Guzman, Ma. Christine C.

BSAIS-3

PBSAIS 001 - INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

FINAL EXAMINATION- LABORATORY

CASE PROBLEM/ ANALYSIS

Case No. 1. Corporate Technology Center
a. What entities are identified in the previous scenario? Can you identify additional entities?
According to the problem described, Corporate Technology Center offers the following
to a customer:
 Technology updates seminars to local business executives and their employees.
 A wide range of seminars are offered.
 One-day, two-day pr four-day seminars are given for local companies in campus and
online.
 Specific staff members are present to take the respective courses on the provided date
generally.

b. For each entity identified in part a, specify a set of associated attributes.

According to the case scenario, the set of entities that would interest Corporate
Technology Center is listed below:
Entities Description
Seminar The details of seminar conducted by Corporate Technology Center.
Staff The details of a trainer in Corporate Technology Center.
Course The description of the course offered at Corporate Technology Center.
Student The details of a Student enrolling and taking up a course.

c. Select an identifier for each entity. What rules did you apply when selecting the identifier?
The list of entities and their associated attributes are given in the table below:
Entities Attributes
Semina Seminar_Id, Seminar_Description, Seminar_Startdate, Seminar_Enddate,
r Seminar_Staff, Seminar_Courses
Staff Staff_Id, Staff_Firstname, Staff_Lastname, Staff_Specialization, Staff_Address,
Staff_Phonenumber
Course Course_Id, Course_Description, Course_Startdate, Course_Enddate,
Course_Seminars
Student Student_Id, Student_Firstname, Student_Lastname, Student_Type,
Student_Address, Student_Phonenumber

The list of entities and their respective identifiers are given in the table below:
Entities Attributes Reason
Seminar Seminar_Id The value of this attribute is different for every
instance and is constant throughout the lifetime of
the instance
Staff Staff_Id
Course Course_Id
 Student Student_Id

d. Based on the case scenario and your answers to a, b, and c, prepare an entity-relationship
diagram. Be sure to specify the cardinalities for each relationship

Student
PK Student_Id
Student_Firstname
Student_Lastname
Student_Type
Student_Address
Student_Phonenumber

Staff
Seminar
Course PK Staff_Id
PK PK
Seminar_Id
Course_Id Staff_Firstname
Seminar_Description
Course_Description Staff_Lastname
Seminar_Startdate
Course_Startdate Staff_Specialization
Seminar_Enddate
Course_Enddate Staff_Address
Seminar_Staff
Course_Seminars Staff_Phonenumber
Seminar_Courses