1. What are the ma|or content areas covered n the Orace Academy?

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Data Modeng, P|ava and C+
SOL, database conguraton, and performance tunng.
Data Modeng, SOL, and PL/SOL (*)
Database programmng, and Computer repar.
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 1 Lesson 1.
2. The demand for Informaton Technoogy professonas n today's market s
ncreasng. True or Fase?
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True (*)
Fase
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 1 Lesson 1.
1. How do you turn "data" nto "nformaton"?
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By testng t
By queryng t or accessng t (*)
By storng t on a server
By storng t n a database
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 1 Lesson 2.
2. What are the resuts of havng a your data n one centra ocaton?
(Choose two)
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(Choose a correct answers)
Improved performance (*)
Easer access to data (*)
Decreased performance
Updates are harder to execute
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 1 Lesson 2.
3. Consder an exampe where an Orace database works "behnd the
scenes" for common nternet actvty. Whch of the foowng best
descrbes a database transacton?
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A person searches an arne webste to nd a avaabe fares for a
ght. (*)
A person ooks n the newspaper for good nternet stes.
A student paces a nk to hs homepage from the schoo's webste.
A busness dentes the processes t uses for purchasng nventory.
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 1 Lesson 2.
4. Whch of the foowng are exampes of data vs. nformaton:
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A. Student age vs. average age of a students n cass
B. Bank depost amount vs. tota account baance
C. Wnnng tme for a race vs. ength of race
D. Prce of a computer vs. tota saes of a computers for a company
E. A, B, and D (*)
1. Whch of the foowng represents the correct sequence of steps n the
Database Deveopment Process?
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Bud, Anayze, Desgn
Anayze, Desgn, Bud (*)
Desgn, Bud, Anayze
Anayze, Bud, Desgn
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 1 Lesson 3.
2. Data Modeng s the ast step n the database deveopment process. True
or Fase?
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True
Fase (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 1 Lesson 3.
3. Orace was one of the rst reatona database systems avaabe
commercay. True or Fase?
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True (*)
Fase
Correct
1. The overa msson of the Orace Corporaton s to use the nternet and
fast processng servers to bud ts own network.
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True
Fase (*)
Correct
2. Users woud nteract wth whch of the foowng software to access
essenta busness appcatons? (Choose three)
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(Choose a correct answers)
Operatng System software (*)
Server software
GUI software (*)
Internet Browser software (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 1 Lesson 4.
3. Changes n computng have ahected many of our day-to-day actvtes.
Are a of the foowng actvtes exampes of ths change? Yes or No?
In the past you used to use the phone system to ca drectory assstance
to get a phone number. Today you can use your PC to ook up a phone
number onne.
In the past you used to have to go to the shoe store to buy shoes. Today
you can use your PC to order shoes onne.
In the past you had to use your PC to send a person an ema. Today you
can use your phone to send a text message.
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No
Yes (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 1 Lesson 4.
4. Persona computers (PCs) have been n exstence snce 1950. True or
Fase?
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True
Fase (*)
Correct
5. In the grd computng mode, resources are pooed together for emcency.
True or Fase?
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True (*)
Fase
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 1 Lesson 4.
6. Whch of the foowng are exampes of e-busnesses that use database
software?
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(Choose a correct answers)
Onne book store (*)
Onne persona shoppng servce (*)
Onne cothng store (*)
Onne persona web page
Onne research paper
Section 1
(Answer a questons n ths secton)
1. Whch of the foowng are reasons we create conceptua modes?
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It factates dscusson; a pcture s worth a thousand words
It forms mportant dea system documentaton
It takes nto account government reguatons and aws
It forms a sound bass for physca database desgn
A of the above (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 2 Lesson 1.
2. An Entty Reatonshp Dagram s an exampe of a Physca Mode. True or
Fase?
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True
Fase (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 2 Lesson 1.
3. A customzed hat sttng on your frend's head s an exampe of whch
mode--the conceptua mode or the physca mode?
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Conceptua Mode
Physca Mode (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 2 Lesson 1.
4. Many reasons exst for creatng a conceptua mode. Choose three
approprate reasons from the optons beow.
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They accuratey descrbe what a physca mode w contan. (*)
They mode functona and nformatona needs. (*)
They capture the mpementaton detas of the physca mode.
They mode the nformaton ow of data.
They capture current and future needs. (*)
Section 1
(Answer a questons n ths secton)
1. A/an _________ s a pece of nformaton that n some way descrbes an
entty. It s a property of the entty and t quantes, quaes, casses,
or speces the entty.
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ERD
Attrbute (*)
Process
Tabe
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 2 Lesson 2.
2. In a physca data mode, an attrbute s represented as a/an
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Instance
Row
Coumn (*)
Foregn Key
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 2 Lesson 2.
3. Enttes are usuay verbs. True or Fase?
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True
Fase (*)
Correct
4. Whch of the foowng enttes most key contans nvad attrbutes?
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Entty: Pet. Attrbutes: Name, Brthdate, Owner
Entty: Car. Attrbutes: Owner Occupaton, Owner Saary, Speed (*)
Entty: Mother. Attrbutes: Name, Brthdate, Occupaton, Number of
Chdren
Entty: Home. Attrbutes: Number of Bedrooms, Owner, Address,
Date But
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 2 Lesson 2.
5. An entty may have whch of the foowng?
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Experences
Instances (*)
Tabes
None of the above
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 2 Lesson 2.
6. Whch of the foowng statements about attrbutes are true? (Choose
Two)
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(Choose a correct answers)
They descrbe, quafy, quantfy, cassfy, or specfy an entty. (*)
They must be snge vaued uness they beong to more than one
entty.
They are often ad|ectves.
They have a data type, such as number or character strng. (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 2 Lesson 2.
7. In the foowng statements, nd two good exampes of ENTITY: Instance.
(Choose Two)
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BOOK: Bography of Mahatma Gandh (*)
TRAIN: runs
VEGETABLE: grows
DAIRY PRODUCT: mk (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 2 Lesson 2.
8. Unque Identers:
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Dstngush one entty from another
Dstngush a enttes n a database
Dstngush nothng
Dstngush one nstance of an entty from a other nstances of that
entty (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 2 Lesson 2.
9. The word "Voate" means:
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Lmted quantty
Changng constanty; unstabe (*)
Statc; unkey to change
Large quantty
Correct
10. Some of the foowng coud be attrbutes of an ENTITY caed PERSON;
seect the INCORRECT attrbutes for PERSON. (Choose Two)
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Name
Prya Hansenna (*)
Freddy Wson (*)
Age
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 2 Lesson 2.
11. A of the foowng woud be nstances of the entty PERSON except
whch?
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Mae (*)
Angena Rosae
Davd |ones
Grace Abna|am
Correct
12. What s the purpose of a Unque Identer?
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To dentfy a specc row wthn a tabe, usng one or more coumns
and/or foregn keys.
Create an entty that s unke any other entty asde from tsef.
To dentfy one unque nstance of an entty by usng one or more
attrbutes and/or reatonshps. (*)
To unquey determne a tabe and coumns wthn that tabe.
Section 1
(Answer a questons n ths secton)
1. An Entty Reatonshp mode s ndependent of the hardware or software
used for mpementaton. True or Fase?
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True (*)
Fase
Correct
2. The purpose of an ERD s to document the proposed system and factate
dscusson and understandng of the requrements captured by the
deveoper. True or Fase?
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True (*)
Fase
Correct
3. A we structured ERD w show ony some parts of the nshed data
mode. You shoud never try to mode the entre system n one dagram,
no matter how sma the dagram mght be. True or Fase?
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True
Fase (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 2 Lesson 3.
4. Whch of the foowng statements are true about ERD's? (Choose Two)
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A pece of nformaton shoud ony be found n one pace on an ERD.
(*)
You shoud not mode dervabe data. (*)
A data must be represented on the ERD, ncudng derved
summares and the resut of cacuatons.
A pece of nformaton can be shown mutpe tmes on an ERD.
Section 1
(Answer a questons n ths secton)
1. What are the three propertes that every reatonshp shoud have?
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Name, optonaty, arcs
Transferabty, degree, name
A UID bar, a damond, an arc
Name, optonaty, cardnaty (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 3 Lesson 1.
2. Reatonshps can be ether mandatory or optona. True or Fase?
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True (*)
Fase
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 3 Lesson 1.
3. Reatonshps aways exst between
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3 or more attrbutes
2 attrbutes
2 enttes (or one entty and tsef) (*)
3 or more enttes
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 3 Lesson 1.
4. In a busness that ses computers, choose the best reatonshp name
from CUSTOMER to ITEM (computer, n ths case).
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Each CUSTOMER may be the maker of one or more ITEMS.
Each CUSTOMER may be the producer of one or more ITEMS.
Each CUSTOMER must be the buyer of one or more ITEMS. (*)
Each CUSTOMER must be the seer of one or more ITEMS.
Section 1
(Answer a questons n ths secton)
1. Consder the recommended drawng conventons for ERD's. Indcate
whch of the foowng accuratey descrbes dagrammng conventons for
enttes and attrbutes:
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The * means that an attrbute s optona; entty names shoud be
pura verbs.
The 'o' means that the attrbute s optona; entty names shoud be
pura verbs.
The * means that an attrbute s mandatory or requred; the entty
name shoud be snguar. (*)
The 'o' means that the attrbute s mandatory or requred; the entty
name shoud be a snguar noun.
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 3 Lesson 2.
2. Entty names are aways pura. True or Fase?
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True
Fase (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 3 Lesson 2.
3. Whch symbo s used to show that a partcuar attrbute s optona?
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&
*
#
o (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 3 Lesson 2.
4. On an ER dagram, whch symbo dentes an attrbute as part of a
unque denter.
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o
x
*
# (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 3 Lesson 2.
5. Entty boxes are drawn as
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Norma Crces
Soft Boxes (*)
Bod Crces
Hard Boxes
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 3 Lesson 2.
6. Attrbutes are wrtten nsde the entty to whch they beong. True or
Fase?
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True (*)
Fase
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 3 Lesson 2.
Section 1
(Answer a questons n ths secton)
1. Two enttes can have one or more reatonshps between them. True or
Fase?
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True (*)
Fase
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 3 Lesson 3.
2. After ookng at the dagram, choose the sentence beow that coud be
"read" from the exstng reatonshp (even though you're mssng
reatonshp abes!)
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Each Student may partcpate n one or more Actvtes. (*)
Each Actvty may be performed by one or more Students.
Each Actvty must beong to one and ony one Student.
Each Student must have one or more Actvtes.
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 3 Lesson 3.
3. When readng a reatonshp between 2 enttes, the reatonshp s ony
read from eft to rght. True or Fase?
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True
Fase (*)
Section 1
(Answer a questons n ths secton)
1. A Matrx Dagram w hep you wth a of the foowng except:
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Verfyng Reatonshps Between Enttes
Denng Instances of Enttes (*)
Identfyng Enttes
Namng Reatonshps
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 3 Lesson 4.
2. Creatng a Matrx Dagram s a mandatory step n Data Modeng. True or
Fase?
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True
Fase (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 3 Lesson 4.
3. Matrx Dagrams hep verfy that you have dented a possbe
reatonshps between your exstng enttes. True or Fase?
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True (*)
Fase
Section 1
(Answer a questons n ths secton)
1. A subtype can have a reatonshp not shared by the supertype. True or
Fase?
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True (*)
Fase
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 4 Lesson 1.
2. Whch of the foowng s the best scenaro for usng supertype/subtype
enttes:
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An ce cream store that ses ce cream n sugar cones and reguar
cones.
A grocery store that gves customers a choce of pastc or paper
bags.
A vehce deaershp that ses boats on traers, cars, and trucks. (*)
A pet store that ses sma anmas that need dherent szed cages
and dherent food.
Correct
3. A nstances of a subtype must be an nstance of the supertype. True or
Fase?
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True (*)
Fase
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 4 Lesson 1.
4. A nstances of the supertype are aso nstances of one of the subtypes.
True or Fase?
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True (*)
Fase
Correct
5. If subtypes are sted, a supertype shoud have at east two subtypes. True
or Fase?
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True (*)
Fase
Correct
6. Whch of the foowng s a TRUE statement about the dagram beow?
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Every Z s ether an A or a B
Every B s a Z
Every A s a Z
Every A s a B (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 4 Lesson 1.
7. Whch of the foowng s true about supertypes and subtypes?
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Two subtypes from the same supertype have a one-to-one
reatonshp between them
Subtypes nhert the reatonshps and attrbutes of the supertype. (*)
Subtypes may have no more than 2 eves of nestng.
Supertype and subtype enttes must mutuay excude one another
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 4 Lesson 1.
8. The "Other" subtype s best used:
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For nstances that beong to the supertype and at east one other
subtype.
For a subtype that does not have any of the same attrbutes as the
supertype to whch t beongs.
As an extra subtype to ensure that the st of subtypes s exhaustve.
By havng an "Other" subtype, a nstances of the Supertype w
have a subtype to beong to. (*)
You shoud never have a subtype caed "Other".
Correct
Section 1
(Answer a questons n ths secton)
1. How shoud you hande constrants that cannot be modeed on an ER
dagram?
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A constrants must be modeed and shown on the ER dagram
Aways et the network archtect hande them
Expan them to the users so they can enforce them
Lst them on a separate document to be handed programmatcay
(*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 4 Lesson 2.
2. How woud you mode a busness rue that states that on a student's
brthday, he does not have to attend hs casses?
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Make the attrbute Brthdate mandatory
Use a supertype
Use a subtype
You cannot mode ths. You need to document t (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 4 Lesson 2.
3. Whch of the foowng s an exampe of a structura busness rue?
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A empoyees must beong to at east one department. (*)
Budngs to be purchased by the busness must be current wth
earthquake budng code.
A products w have a seng prce no ess than 30 % greater than
whoesae.
A overdue payments w have an added 10 % ate fee.
Correct
4. 'Ony managers can approve trave requests' s an exampe of whch of
the foowng?
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A mandatory busness rue.
A procedura busness rue. (*)
An optona busness rue.
A structura busness rue.
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5. A busness rue such as "A accounts must be pad n fu wthn 10 days
of bng" s best enforced by:
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Makng the reatonshp between CUSTOMER and PAYMENT fuy
mandatory and 1:1 on both sdes.
Hrng a programmer to create addtona programmng code to
dentfy and report accounts past due. (*)
Creatng a message to be prnted on every b that remnds the
customer to pay wthn ten days.
Makng the payment attrbute mandatory.
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 4 Lesson 2.
6. Busness rues are mportant to data modeers because:
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A. They capture a of the needs, processes, and requred
functonaty of the busness. (*)
B. They are easy mpemented n the ERD dagram.
C. The data modeer must focus on structura rues, because they are
easy represented dagrammatcay and emnate other rues that
nvove extra procedures or programmng.
D. Both A and C are true.
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 4 Lesson 2.
7. Why s t mportant to dentfy and document busness rues?
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It aows you to create your data mode and then check t for
accuracy. (*)
It aows you to mprove the cent's busness.
It ensures that the data mode w automate a manua processes.
None of the above
Section 1
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1. If a reatonshp can be moved between nstances of the enttes t
connects, t s sad to be:
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Commtted
Transferabe (*)
Impct
Recursve
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 5 Lesson 1.
2. A non-transferabe reatonshp s represented by whch of the foowng
symbos?
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Trange
Heart
Crce
Damond (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 5 Lesson 1.
3. Non-transferabe reatonshps can ony be mandatory, not optona. True
or Fase?
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True
Fase (*)
Section 1
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1. Whch of the foowng are reatonshp types? (Choose Two)
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One to Another
Many to Many (*)
One to Many (*)
One to Some
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 5 Lesson 2.
2. What uncommon reatonshp s descrbed by the statements: "Each LINE
must consst of many POINTS and each POINT must be a part of many
LINES"
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One to Many Mandatory
Many to Many Optona
One to Many Optona
Many to Many Mandatory (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 5 Lesson 2.
3. When are reatonshps unnecessary?
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When you can derve the reatonshp from other reatonshps n the
mode (*)
When the reatonshps connect 2 enttes and they each have
dstnct meanngs
When the nformaton does not reate to the mode
When they have the same vsua structure but dherent meanng
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 5 Lesson 2.
4. If the same reatonshp s represented twce n an Entty Reatonshp
Mode, t s sad to be:
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Removabe
Resourcefu
Redundant (*)
Repcated
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 5 Lesson 2.
5. Whch of the foowng pars of enttes s most key to be modeed as a
M:M reatonshp? (Choose Two)
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RENTAL CAR and DRIVER (*)
TREE and SEEDLING
PARENT and CHILD
STUDENT and CLASS (*)
Section 1
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1. If an ntersecton entty s formed that contans no attrbutes of ts own,
ts unqueness may be modeed by
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Creatng new attrbutes.
Barrng the reatonshps to the orgna enttes. (*)
Pacng the UID attrbutes from the orgna enttes nto the
ntersecton entty.
None of the above.
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 5 Lesson 3.
2. Many-to-Many reatonshps are perfecty acceptabe n a nshed ERD.
There s no need to do any more work on them. True or Fase?
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True
Fase (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 5 Lesson 3.
3. When you resove a M:M by creatng an ntersecton entty, ths new
entty w aways nhert:
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The attrbutes of both reated enttes.
A reatonshp to each entty from the orgna M:M. (*)
Nothng s nherted from the orgna enttes and reatonshp.
The UID's from the enttes n the orgna M:M.
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 5 Lesson 3.
4. Many to many reatonshps between enttes usuay hde what?
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Another entty (*)
Unqueness
Another reatonshp
More attrbutes
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5. When resovng a M:M reatonshp, the new reatonshps w aways be
__________ on the many sde.
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Recursve
Redundant
Mandatory (*)
Optona
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1. A unque denter can ony be made up of one attrbute. True or Fase?
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True
Fase (*)
Correct
2. Peope are not born wth "numbers", but a ot of systems assgn student
numbers, customer IDs, etc. A shoe has a coor, a sze, a stye, but may
not have a descrptve "number". To be abe to unquey and emcenty
dentfy one nstance of the entty SHOE, a/an ______________ UID can be
created.
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Identcaton
Structured
Unreastc
Artca (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 6 Lesson 1.
3. An entty can ony have one UID. True or Fase?
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True
Fase (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 6 Lesson 1.
4. A UID can be made up from the foowng: (Choose Two)
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Synonyms
Attrbutes (*)
Reatonshps (*)
Enttes
Section 1
(Answer a questons n ths secton)
1. When data s stored n more than one pace n a database, the database
voates the rues of ___________.
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Repcaton
Normazaton (*)
Decency
Normacy
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 6 Lesson 2.
2. When a attrbutes are snge-vaued, the database mode s sad to
conform to:
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1st Norma Form (*)
3rd Norma Form
4th Norma Form
2nd Norma Form
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 6 Lesson 2.
3. The foowng entty s n 1st norma form: True or Fase?
ENTITY: VEHICLE
ATTRIBUTES:
REGISTRATION
MAKE
MODEL
COLOR
DRIVER
PASSENGER 1
PASSENGER 2
PASSENGER 3
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True
Fase (*)
Correct
4. An entty can have repeated vaues and st be n 1st Norma Form. True
or Fase?
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True
Fase (*)
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(Answer a questons n ths secton)
1. What s the rue of Second Norma Form?
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A non-UID attrbutes must be dependent upon the entre UID. (*)
Some non-UID attrbutes can be dependent on the entre UID.
No non-UID attrbutes can be dependent on any part of the UID.
None of the above
Correct
2. Examne the foowng entty and decde whch attrbute breaks the 2nd
Norma Form rue:
ENTITY: CLASS
ATTRIBUTES:
CLASS ID
DURATION
SUB|ECT
TEACHER NAME AND ADDRESS
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TEACHER NAME AND ADDRESS (*)
CLASS ID
DURATION
SUB|ECT
Correct
3. An entty can be on 2nd Norma Form even f t has repeated vaues. True
or Fase?
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True
Fase (*)
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(Answer a questons n ths secton)
1. No database n the word s ever truy on 3rd Norma Form. Everyone
aways stops after 2nd Norma Form. True or Fase?
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True
Fase (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 6 Lesson 4.
2. Examne the foowng Entty and decde whch sets of attrbutes break
the 3rd Norma Form rue: (choose two)
ENTITY: TRAIN (SYNONYM: ROLLING STOCK)
ATTRIBUTES:
TRAIN ID
MAKE
MODEL
DRIVER NAME
DEPARTURE STATION
NUMBER OF CARRIAGES
NUMBER OF SEATS
DATE OF MANUFACTURE
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TRAIN ID, MAKE
DEPARTURE STATION, DRIVER NAME (*)
MODEL, DATE OF MANUFACTURE
NUMBER OF CARRIAGES, NUMBER OF SEATS (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 6 Lesson 4.
3. As a database desgner, you have a responsbty to store data n ony
one pace and n the best possbe pace. True or Fase?
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True (*)
Fase
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(Answer a questons n ths secton)
1. To vsuay represent excusvty between two or more reatonshps n an
ERD you woud most key use a/an ________.
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Supertype
Arc (*)
Subtype
UID
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 7 Lesson 1.
2. Whch of the foowng woud best be represented by an arc?
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STUDENT (senor, |unor)
STUDENT (graduatng, non-graduatng)
STUDENT (w-attend-unversty, w-not-attend-unversty)
STUDENT ( Unversty, Trade Schoo) (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 7 Lesson 1.
3. Ths dagram coud aso be expressed as a supertype/subtype
constructon. True or Fase?
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True
Fase (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 7 Lesson 1.
4. A attrbutes that are part of the UID are mandatory. True or Fase?
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True (*)
Fase
Correct
5. Whch of the foowng can be added to a reatonshp?
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A composte attrbute
An arc can be assgned (*)
An optona attrbute can be created
An attrbute
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 7 Lesson 1.
6. Secondary UID's are
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Usefu as an aternatve means of dentfyng nstances of an entty
(*)
Mandatory n data modeng
Aways comprsed of numbers
Not permtted n data modeng
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7. If the entty CD has the attrbutes: #number, *tte, *producer, *year, o
store name, o store address, ths entty s n 3rd Norma Form ("no non-
UID attrbute can be dependent on another non-UID attrbute). True or
Fase?
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True
Fase (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 7 Lesson 1.
8. Whch of the foowng s the denton for Thrd Norma Form?
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No non-UID attrbute can be dependent on another non-UID attrbute
(*)
An attrbute must be dependent upon the entty's entre UID
A attrbutes are unquey doubed and ndependent
A attrbutes are snge vaued
Section 1
(Answer a questons n ths secton)
1. Whch of the foowng woud be a good Unque Identer for ts Entty?
(Choose Two)
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Identcaton Number for Person (*)
Brthdate for Baby Whch Incudes Hour, Mnute, and Second
Order date for Order
Vehce Identcaton Number for Car (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 7 Lesson 2.
2. In ths smpe dagram, what comprses the unque denter for the
student cass entty?
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student d and cass d
student d, cass d, and course d
course d
student d and course d (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 7 Lesson 2.
3. A reatonshp can be both recursve and heracha at the same tme. True
or Fase?
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Fase (*)
True
Correct
4. A recursve reatonshp shoud not be part of a UID. True or Fase?
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Fase
True (*)
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1. Hstorca data shoud aways be kept. True or Fase?
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True
Fase (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 7 Lesson 3.
2. Modeng hstorca data can produce a unque denter that ncudes a
date. True or Fase?
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True (*)
Fase
Correct
3. Audt tra attrbutes cannot be paced n the enttes they are audtng,
they must be paced n separate, new enttes, created |ust for that
purpose. True or Fase?
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True
Fase (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 7 Lesson 3.
4. Whch of the foowng scenaros shoud be modeed so that hstorca
data s kept? (Choose two)
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LIBRARY and NUMBER OF STAFF
STUDENT and AGE
LIBRARY and BOOK (*)
STUDENT and GRADE (*)
Section 1
(Answer a questons n ths secton)
1. How do you know when to use the dherent types of tme n your desgn?
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Aways mode tme; you can take t out ater f t s not needed.
You woud rst determne the exstence of the concept of tme and
map t aganst the Greenwch Mean Tme.
The rues are xed and shoud be foowed.
It depends on the functona needs of the system . (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 9 Lesson 1.
2. In a payro system, t s desrabe to have an entty caed DAY wth a
hoday attrbute when you want to track speca hodays. True or Fase?
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True (*)
Fase
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3. When you add the concept of tme to your data mode, you are:
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None of the above.
|ust changng the mode, but ths does not change the compexty of
t.
Smpfyng your mode.
Addng compexty to your mode. (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 9 Lesson 1.
4. What s the benet to the users of a system that ncudes "tme"; e.g.
Start Date and End Date for Empoyees?
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Reportng becomes neary mpossbe; users en|oy ths.
Users are abe to create compex programs n support of ths
component.
Increased usabty and exbty of a system; e.g., we can the trace
the dherent managers an empoyee had over tme. (*)
System becomes 100% unstabe; aows users to og on and og oh at
w.
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 9 Lesson 1.
5. If you are trackng empoyment dates for an empoyee, do you need to
have an "End Date" attrbute?
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No, because an end date s usuay redundant.
Yes, because you aways need an end date when you have a start
date.
No, not f the company kes the empoyee.
Yes, f the company wants to track mutpe start dates and nsure
that mutpe empoyment dates for an empoyee do not overap. (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 9 Lesson 1.
6. Whch of the foowng woud be a ogca constrant when modeng tme
for a country entty?
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Day tramc patterns must be montored to determne whch
countres are overcrowded.
If you are dong a system for France or Germany, you woud need
securty cearance.
Peope have brths and deaths n ther countres that must be tracked
by the system.
Countres may change ther names and/or borders over a perod of
tme. (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 9 Lesson 1.
7. Modeng hstorca data produces emcent ways for a busness to operate
such as:
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Keepng track of hoday dates.
Empoyees can work n two tme zones.
Provdng vauabe nformaton va reports to management . (*)
Modeng hstorca data does not hep a busness.
Why
woud
you want
to mode
a tme
compone
nt when
desgnng
a system
that ets
peope
buy bars
of god?
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The Government of your country mght want to be noted of
ths transacton.
The prce of god uctuates and, to determne the current prce,
you need to know the tme of purchase. (*)
You woud not want to mode ths; t s not mportant.
Saes peope must determne where the god s comng from.
Incorrect. Refer to Secton 9 Lesson 2.
2. What s the functon of oggng or |ournang n conceptua data
modes?
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Aows you to track the hstory of attrbute vaues, reatonshps,
and/or entre enttes (*)
Gves a tmestamp to a enttes.
Represents enttes as tme n the data mode.
Creates a xed tme for a events n a data mode.
Correct
3. Whch of the foowng s a ogca constrant that coud resut from
consderng how tme mpacts the storage of data?
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An ASSIGNMENT may ony refer to a COUNTRY that s vad at
the Start Date of the ASSIGNMENT. (*)
ASSIGNMENT perods can overap causng the database to
crash.
Dates have vaue ony wth a tme component.
End Date must be before the Start Date.
Correct
4. You are dong a data mode for a computer saes company where
the prce uctuates on a reguar bass. If you want to aow the
company to modfy the prce and keep track of the changes, what s
the best way to mode ths?
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A. Create a product entty and a reated prce entty wth start
and end dates, and then et the users enter the new prce
whenever requred.
B. Create a new tem and a new prce every day.
C. Use a prce entty wth a start and end date
D. Aow them to deete the tem and enter a new one.
E. Both A and C (*)