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Database Management
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1. A field data type that automatically stores a unique number for each record as it is added to a table.
Autonumber
Row
SQL
SQL View
2. 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.
One-To-One Relationship
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
Normalization
Table Window
3. 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.
SQL View
Delete Query
Record
Column
4. Arrange the records in a view set in order according to a particular field
Sort
Column
Row
Determinant
5. A way of looking at a database object - usually looking at the design or at the contents/results
Functional Dependency
Database Diagram
Group
View
6. 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.
Compound Key
Form
Database Window
Hierarchical Database
7. 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
Default Value
Super key
Entities
Database
8. A programming language designed for managing & obtaining data in relational database management systems (RDBMS)
SQL
Design Vie
Compound Key
Trigger
9. A database object that stores data in records and fields. The data is usually about a particular category of things.
Null
Form
Table
SQL View
10. When a table is not only in 1NF but each non key field is functionally dependent on the full primary key
Domain/Key Normal Form
Second Normal Form
Third Normal Form
Database Management System (DBMS)
11. A relational database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational MS Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software-development tools.
Hierarchical Database
Access 2007
Relation
Database
12. One or more fields whose values uniquely identify each record in a table.
Primary Key
Entities
Autonumber
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
13. 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.
Query
Relation
Group
Second Normal Form
14. An attribute utilized to sort and/or identify data in some manner. Each table should have a primary key which uniquely identifies records.
Criteria
Key
Column
Multi-valued Dependency
15. The actual pieces of facts that are stored in the fields in a database table.
Column
Make Table Query
Trigger
Data
16. Stored procedures that may be configured to automatically execute (fire) when certain events take place.
Many-to-many Relationship
Make Table Query
Trigger
Expression Builder
17. The conditional expession that is to be used to select particular data records from a larger set of records.
Criteria
Schema
Aggregate Function
Tuple
18. Candidate key selected for use.
Triggers
Candidate Key
Primary Key
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
19. Data from a table - form - query which is displayed in a row-and-column format.
Entity Relationship Diagram
Primary Key
Data Sheet
Comparison Operator
20. A value that may be assigned to an attribute when no other value applies or when the applicable value is unknown.
Null
Attribute
Calculated Field
Field
21. To modify a database - or the files associated with the database.
One-To-One Relationship
Transitive Dependency
Transact
Transaction
22. Attribute that determines the value of another attribute.
Domain/Key Normal Form
Determinant
Transact
Comparison Operator
23. In an access databse - a window in which you work with tables in design view or datasheet view.
Second Normal Form
One-To-One Relationship
Table Window
Third Normal Form
24. 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.
Secondary Key
First Normal Form
Database Object
Calculated Field
25. A table which is not only in 2NF but whose non-primary key fields are dependent only on the primary key and therefore have no dependence on (relationship to) any other non-primary key field in the table.
Join
Table
Third Normal Form
Column
26. A data type that is used for fields and calculations involving money
One-To-One Relationship
Currency Data Type
Flat File
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
27. A key that consists of 2 or more attributes that uniquely identify an entity occurrence.
One-To-One Relationship
Compound Key
Delete Query
SQL
28. Contents of a Database: Tables of user data - Metadata - Indexes - Stored Procedures - _______ - Security Data - Backup/Recovery Data
Primary Key
Database Object
Triggers
Transitive Dependency
29. A characteristic of the items in a database i.e. a field
Currency Data Type
Domain/Key Normal Form
Check Box
Attribute
30. 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.
Second Normal Form
Third Normal Form
Metadata
Calculated Field
31. A central repository for databases across an entire enterprise.
Database Window
Alternate Key
Database
Data Warehouse
32. A normalization which falls between 3NF and 4NF and involves the elimination of non-trivial dependencies
Data Type
Sort
Primary Key
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
33. Knowingly violates one or more rules of normalization.
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
Best Normal Form
Totals Query
Report
34. The components of a data abase i.e. tables - queries - forms - reports - pages - macros and modules.
Key
Aggregate Function
Determinant
Database Object
35. A Key composed of more than one attribute.
Self-Join
Compound Key
Relational Database Model
Expression Builder
36. A function such as sum - count or average that you use to include summary data in a report.
Form
Aggregate Function
Access
Secondary Key
37. A query that copies data or changes data in some way. This includes append - delete - make-table and update queries.
Action Query
Report
Cardinality
Table
38. When a relation is not just in Boyce-Codd Normal Form - but also contains at most one multivalued dependency.
Foreign Key
Data Warehouse
Data
Fourth Normal Form
39. A query ( SQL statement ) that creates a new table and then creates records in it by coping records from an existing table.
Calculated Field
SQL
Make Table Query
Aggregate Function
40. A graphical representation of any portion of a database scheme.
Many-to-Many Relationships
Currency Data Type
Database Diagram
Flat File
41. All determinants are candidate keys.
Fourth Normal Form
Third Normal Form
Secondary Key
Boyce-Codd Normal Form
42. No multiple multi-valued dependencies.
Text Box
Compound Key
One-To-Many Relationship
Fourth Normal Form
43. Dependency where determinant determines a list of values.
Null
Comparison Operator
Multi-valued Dependency
Design Vie
44. DOC MADE UP
Recursive Dependency
View
Entities
One-To-One Relationship
45. A link between two or more tables.
Numeric Data Type
First Normal Form
Entity Relationship Diagram
Join
46. A value that is automatically entered in a field or control when you add a new record.
View
Default Value
Normalization
Primary Key
47. Specialized engines designed specifically to store objects. Users can interact with objects only through designated methods.
Object-Oriented Database
Database
Null
Calculated Field
48. 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.
Query
Triggers
Data Mining
Multi-valued Dependency
49. 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.
Determinant
Compound Key
Access
Database
50. A relation that contains no multivalued attributes.
Fourth Normal Form
Data Integrity Rules
First Normal Form
Foreign Key