KEYWORDS FROM FIRST THREE WEEKS

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3

Data – information – knowledge – Entity Logical view of data
wisdom Business rule Physical view of data
Metadata Constraint Key
Database management system Data manipulation Primary key
(DBMS) Relationship Foreign key
Data inconsistency One to one relationship Functional dependence
Query One to many relationship Full functional dependence
Data sharing Many to many relationship Composite key
Data security Tuple Super key
Centralized database Relation Candidate key
Distributed (decentralized) SQL Entity integrity
database Relational Database Management Null
Operational database System (RDBMS) Referential integrity
Analytical database Relational diagram Secondary key
Data warehouse Entity relationship diagram (ERD) Flags
Online analytical processing Connectivity Relational algebra
(OLAP) Crow’s Foot notation Select (or Restrict)
Business intelligence Project
Unstructured data Union
Structured data Intersect
Semistructured data Difference,
Data modelling Product
Data abstraction Join
Field Data dictionary
Attribute Associative table
Record Bridge table
File
Data redundancy
Data anomaly
Data transformation
Vendor dependence

True / False Questions:

1. Metadata provides information about the structure and attributes of data. 1. (True)
2. A Database Management System (DBMS) is a hardware device used to manage 2. (False)
databases.
3. A query is a request for information from a database. 3. (True)
4. Data sharing allows multiple users to access and modify data simultaneously. 4. (True)
5. Data security ensures that data in a database is protected from unauthorized access or 5. (True)
modification.
6. Operational databases are optimized for complex queries and data analysis. 6. (False)
7. Analytical databases are used for day-to-day transactional activities. 7. (False)
8. A data warehouse is a repository for temporary data storage. 8. (False)
9. Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) is used for real-time data processing. 9. (True)
10. Business intelligence involves storing data without any analysis. 10. (False)
11. Unstructured data refers to data with a predefined data model. 11. (False)
12. Data modeling involves designing the structure of a database. 12. (True)
13. Data abstraction hides the complexities of the database system. 13. (True)
14. A field is a collection of data in a database record. 14. (True)
15. An attribute describes a characteristic of an entity. 15. (True)
16. A record contains a single field in a database. 16. (False)
17. A file is a collection of attributes. 17. (False)
18. Data redundancy ensures data integrity in a database. 18. (False)
19. Vendor dependence is not a concern in database management. 19. (False)
20. An entity represents a real-world object in a database. 20. (True)
21. Business rules dictate the operations that can be performed on data. 21. (True)
22. Constraints maintain data integrity in a database. 22. (True)