Semester 1 Mid Term Exam covers Sections 1-10 of Database Design. Section 1 1.

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hat is the difference between "information" and "data"? Mark for Review (1) Poin
ts Data is held and understood only by users Information is held and understood
only by users Information and data have no differences - they are two words for
the same t hing Data turns into information when it is stored in a database and
accessed by systems and users (*) corect 2. Entities are transformed into Tables
during the Database Design process. T rue or False? Mark for Review (1) Points
True (*) False Correct 3. Databases perform these functions.... Mark for Review
(1) Points Running multiple applications on multiple client-servers Providing in
tegrated software on fast processing servers Providing software running on a var
iety of platforms and configurations allo wing companies a structured way to acc
ess and manage their data (*) They run purely as client-based software on person
al computers Correct 4. The market for IT professionals is still increasing and
will continue to d o so in the future, as the world gets ever more dependent on
computer systems. T rue or False? Mark for Review (1) Points True (*) False Corr
ect

Section 2 5. All of the following would be instances of the entity ANIMAL SPECIE
S excep t which? Mark for Review (1) Points Dog Bird Elephant Leaf (*) Correct 6
. An entity can have many Unique Identifiers. True or False? Mark for Revie w (1
) Points True (*) False corect 7. Volatile entities have special requirements an
d need special attention whe n you are doing data modelling. True or False? Mark
for Review (1) Points True (*) False Correct 8. Primary Unique Identifiers: (Ch
oose Two) Mark for Review (1) Points (Choose all correct answers) Are Required.
The data model is not complete until all entities have a Prima ry UID. (*) Disti
nguish each instance of an entity from all others (*) Are not required You may c
reate more than one Primary Unique Identifier for an entity

Correct 9. In a physical data model, a relationship is represented as a? Mark fo

r Re view (1) Points Column Row Instance Foreign Key (*) corect 10. Entity and A
ttribute names are usually Nouns. True or False? Mark for Re view (1) Points Tru
e (*) False Correct Section 2 11. Documenting Business Requirements helps develo
pers control the scope of t he systems, so users do not suddenly want the new sy
stem to contain twice as muc h functionality. True or False? Mark for Review (1)
Points True (*) False Correct
Section 3 12. Relationship Degree/Cardinality is important. True or False? Mark
for Re view (1) Points True (*) False Correct

13. Relationships represents something of significance to the business. True or

False? Mark for Review (1) Points True (*) False corect 14. The single end of a
Relationship is called: Mark for Review (1) Points Single Toe (*) Big Toe Single
Foot Crows Foot Correct 15. When reading a relationship between 2 entities, the
relationship is read both from left to right and right to left. True or False?
Mark for Review (1) Points True (*) False Correct 16. Matrix Diagrams are develo
ped BEFORE the ERD. True or False? Mark for Re view (1) Points True False (*) Co
rrect
Section 4 17. A business rule such as "We only ship goods after customers have c
omplete ly paid any outstanding balances on their account" is best enforced by:
Mark fo r Review

(1) Points Making the payment attribute null. Making the payment attribute optio
nal. We need to trust our customers, and we know they will pay some day. Hiring
a programmer to create additional programming code to verify no goods are shippe
d until the account has been settled in full. (*) Correct 18. All instances of t
he supertype must be an instance of one of the subtypes . True or False? Mark fo
r Review (1) Points True (*) False Correct 19. A Supertype can have only one sub
type. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points True False (*) Correct 20. When
creating entities you must follow these rules: (Choose Two) Mark fo r Review (1)
Points (Choose all correct answers) Name them in Plural Name them in Singular (
*) Exclude Attributes Include Attributes (*) Correct 21. A supertype can only ha
ve two subtypes and no more. True or False? Mark fo r Review (1) Points True

False (*) Correct 22. You can only create relationships to a Supertype, not to a
Subtype. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points True False (*) Correct
Section 5 23. Which of the following pairs of entities is most likely to be mode
led as a M:M relationship? Mark for Review (1) Points CAR and WHEEL TREE and BRA
NCH PERSON and FINGERPRINT TEACHER and SUBJECT AREA (*) corect 24. A relationshi
p from an entity back to itself is called a ___________ rela tionship. Mark for
Review (1) Points Mandatory Recursive (*) Many to Many Optional Transferrable Co
rrect 25. Relationships can be Redundant. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Poi
nts True (*)

False Correct 26. What uncommon relationship is described by the statements: "Ea
ch DNA SAMP LE may be taken from one and only one PERSON and each PERSON may pro
vide one and only one DNA SAMPLE" Mark for Review (1) Points One to Many Optiona
l One to Many Mandatory One to One Optional (*) Many to Many Mandatory Correct 2
7. A Diamond on a relationship indicates the Relationship as Non-Tranferrabl e.
True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points True (*) False Correct 28. What do you
call the entity created when you resolve a M:M relationship? Mark for Review (1
) Points Intersection entity (*) Inclusion entity Recursive entity M:M entity Co
rrect 29. Intersection Entities are at the Master end in the relationships betwe
en it and the original entities. So the original entities are details or childre
n o f the newly created intersection entity. True or False? Mark for Review (1)
Points True False (*)

Correct 30. Intersection Entities often have the relationships participating in

the U ID, so the relationships are often barred. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points True (*) False Correct 31. As a database designer you do not need to
worry about where in the datamode l you store a particular attribute, as long as
you get it onto the ERD your job is done. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Po
ints True False (*) Correct 32. There is no limit to how may UID's an entity can
have. True or False? Ma rk for Review (1) Points True (*) False Correct 33. A u
nique identifier must be made up of more than one attribute. True or F alse? Mar
k for Review (1) Points True False (*) corect 34. Any Non-UID must be dependant
on the entire UID. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points True (*) False

Correct 35. When data is only stored in one place in a database, the database co
nform s to the rules of ___________. Mark for Review (1) Points Normality Reduct
ion Normalization (*) Multiplication Correct
Section 7 36. Historical data must never be kept. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points True False (*) Correct 37. Which of the following would be good as a
Unique Identifier for its Entit y? (Choose Three) Mark for Review (1) Points (C
hoose all correct answers) Personal Identification number for Person (*) Vehicle
Registration Number for Car (*) ISBN Number for Book (*) Date of birth for Baby
corect 38. Which of the following would best be represented by an arc? Mark for
Rev iew (1) Points TEACHER (Female, Bob) DELIVERY ADDRESS (Home, Office) (*)

PARENT (Girl, Bob) STUDENT (Grade A student, Average Student) Correct 39. Which
of the following is NOT a relationship type? Mark for Review (1) Points Some to
None (*) One to One One to Many Many to Many Correct 40. No parts of an UID are
mandatory. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points True False (*) Correct 41.
Primary UIDs are: Mark for Review (1) Points Something that each Entity should h
ave, but is not mandatory (*) Useful as an alternative means of identifying inst
ances of an entity, indepe ndent of their datatype Mandatory in data modeling Al
ways comprised of numbers corect 42. Arcs are used to visually represent _______
__ between two or more relatio nships in an ERD. Mark for Review (1) Points Same
ness Differences Exclusivity (*)

Inheritance Correct
Section 9 43. All systems must include functionality to provide logging or journ
aling i n conceptual data models. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points True
False (*) Correct 44. Which of the following is a logical constraint that could
result from con sidering how time impacts an example of data storage? Mark for
Review (1) Points An ASSIGNMENT may only refer to an EMPLOYEE with a valid emplo
yee record at the Start Date of the ASSIGNMENT. (*) EMPLOYEE periods can overlap
causing the database to crash. End Date must be before the Start Date. Dates mu
st be stored with Time. Correct 45. All systems must have an entity called WEEK
with a holiday attribute, so you know when to give your employees a holiday. Tru
e or False? Mark for Review (1) Points True False (*) Correct 46. If a system in
cludes the concept of time and it stores Start Dates, then End Dates becomes Man
datory. For each Start Date attribute you create, you MUST create an End Date at
tribute and it must be mandatory. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points True
False (*)

Correct
Section 10 47. Which of the following statements are true for ERD's to enhance t
heir rea dability. (Choose Two) Mark for Review (1) Points (Choose all correct a
nswers) Is is OK to break a big ERD down into subsets of the overall picture. Th
is w ay you end up with more than one ERD, that together documents the entire sy
stem. (*) Try to avoid crossing lines (*) The crows feet (many ends) can point w
hichever way is the easiest to draw You must ensure you have all the entities on
one single, big diagram, even i f you have hundreds Correct 48. There is no poi
nt in trying to group your entities together on your diagr am according to volum
e. Making a diagram pretty is a waste of time. True or Fals e? Mark for Review (
1) Points True False (*) Correct 49. Generic models are generally far more compl
ex than a specific model. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points True False (
*) corect 50. A datamodel containing generic modeling techniques must not be mix
ed in w ith non-generic models. The generic entities MUST be drawn on a diagram
of their own. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points

True False (*) Correct