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Record

A logically connected set of one or more fields that describes a person, place, or thing.

Data and information are essentially the same thing.

False

Data integrity

The condition in which all of the data in the database are consistent with the real-world events and conditions.

Field

A character or group of characters that has a specific meaning.

File

A collection of related records.

Data Redundancy

Situation where different versions of the same data are stored at different places because they werent updated considtently.

Metadata

Provide a description of the data characteristics and the set of relationships that link the data found within the database.

Data anomaly is defined as the condition in which all of the data in the database are consistent with the real-world events and conditions.

False

End-User Data

Raw facts of interest to the end user

Metadata describe the data characteristics and the set of relationships that links the data found within a database.

True

Entity

Represents a particular type of object in the real world.

Constraint

A restriction placed on the data.

Data Definition Language (DDL)

Enables a database administrator to describe schema components.

Business rules apply to businesses and government groups, but not to other types of organizations such as religious groups or research laboratories. (True or False)

False

Which of the following is true of business rules?

A) they allow the designer to set company policies with regard to data.
B) they can serve as communication tool between the users and designers.
C) they provide a framework for the company's self-actualization.
D) they allow the designer to develop business processes.

Answer: B

Entity (2)

Is anything about which data are to be collected and stored.

Model

Main function is to help one understand the complexities of the real-world environment.

In the context of data models, an entity is a person, place, thing, or event about which data will be collected and stored. (True or False)

True

Entity relationship

Model was developed to allow designers to use a graphical tool to examine structures rather than deacribing them with text.

Business Rule

A brief, precise, and unambiguos description of a policy, procedure, or principle within a specific organization.

If the attribute (B) is functionally dependent on a composite key (A) but not on any subset of that composite key, the attribute (B) is fully functionally dependent on (A).

True

Foreign Key

Primary key of one table that has been placed into another table to create a common attribute.

Column

Represents an attribute in each table.

Entity Integrity

The Customer table's primary key is CUS_CODE. The CUSTOMER primary key column has no null entries, and all entries are unique.

SELECT

Also known as RESTRICT, yields values for all rows found in a table that satisfy a given condition.

PROJECT

Returns only the attributes requested, in the order in which they are requested.

NOT NULL

Constraint can be placed on a column to ensure that every row in the table has a value for that column.

Referential Integrity

Dictates that the foreign key must contain values that match the primary key in the related table, or must contain null.

True

Relational Algebra defines the theoretical way of manipulating table contents using relational operators.

Union-Compatible

When two or more tables share the same number of columns, and when their corresponding columns share the same or compatible domains, they are said to be...

Existence-Dependent

Entity that can exist in the database only when it is associated with another related entity occurrence.

Domain

The set of possible values for a given attribute.

In the entity relationship model, a table row corresponds to an entity instance.

True

Composite attribute

Can be further subdivided to yield additional attributes.

An entity in the entity relationship model corresponds to a table in the relationship environment.

True

Strong Entity

If an entity can exist apart from all of its related entities, then it is existence-independent, and it is referred to as?

Weak entity

Has a primary key that is partially or totally derived from the parent entity in the relationship.

False

Composite attributes make it easier to facilitate detailed queries.

Cardinality

Expresses the minimum and maximum number of entity occurrences associated with one occurrence of the related entity.

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Metadata describe the data characteristics and the set of relationships that link the data within the database.

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