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Sawla polytechnic collage

Database administration level IV -Determine-Suitability-of-Database-
Functionality-and-Scalability exam
Name_____________________________program night
I. Say true or false
1. A requirement is a condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system
or system component to satisfy specification.
2. Identifying business requirements meanslisting the things you will need to make in
how the business operates.
3. The objectives of a database are to provide a method of organized data storage.
4. A business rule is a statement (a rule of a business, company, or corporation) that
describes a business policy or procedure
5. An entity may be an object with a physical existence but it may not be an object
with a conceptual existence
6. Entity like company, a job, a university course, payment or project are an objectwith
a conceptual existence.
7. In E-R Diagram, an entity is represented by a diamond shape, and the name is
indicated in capital letters
8. In E-R Diagram, a relationship type is represented by a diamond shape with the
relationship verb in it.
9. The conceptual level has a conceptual schema, which describes the physical storage
structure of the database
10. Data structure is a particular way of storing and organizing data in a computer so
that it can be used efficiently.
II. Multiple choices
1. The Functional Requirement or Functional Requirement Specifications, defines
A. The capabilities and functions that a System must be able to perform successfully
B. Functional requirements are quality attributes, quality of service requirements.
C. Requirements are often called qualities of a system
D. All except A
2. Which one of the following is statement is true?
A. Functional Requirement is the capabilities and functions that a System must be
able to perform
B. Non-functional requirements are called qualities of a system
C. The functional specification is designed to be read by a general audience
D. All are correct answers
3. Qualities in non-functional requirements can be divided into:

A. Execution qualities and C. Evolution qualities and

Evolution qualities testability Quality.
B. Execution qualities and run D. B&C
time Quality.
4. Which one of the following is true about business rule?
A. Business Rules are used every day to define entities, attributes, relationships and
constraints.
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B. Used for the organization that stores or uses data to be an explanation of a policy,
procedure, or principle.
C. A&B
D. None of the above
5. Which one of the following is true about Entity
A. In business, an entity is a person, department, team, corporation, cooperative,
partnership, or other group
B. It is a real-world thing which can be distinctly identified like a person, place or a concept
C. It is an object which is distinguishable from others.
D. All are correct answers
6. The two types of entity can be:

A. Tangible Entities and real world C. Tangible Entities and Intangible

physically  Entity Entities
B. Intangible Entities and no D. All
physical existence Entity

7. Which one of the following is true entity types

A. Tangible Entities are those entities which exist in the real world physically
B. Example of Tangible Entities are  Person, car
C. Intangible Entities are those entities which exist only logically and have no physical
existence
D. All are correct answers
8. ______Conceptual model that represents the information structure of a problem domain in
terms of entities and relationships

A. The entity relationship model C. The relationship

B. The entity D. None
9. Which of the following refers to the level of data abstraction that describes exactly
how the data actually stored?
A. Conceptual Level C. File Level
B. Physical Level D. Logical Level
10. Which one of the following refers to the total view of the database content?
A. Conceptual view C. Internal view
B. Physical view D. External view
11. Which of the following levels is considered as the level closed to the end-users?
A. Internal Level C. Conceptual Level
B. External Level D. Physical Level
12. ___ Schema is at the ____ level to describe various user views.
A. External, external C. Physical, physical
B. Internal, internal D. Conceptual, conceptual
13. _______is a particular way of storing and organizing data in a computer so that it can
be used efficiently.
A. data structure C. A&B
B. algorithms D. None
III. Give short answer and Describe
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1. Describe Database scalability? (5%)

2. List and describe the two types of database scalability (5%)
3. List and describe the two typesof data structure and their application area? (5%)