1. What is the purpose of an E-R model?

Used to depict the relationship that exists among entities

The following relationships can be included in an E-R model:

2. What is an entity?
- Is a thing, person, place, unit, object or any item about which the data should be captured and
stored in the form of properties, workflow and tables.
3. Give an example of three entities that might exist in a database for a medical office, and list
some attributes that would be stored in a table for each entity.