UNIT 2 - LESSON 2 - ACTIVITY

Name: Tarre, Justine Charles N. Date: 30/11/2022

Course & Section: BSIT – 2G Result:_________

In this lesson, you have learned the concepts of entity types.

1. To apply what you've learned, analyze the given scenario by

a. Identify valid entity from the given business rules.
b. Classify your identified entity as strong entity, weak entity, associative entity, and
recursive entity.

Novice Painters Association of the Philippines (NPAP) is an association of not a well-known

artists. NPAP has a small database to track painters, paintings, and galleries. A painting is
painted by a particular artist, and that painting is displayed in a particular gallery. A gallery can
display many paintings, but each painting can be displayed in only one gallery. Similarly, a
painting is painted by a single painter, but each painter can paint many paintings.

ANSWER #1

a.) The valid entities are the Painters, Paintings, and Galleries.

b.) - The strong entities are the Painters and Galleries as they can exist independently.
- The Painting is a weak entity as it cannot exist until a painter paints a painting.
- The Painting may also be an associative entity as it bridges the painter and the gallery.
- There are no recursive entities.
2. To apply what you've learned in the lesson and being a student you familiar with the
current set-up of the Bulacan State University, analyze the given ERD then
a. Determine which among the given entity is invalid or cannot be considered as entity, why?
b. Is there a presence of strong entity, weak entity, associative entity, and recursive entity? If yes,
write your answer and label the type to which the entity belongs?

Note: Program refers to the course taken by students (e.g. BSIT,

BSN, BSCOE etc.)

ANSWER #2
a.) - BulSU is an invalid entity as it’s the user or the owner of the database.
- Program is a valid entity as it has more than one column (courses) like BSIT, BSN, BSCOE,
and etc. taken by students.
- Class is a valid entity as it has more than one record.
- Instructor is a valid entity as it has more than one column or record.
- Student is a valid entity as it has more than one record.
- Guardian is a valid entity as it has more than one record.
b.) - Strong entities are Program, Instructor, and Student as they can exist independently.
- Weak entities are Class and Guardian as they require dependency on the Program and
Student respectively.
- Class can also be an associative entities as it bridges the program to the instructor.
- There are no Recursive entities.
HOW WELL DID YOU PERFORM?
No. Items Weight Actual
Score

1. The identified invalid entity is correct based the 5 4

characteristics of valid entity type.

2. Justification of the answer is correct based on the 5 4

rules and characteristics of a valid entity type.

3. The basic rules in writing the entity name for the 5 5

identified entity are properly applied.

4. The label of the identified entity are correct based on 5 3

the concepts to which entity type belongs.