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FEBRUARY 2021 Candidate's Index Number:

EBS 285
DATABASES
. 30MINUTES
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15 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION STUDIES -~ ·. -
HOOL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND OUTREACH
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

~ COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
FOUR-YEAR BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (B.ED)
SECOND YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER MID SEMESTER QUIZ, FEBRUARY 2021

FEBRUARY 18; 2021 DATABASES 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

For items 1 to 17, each stem is followed by four options lettered A to D. Readeach item carefully
and circle the letter of the correct or best option. .

1. Which of the following normal form deals with the repeating group anomaly?
A. INF (I" Normal Form). 19

nd
B. 2NF (2 Normal Form). x
· .
. 3NF 3rd Normal Form .
4NF (4th Normal Form).; .,

2. In Relational DBMS, w is synonymous with the term .

A. column.
B. field.
© rec
D. relation.

3. In the relati nal model, relationships between tables are created by using keys .
. @ ca 'date
B. c po ite
C. f reign
D. super

4. A missing value is calle

A. empty value.
B. invalid v e.
~ null value.
·~ all the above.

5. Which of the followin

A. ORDERBY
@ REMOV
C. SELE T
D .. WHERE
(j)
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6. The process of uesting for inform~tion from a database is known as ; .
A. form
@ y
C. report
D. request

7. uery is embedded in the WHERE clause of another SQL query, this is referred
, . to as a.... . .
A. j ..
subquery.
C. subset.
D. WHERE query.

8. In database, the resence of duplicate data in multiple data tables is known as .

A. flexibi · y.
B. int rity.
©
dundancy.
simplicity.

9. In DBMS the descriptions of the data schema constructs and constraints is called .
A. attribute
B. data anipulation language.
{!§) a data.
D. SQL.

10. eaking relations with inconsistences to create well-structured relations is known

as .
y to many relationship.
normalization.
one to many relationship.
one to one relationship.

11. Which of the llowing is not a phase in the database design? database design.
A. Co eptual
@ plementation
C. Logical
D. Physical

12. The component of SQL that is used for defining the database structure and controlling access to
the data is kno as language.
fA) data mition
):(. d manipulation
atabase definition
database manipulation

13. A relational database consists of a collection of ..

&.
fields.

~~;~ds.
~ tables.

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14. Which of the owing is not a core activity of database system development?
~ D ase communication.
B; atabase design.
C. Database planning.
D. System definition.

15. Which of the following SQL command is used to extract data from a database? ..
A. Create tabase.
B. Ins into.
© elect.
D. Update.

. . PE
A
(])
... . .
16. The component of SQL that is associated with retrieving and updating data is known as
language.
ta definition
manipulation
C database definition
D. database manipulation

17. In a relational database, a referential integrity constraint can be specified with the help of the
..... key.

Items 18 to 20 are statements followed by True and False options. Read each statement carefully
and indicate whether it is True or False by circling the letter of the correct option.

18. A table in 3NF satisfies the conditions for lNF.

A.~e ·
-®~se
19. Data is added ~abase table using the SQL INSERT INTO command.
@T~
B. False

20. Redundancy of da · s associated with database management systems.

A. True
@F

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