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Semester One Examination Period 2009 | l
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Faculty of Information Technology
EXAM CODES: FIT1004
‘TITLE OF PAPER: Database
EXAM DURATION: 3 hours writing time
READING TIME: 10 minutes
THIS PAPER IS FOR STUDENTS STUDYING AT:( tick where applicable)
D Berwick Clayton Malaysia Of Campus Leaming J Open Leaming
Caulfield Gippsland Peninsula «1 Enhancement Studies. Sth Africa
OPhaimacy 1 Other (specify)
During an exam, you must not have in your possession, a book, notes, paper, electronic device/s, calculator,
pencil case, mobile phone or other material/item which has not been authorised for the exam or specifically
permitted as noted below. Any material or item on your desk, chair or person will be deemed to be in your
possession, You are reminded that possession of unauthorised materials in an exam is a discipline offence under
Monash Statute 4.1
No examination papers are to be removed from the room.
Attempt all questions. All answers must be printed neatly on this paper. Answer questions with concisely expressed
factual information, The backs of pages in this paper may be used for any rough work. Any material written on the
backs of pages will not normally be corrected. If an answer needs to overflow from its designated answer space to a
blank page, clearly indicate that this is the case and that the materia on the blank page is for correction. This paper must
bbe handed up at the end of the examination, even if no questions are attempted. The marks for each question are shown.
‘Total marks for the examination: 100. This exam counts as 60% of the final assessment forthe unit
AUTHORISED MATERIALS
CALCULATORS O ves @ No
OPEN BOOK O yes No
SPECIFICALLY PERMITTED ITEMS O yes No
Candidates must complete this section if required to write answers within this paper
STUDENT ID DESK NUMBER
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Material written on this page will not be corrected unless there
material on this page should be included in the answer.
a clear indication that written
Page 2 of 36Section A: Multiple Choice Section
This section is worth 10 marks. Each question is worth 0.5 mark.
‘Mark your selection by placing a ¥ or a X through your selected answer
= forexample HOF WK
Ifyou change your selection during the review of your paper, prior to the end of the Exam
that the alteration is clear.
jon, make sure
Note: There is only ONE correct answer for each question,
1. Which of the following is NOT a data anomaly’?
Modification
Insertion
Deletion
Correction
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___ refers to fixing the database after a failure, such as a hard disk malfunction.
Backup
Recovery
Security
‘Access control
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|. Each row in the relational table is known as an entity.
instance
relationship
attribute,
model
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4. A way of clas
2. difficulty
b. knowledge
c
d
ing data models is by degree of __.
abstraction
unification
5. What type of relationship is expressed with the phrase “A student takes many classes and a Class is taken
by many students”?
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. A table can be logically connected to another table by defininga__.
hyperlink
‘common attribute
primary key
logic key
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7. A relational operator that yields all values from selected attributes is known as the ___ operator.
a. DIFFERENCE
b. PRODUCT
cc. SELECT
4. PROJECT
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