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Database Management
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1. 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
Access
First Normal Form
Null
2. The program which is used to organize - access and manage the data in a database - Creates - processes - and administers databases.
Null
Data Definiton Language
Fourth Normal Form
Database Management System (DBMS)
3. Refers to the number of associations that can exist between two record types.
Cardinality
Third Normal Form
View
Secondary Key
4. When a relation is not just in Boyce-Codd Normal Form - but also contains at most one multivalued dependency.
Triggers
Report
Aggregate Function
Fourth Normal Form
5. A record as seen in the data sheet view.
Column Selector
Access
Normalization
Row
6. 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.
Index
Field
Referential Integrity Constraint
Entity Relationship Diagram
7. 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
Self-Join
Many-to-many Relationship
Metadata
8. A field in a table with unique values that although it is not the primary key - it could have been used as such.
Database Management System (DBMS)
Alternate Key
Transitive Dependency
Many-to-many Relationship
9. An operator used to compare two values or expressions; For example - < (less than) - > (greater than) - = (equal to)
Database Object
Comparison Operator
Numeric Data Type
Table Window
10. One or more fields whose values uniquely identify each record in a table.
Check Box
Cardinality
Best Normal Form
Primary Key
11. 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
Key
Totals Query
Record
12. 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.
Data
One-To-Many Relationship
Object-Oriented Database
Sort
13. A data type that is used for fields and calculations involving money
Data
Flat File
Group
Currency Data Type
14. A characteristic of a field that determines what kind of data it can store and what type of operations can be performed on it.
Default Value
Data Type
Object-Oriented Database
Data Integrity Rules
15. A function such as sum - count or average that you use to include summary data in a report.
Fourth Normal Form
Best Normal Form
Row
Aggregate Function
16. A way of looking at a database object - usually looking at the design or at the contents/results
View
Design Vie
Action Query
Data Definiton Language
17. A query that removes records which match the criteria you specify from one or more tables
Recursive Dependency
Third Normal Form
Referential Integrity
Delete Query
18. A value that is automatically entered in a field or control when you add a new record.
Compound Key
Default Value
One-To-Many Relationship
Many-to-many Relationship
19. A query ( SQL statement ) that creates a new table and then creates records in it by coping records from an existing table.
Flat File
Entities
Functional Dependency
Make Table Query
20. The DBMS language component used to create - alter and destroy databases and database objects i.e. schemas - tables - views - sequences - catalogs - indexes - and aliases.
Record
Data Definiton Language
Flat File
Primary Key
21. 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
Fourth Normal Form
Compound Key
Triggers
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.
Relation
Multi-valued Dependency
Form
Referential Integrity
23. The part of an SQL statement that specifies which record to retrieve.
Where clause
Trigger
Data Warehouse
Data Sheet
24. A characteristic of the items in a database i.e. a field
Attribute
Fourth Normal Form
Compound Key
Currency Data Type
25. DBMS (Database Management System) statements used to manage data (tables and other objects) within a database
Report
Relation
Data Manipulation Language
Tuple
26. A database object that prints information formatted and organised according to your specifications.
Report
Primary Key
Autonumber
Record
27. Attribute that determines the value of another attribute.
Transaction
Report
Determinant
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
28. The process of examining and analyzing data with a view to extracting patterns from it. It is usually done on data warehouses
Database Object
Schema
Primary Key
Data Mining
29. The conditional expession that is to be used to select particular data records from a larger set of records.
Foreign Key
Criteria
SQL
Column Selector
30. A relation that contains no multivalued attributes.
Compound Key
Transaction
Criteria
First Normal Form
31. Stored procedures that may be configured to automatically execute (fire) when certain events take place.
Entities
Self-Join
Trigger
Database Window
32. 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.
Primary Key
Best Normal Form
Report
Access
33. 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
Alternate Key
Object-Oriented Database
Secondary Key
34. A window that shows the design or structure of the database objects: tables - queries - forms - reports - macros and data access pages.
Design Vie
Tuple
SQL
Cardinality
35. Many-to-many relationships occur when each record in TableA may have 0 - 1 or many linked records in TableB and vice-versa.
Many-to-Many Relationships
Relation
Index
Data Sheet
36. No multiple multi-valued dependencies.
Alternate Key
Form
Third Normal Form
Fourth Normal Form
37. Groups of database commands which are to be treated as a single atomic event.
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
Normalization
Where clause
Transaction
38. No Transitive Dependencies.
Aggregate Function
Third Normal Form
Composite Key
Fourth Normal Form
39. Dependency where determinant determines a list of values.
Sort
Secondary Key
Second Normal Form
Multi-valued Dependency
40. A value that may be assigned to an attribute when no other value applies or when the applicable value is unknown.
Null
Super key
Form
Third Normal Form
41. One (or more fields) in a table that refer to the primary key in another table.
Foreign Key
Design Vie
Table
Relation
42. A collection of fields that together describe one entity.
Determinant
Record
Null
Normalization
43. The components of a data abase i.e. tables - queries - forms - reports - pages - macros and modules.
Secondary Key
Report
Join
Database Object
44. A section of a record containing data relating to one single characteristic of an entity; also called an attribute
Second Normal Form
Database
Field
Best Normal Form
45. This is an exact numeric data type that holds from 10^38 - 1 through 10^38 - 1.
Key
Criteria
Record
Numeric Data Type
46. a.k.a record
Currency Data Type
Tuple
Compound Key
Database
47. A database object that stores data in records and fields. The data is usually about a particular category of things.
Flat File
Table
Report
Metadata
48. A graphical representation of all entity relationships (Data Model)
Record
Data Definiton Language
Trigger
Entity Relationship Diagram
49. The dominant database model
Record
Relational Database Model
Recursive Dependency
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
50. 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.
Primary Key
Many-to-Many Relationships
Select Query
Text Box