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Database Management

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






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






3. A Key composed of more than one attribute.






4. A query that copies data or changes data in some way. This includes append - delete - make-table and update queries.






5. 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.






6. Arrange the records in a view set in order according to a particular field






7. A relation that contains no multivalued attributes.






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






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






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






11. 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






12. A combination of attributes that can be used to uniquely identify a database record. Candidate keys are a special subset of super keys that do not have any extraneous information in them






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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. A primary key that is comprised of more than one field.






24. The DML statement used to choose data from a database. The result is stored in a temporary table - called the result-set.






25. A link between two or more tables.






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.






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






30. DOC MADE UP






31. When a table is not only in 1NF but each non key field is functionally dependent on the full primary key






32. 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.






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






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.






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






36. An association between two tables in which several records in one table can relate to 0 - 1 or many records in the other table.






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






38. A location within a database table that stores one particular type of data i.e. a field






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






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






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






42. An action query that adds the records in a query's result set to the end of an existing table.






43. The horizontal bar at the top of a column. You can click a column selector to select the entire column in the query design grid or the filter design grid






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. Data from a table - form - query which is displayed in a row-and-column format.






49. No partial functional-dependencies.






50. 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.







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