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Database Management
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1. Dependency where determinant determines a list of values.
Table
Multi-valued Dependency
Referential Integrity Constraint
SQL
2. An MS Access tool that simplifies a task. For example - you can quickly create a complex expression with the Expression Builder.
Join
Data
Expression Builder
Default Value
3. A collection of fields that together describe one entity.
Data Type
Database
One-To-One Relationship
Record
4. A section of a record containing data relating to one single characteristic of an entity; also called an attribute
Field
Alternate Key
Currency Data Type
Tuple
5. a.k.a record
Attribute
Tuple
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
Secondary Key
6. That structure which contains description of objects created by a user - such as base tables - views and constraints - as a part of a database.
Schema
Default Value
Data Manipulation Language
Database Object
7. Knowing the value of one attribute you can determine the value of another attribute.
Functional Dependency
Attribute
Append Query
Autonumber
8. 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.
Tuple
Second Normal Form
Autonumber
Data Model
9. DOC MADE UP
Default Value
Cardinality
Recursive Dependency
Data Warehouse
10. No multiple multi-valued dependencies.
Data Definiton Language
Fourth Normal Form
Multi-valued Dependency
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
11. 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.
Query
Null
Secondary Key
Calculated Field
12. A database object that prints information formatted and organised according to your specifications.
Report
Best Normal Form
Currency Data Type
Data Type
13. A way of looking at a database object - usually looking at the design or at the contents/results
View
Primary Key
Column
Sort
14. Groups of database commands which are to be treated as a single atomic event.
Relation
Super key
Criteria
Transaction
15. Data from a table - form - query which is displayed in a row-and-column format.
Candidate Key
Data Sheet
Entity Relationship Diagram
Super key
16. When a relation is not just in Boyce-Codd Normal Form - but also contains at most one multivalued dependency.
Append Query
Database
Currency Data Type
Fourth Normal Form
17. Stored procedures that may be configured to automatically execute (fire) when certain events take place.
Access 2007
Calculated Field
Check Box
Trigger
18. A link between two or more tables.
Expression Builder
Candidate Key
Many-to-Many Relationships
Join
19. A database object on which you place controls for entering - displaying and editing records in a table.
Trigger
Delete Query
Data Mining
Form
20. Knowingly violates one or more rules of normalization.
Select Query
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
Append Query
Best Normal Form
21. The components of a data abase i.e. tables - queries - forms - reports - pages - macros and modules.
Table Window
Database Object
Delete Query
Comparison Operator
22. A key that consists of 2 or more attributes that uniquely identify an entity occurrence.
Transitive Dependency
Referential Integrity Constraint
Totals Query
Compound Key
23. To modify a database - or the files associated with the database.
Data Type
Transact
Data Mining
Metadata
24. A type of computer file system that stores all data in a single file.
Data Model
Flat File
Entity Relationship Diagram
Fourth Normal Form
25. 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
Numeric Data Type
Hierarchical Database
Select Query
Expression Builder
26. 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.
Aggregate Function
Text Box
Cardinality
Database Window
27. The DBMS language component used to create - alter and destroy databases and database objects i.e. schemas - tables - views - sequences - catalogs - indexes - and aliases.
Access 2007
Third Normal Form
Data Definiton Language
Domain/Key Normal Form
28. 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.
Referential Integrity
Text Box
Triggers
Group
29. Relations which allow you to retrieve related records from the same table.
Self-Join
Transitive Dependency
Flat File
Many-to-Many Relationships
30. A primary key that is comprised of more than one field.
Referential Integrity Constraint
Composite Key
Database
Domain/Key Normal Form
31. 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
One-To-One Relationship
Key
Expression Builder
Database
32. An action query that adds the records in a query's result set to the end of an existing table.
Text Box
Append Query
Data Model
Database
33. Specialized engines designed specifically to store objects. Users can interact with objects only through designated methods.
Compound Key
Currency Data Type
Recursive Dependency
Object-Oriented Database
34. Functional dependency involving only non-key attributes.
Transitive Dependency
Data Warehouse
Totals Query
Primary Key
35. 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.
Schema
Column
Totals Query
Query
36. The actual pieces of facts that are stored in the fields in a database table.
Third Normal Form
Access 2007
Aggregate Function
Data
37. The program which is used to organize - access and manage the data in a database - Creates - processes - and administers databases.
Database Management System (DBMS)
Entity Relationship Diagram
Relation
Data Warehouse
38. Contents of a Database: Tables of user data - Metadata - Indexes - Stored Procedures - _______ - Security Data - Backup/Recovery Data
Column
Data Manipulation Language
Criteria
Triggers
39. This is an exact numeric data type that holds from 10^38 - 1 through 10^38 - 1.
Sort
Table
Numeric Data Type
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
40. An operator used to compare two values or expressions; For example - < (less than) - > (greater than) - = (equal to)
Recursive Dependency
Field
Report
Comparison Operator
41. A function such as sum - count or average that you use to include summary data in a report.
Aggregate Function
Relational Database Model
Compound Key
Access 2007
42. A field data type that automatically stores a unique number for each record as it is added to a table.
Autonumber
Select Query
Primary Key
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.
Second Normal Form
One-To-Many Relationship
Second Normal Form
Relation
44. A central repository for databases across an entire enterprise.
Data Warehouse
SQL
Alternate Key
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
45. One or more fields whose values uniquely identify each record in a table.
Index
Primary Key
Database Management System (DBMS)
Access 2007
46. A query that removes records which match the criteria you specify from one or more tables
Default Value
Entities
Delete Query
Data Definiton Language
47. One (or more fields) in a table that refer to the primary key in another table.
Composite Key
Database Management System (DBMS)
Primary Key
Foreign Key
48. A query that copies data or changes data in some way. This includes append - delete - make-table and update queries.
Action Query
Transitive Dependency
Default Value
One-To-Many Relationship
49. The process of organizing data to minimize redundancy and produce smaller - well-structured relations/tables.
Make Table Query
Data Type
Data Manipulation Language
Normalization
50. A query ( SQL statement ) that creates a new table and then creates records in it by coping records from an existing table.
One-To-One Relationship
Query
Make Table Query
Currency Data Type