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Database Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The part of an SQL statement that specifies which record to retrieve.
Third Normal Form
Database
Where clause
Group
2. A type of computer file system that stores all data in a single file.
Group
Access 2007
Flat File
Trigger
3. 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
Super key
View
Second Normal Form
Normalization
4. A primary key that is comprised of more than one field.
Group
Cardinality
Access
Composite Key
5. 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.
Third Normal Form
Design Vie
Numeric Data Type
Index
6. A graphical representation of any portion of a database scheme.
Sort
Database Diagram
Secondary Key
Totals Query
7. 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).
Relational Database Model
Select Query
Append Query
Entities
8. Refers to the number of associations that can exist between two record types.
Cardinality
Metadata
One-To-One Relationship
Design Vie
9. An association between two tables in which several records in one table can relate to 0 - 1 or many records in the other table.
Determinant
Database Management System (DBMS)
Many-to-many Relationship
Data Model
10. The dominant database model
First Normal Form
Relational Database Model
E-R diagram
Secondary Key
11. A value that is automatically entered in a field or control when you add a new record.
Relation
Compound Key
Default Value
First Normal Form
12. Relations which allow you to retrieve related records from the same table.
Fourth Normal Form
Self-Join
Table
Check Box
13. 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
Attribute
Default Value
Cardinality
14. A relational database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational MS Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software-development tools.
Access 2007
Compound Key
Recursive Dependency
Calculated Field
15. An operator used to compare two values or expressions; For example - < (less than) - > (greater than) - = (equal to)
Column Selector
Comparison Operator
Table Window
Design Vie
16. 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.
Column
Totals Query
Data Model
Transact
17. 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
Key
Data Model
Index
18. A characteristic of a field that determines what kind of data it can store and what type of operations can be performed on it.
Table
View
Data Type
Fourth Normal Form
19. No multiple multi-valued dependencies.
Best Normal Form
Foreign Key
Fourth Normal Form
Many-to-Many Relationships
20. A relation that contains no multivalued attributes.
Null
First Normal Form
Data Integrity Rules
Relation
21. a.k.a record
Default Value
Tuple
Third Normal Form
Many-to-many Relationship
22. 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
Object-Oriented Database
Secondary Key
Row
23. 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.
Compound Key
Query
Flat File
Append Query
24. An attribute utilized to sort and/or identify data in some manner. Each table should have a primary key which uniquely identifies records.
Data Warehouse
Key
Third Normal Form
Transitive Dependency
25. Candidate key selected for use.
Database Object
Hierarchical Database
Select Query
Primary Key
26. A window that shows the design or structure of the database objects: tables - queries - forms - reports - macros and data access pages.
Transaction
Append Query
Design Vie
Key
27. A self-describing collection of integrated tables. The tables are called integrated because they store data about the relationships between the rows of data.
Foreign Key
Access 2007
Database
Autonumber
28. A query that copies data or changes data in some way. This includes append - delete - make-table and update queries.
Make Table Query
Action Query
Multi-valued Dependency
Determinant
29. 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
Table
Column Selector
Data Definiton Language
Totals Query
30. 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.
Recursive Dependency
Table
SQL View
Second Normal Form
31. Data about data.
Functional Dependency
Alternate Key
One-To-Many Relationship
Metadata
32. No partial functional-dependencies.
Third Normal Form
Numeric Data Type
Second Normal Form
Totals Query
33. 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.
Group
SQL
Self-Join
Candidate Key
34. 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.
Database Window
First Normal Form
Composite Key
Table
35. All determinants are candidate keys.
View
Relational Database Model
Expression Builder
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
36. A link between two or more tables.
Text Box
Join
SQL
Self-Join
37. A location within a database table that stores one particular type of data i.e. a field
Column
Select
Relational Database Model
Data Type
38. A value that may be assigned to an attribute when no other value applies or when the applicable value is unknown.
Design Vie
Null
Referential Integrity
Database
39. A key that consists of 2 or more attributes that uniquely identify an entity occurrence.
Compound Key
Table
Fourth Normal Form
Null
40. The actual pieces of facts that are stored in the fields in a database table.
Sort
Database Management System (DBMS)
Attribute
Data
41. A graphical representation of all entity relationships (Data Model)
Triggers
Entity Relationship Diagram
Query
Database Management System (DBMS)
42. Specialized engines designed specifically to store objects. Users can interact with objects only through designated methods.
Schema
Expression Builder
Object-Oriented Database
Report
43. 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.
Super key
Text Box
Field
Default Value
44. Many-to-many relationships occur when each record in TableA may have 0 - 1 or many linked records in TableB and vice-versa.
Multi-valued Dependency
Foreign Key
Row
Many-to-Many Relationships
45. DBMS (Database Management System) statements used to manage data (tables and other objects) within a database
Triggers
Data Manipulation Language
Check Box
Object-Oriented Database
46. The process of organizing data to minimize redundancy and produce smaller - well-structured relations/tables.
Relational Database Model
Database Window
Transact
Normalization
47. DOC MADE UP
Database Window
Recursive Dependency
Attribute
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
48. A collection of fields that together describe one entity.
Report
Make Table Query
First Normal Form
Record
49. In an access databse - a window in which you work with tables in design view or datasheet view.
Data Sheet
Table Window
View
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
50. Data from a table - form - query which is displayed in a row-and-column format.
Group
Transact
Database
Data Sheet