Section 6

(Answer all questions in this section)

1. An entity can only have one Primary UID. True or False?

Mark for Review
(1) Points
True (*)
False

2. If an entity has no attribute suitable to be a Primary UID, we can

create an artificial one. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
True (*)
False

3. There is no limit to how many columns can make up an entity's UID.

True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
True (*)
False

4. A unique identifier can only be made up of one attribute. True or

False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
True
False (*)

5. When is an entity in 2nd Normal Form? Mark for Review

(1) Points
When all non-UID attributes are dependent upon the entire UID. (*)
When attributes with repeating or multi-values are present.
When no attritibutes are mutually independent and all are fully
dependent on the primary key.
None of the Above.

6. What is the rule of Second Normal Form? Mark for Review

(1) Points
No non-UID attributes can be dependent on any part of the UID.
Some non-UID attributes can be dependent on the entire UID.
All non-UID attributes must be dependent upon the entire UID. (*)
None of the above

7. Examine the following entity and decide how to make it conform to the
rule of 2nd Normal Form:
ENTITY: RECEIPT
ATTRIBUTES:
#CUSTOMER ID
#STORE ID
STORE LOCATION
DATE
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Do nothing, it is already in 2nd Normal Form.
Delete the attribute STORE ID
Move the attribute STORE LOCATION to a new entity, STORE, with a
UID of STORE ID, and create a relationship to the original entity. (*)
Move the attribute STORE LOCATION to a new entity, STORE, with a
UID of STORE LOCATION, and create a relationship to the original entity.
8. When any attribute in an entity is dependent on any other non-UID
attribute in that entity, this is known as: Mark for Review
(1) Points
Dependency
Functional dependency
Non-dependency
Transitive dependency (*)

9. Examine the following Entity and decide which rule of Normal Form is
being violated:
ENTITY: CLIENT
ATTRIBUTES:
# CLIENT ID
FIRST NAME
LAST NAME
ORDER ID
STREET
ZIP CODE
Mark for Review
(1) Points
1st Normal Form. (*)
2nd Normal Form.
3rd Normal Form.
None of the above, the entity is fully normalised.

10. As a database designer, you do not need to worry about where in the
datamodel 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) Points
True
False (*)

11. Examine the following Entity and decide which rule of Normal Form is
being violated:
ENTITY: CLIENT
ATTRIBUTES:
# CLIENT ID
FIRST NAME
LAST NAME
STREET
CITY
ZIP CODE
Mark for Review
(1) Points
1st Normal Form.
2nd Normal Form.
3rd Normal Form.
None of the above, the entity is fully normalised. (*)

12. When data is stored in more than one place in a database, the database
violates the rules of ___________. Mark for Review
(1) Points
Normalcy
Replication
Normalization (*)
Decency

13. If an entity has a multi-valued attribute, to conform to the rule of

1st Normal Form we: Mark for Review
(1) Points
Make the attribute optional
Do nothing, an entity does not have to be in 1st Normal Form
Create an additional entity and relate it to the original entity
with a 1:M relationship. (*)
Create an additional entity and relate it to the original entity
with a M:M relationship.

14. An entity ORDER has the attributes Order ID, Order Date, Product id,
Customer ID. This entity is in 1st Normal Form. True or False? Mark for
Review
(1) Points
True
False (*)

15. An entity can have repeated values and still be in 1st Normal Form.
True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
True
False (*)

16. Cascading UIDs are a feature often found in what type of Relationship?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Invalid Relationship
General Relationship
Heirarchical Relationship (*)
Recursive Relationship

17. A relationship between an entity and itself is called a/an:

Mark for Review
(1) Points
General Relationship
Recursive Relationship (*)
Heirarchical Relationship
Invalid Relationship

18. A single relationship can be both Recursive and Hierarchical at the

same time. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
True
False (*)

19. A Hierarchical relationship is a series of relationships that reflect

entities organized into successive levels. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
True (*)
False

20. A particular problem may be solved using either a Recursive

Relationship or a Hierarchical Relationship, though not at the same time. True or
False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
True (*)
False

21. Which of the following would best be represented by an arc? Mark

for Review
(1) Points
 STUDENT (Grade A student, Average Student)
PARENT (Girl, Bob)
TEACHER (Female, Bob)
DELIVERY ADDRESS (Home, Office) (*)

22. Arcs are used to visually represent _________ between two or more
relationships in an ERD. Mark for Review
(1) Points
Sameness
Differences
Exclusivity (*)
Inheritance

23. An arc can often be modeled as Supertype and Subtypes. True or False?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
True (*)
False

24. Which of the following would best be represented by an arc? Mark

for Review
(1) Points
STUDENT (Grade A student, Average Student)
STUDENT (senior, male)
STUDENT ( University, Technical College) (*)
STUDENT (graduating, female)

Section 8
(Answer all questions in this section)

25. Which of the following would be a logical constraint when modeling

time for a country entity? Mark for Review
(1) Points
Daily traffic patterns must be monitored to determine which
countries are overcrowded.
People have births and deaths in their countries that must be
tracked by the system.
If you are doing a system for France or Germany, you would need
security clearance.
Countries may change their names and/or borders over a period of
time. (*)

Section 8
(Answer all questions in this section)

26. Which of the following would be a logical constraint when modeling

time for a City entity? Mark for Review
(1) Points
Daily traffic patterns must be monitored to determine how many law
enforcement officers are needed.
If you are doing a system for any French City, you would need
security clearance.
Cites may change their names and/or country association if the
borders of a country change. (*)
People are born in the city and people die in the city.

27. All systems must include functionality to provide logging or

journaling in conceptual data models. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
 True
False (*)

28. When a system requires that old values for attributes are kept on
record, this is know as Journaling or Logging. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
True (*)
False

29. There is no point in trying to group your entities together on your

diagram according to volume, and making a diagram look nice is a waste of time.
True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
True
False (*)

30. Formal rules exist for drawing ERD's. You must always follow them,
even if it results in an ERD that is difficult to read. True or False? Mark for
Review
(1) Points
True
False (*)

31. Which of the following scenarios should be modeled so that historical

data is kept? (Choose two) Mark for Review
(1) Points
(Choose all correct answers)
LIBRARY and NUMBER OF BOOKS
STUDENT and GRADE (*)
STUDENT and AGE
LIBRARY and BOOK (*)

32. Historical data must never be kept. True or False? Mark for
Review
(1) Points
True
False (*)

Section 9
(Answer all questions in this section)

33. The explanation below is an example of which constraint type?

A primary key must be unique, and no part of the primary key can be null.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Referential integrity
Column integrity
Entity integrity (*)
User-defined integrity

34. Foreign keys cannot be null when Mark for Review

(1) Points
It refers to the same table
It is part of a primary key (*)
It refers to another table
It contains three or more columns

35. The explanation below is an example of which constraint type?

If the value in the balance column of the ACCOUNTS table is below 100, we must send
a letter to the account owner which will require extra programming to enforce.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
User-defined integrity (*)
Entity integrity
Column integrity
Referential integrity

Section 9
(Answer all questions in this section)

36. A foreign key cannot refer to a primary key in the same table. True or
False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
True
False (*)

37. Column integrity refers to Mark for Review

(1) Points
Columns always containing text data less than 255 characters
Columns always containing values consistent with the defined data
format (*)
Columns always having values
Columns always containing positive numbers

38. When an Arc is transformed to the physical model every relationship in

the Arc becomes a mandatory Foreign Key. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
True
False (*)

39. One-to-Many Optional to Mandatory becomes a _______________ on the

Master table. Mark for Review
(1) Points
Unique Key
Optional Foreign Key (*)
Mandatory Foreign Key
Primary Key

40. A barrred Relationship will result in a Foreign Key column that also
is part of: Mark for Review
(1) Points
The Column Name
The Check Constraint
The Table Name
The Primary Key (*)

Section 9
(Answer all questions in this section)

41. Relationships on an ERD can only be transformed into UIDs in the

physical model? True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
True
False (*)

42. One-to-One relationships are transformed into Check Constraints in the

tables created at either end of that relationship. True or False? Mark for
Review
(1) Points
True
False (*)

43. The "Arc Implementation" is a synonym for what type of implementation?

Mark for Review
(1) Points
Cascade Implementation
Supertype Implementation
Subtype Implementation
Supertype and Subtype Implementation (*)

44. When mapping supertypes, relationships at the supertype level

transform as usual. Relationships at the subtype level are implemented as foreign
keys, but the foreign key columns all become optional. True or False?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
True (*)
False

45. The transformation from an ER diagram to a physical design involves

changing terminology. Entities in the ER diagram become __________ :
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Columns
Tables (*)
Foreign Keys
Unique Keys

Section 9
(Answer all questions in this section)

46. The conceptual model is transformed into a physical model. The

physical implementation will be a relational database. True or False?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
True (*)
False

47. In an Oracle database, why would 1_TABLE not work as a table name?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
There is no problem here. You can create a table called 1_TABLE.
Object names must not start with a number. They must begin with a
letter. (*)
TABLE is a reserved word.
The database does not understand all capital letters.

48. In an Oracle database, why would the following table name not be
allowed 'EMPLOYEE JOBS'? Mark for Review
(1) Points
JOBS is a reserved word
The database does not understand all capital letters
You cannot have spaces between words in a table name (*)
EMPLOYEE is a reserved word

Section 10
(Answer all questions in this section)
49. In which phases of the System Development Life Cycle will we need to
use SQL as a language? (Choose Two) Mark for Review
(1) Points
(Choose all correct answers)
Build and Document (*)
Analysis
Transition (*)
Strategy

50. During which phases of the System Development Life Cycle would you
roll out the system to the users? Mark for Review
(1) Points
Build and Transition
Design and Production
Strategy and Analysis