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Points

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Grade

2.40 out of 10.00 (24%)

 

 

Question 1

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Which of the following is information?

Select one: a. 32

b. It is 32.

c. It is 32 degrees.

d. It is 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

Question 2

 

What is one of the disadvantages of file processing systems?

 

 

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a.

Low data quality

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

Limited data sharing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c.

Short development time

 

 

 

 

d.

Program-data independence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 3

 

Which of the following selections best describes information?

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a.

Letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

Data plus semantics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c.

Letters that spell a word

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d.

A number and its data type

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 4

 

What are databases generally used for today?

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a.

Backing up hard drives or other storage disks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

Recording the behavior of real time embedded systems

 

 

 

 

c.

Storing and retrieving enterprise data for business systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d.

Performing computations for scientific and engineering application systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Question 5

 

Which of the following best describes a database?

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a.

A system for managing data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

A set of data for a particular application

 

 

 

 

c.

A major subsystem of an operating system

 

 

 

 

d.

A reusable, organized collection of related data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 6

 

One function of a DBMS is provision of which of the following?

 

 

Correct

 

 

 

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a.

Data security

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

Data accuracy

 

 

 

 

c.

Data redundancy

 

 

 

 

d.

Data dependence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 7

 

To support concurrent transactions, a DBMS should have which of the following properties?

 

 

Correct

 

 

 

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a.

atomicity, durability, and isolation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

atomicity, irreducibility, and isolation

 

 

 

 

c.

durability, irreducibility, and isolation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d.

atomicity, durability, and irreducibility

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 8

 

Which of the following are generic database architectures?

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a.

Distributed and leased

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

Centralized and leased

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c.

Centralized and distributed

 

 

 

 

d.

Centralized and networked

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 9

 

What kind of database corresponds to 'table'?

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a.

Network

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

Relational

 

 

 

 

c.

Hierarchical

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d.

Object-oriented

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Question 10

 

Which of the following describes the capability to change the physical schema of a database without having to rewrite application programs?

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a.

Logical data independence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

Physical data dependence

 

 

 

 

c.

Physical data independence

 

 

 

 

d.

Physical schema refinement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 11

 

Logical data independence allows modifications of what without rewriting application programs?

 

 

Incorrect

 

 

 

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a.

User view

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

Table contents

 

 

 

 

c.

Logical schema

 

 

 

 

d.

Physical schema

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 12

 

What are rules that are valid for information in a database called?

 

 

Incorrect

 

 

 

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a.

constructs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

constraints

 

 

 

 

c.

foreign keys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d.

primary keys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 13

 

Indices are useful for searching a database because they decrease which of the following?

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a.

query complexity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

search time for certain types of queries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c.

the amount of storage used in searching a database

 

 

 

 

d.

the design effort needed for developing the database search algorithms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 14

 

What is a value that a DBMS maps to a single element of a relation?

 

 

Correct

 

 

 

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a.

a key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

a field value

 

 

 

 

c.

a field name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d.

a query value

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Question 15

 

IMS is an example of a database system that implemented which of the following models?

 

 

Correct

 

 

 

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a.

Hierarchical

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

Network

 

 

 

 

c.

Relational

 

 

 

 

d.

Theoretical

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 16

 

Object-oriented databases were not initially commercially successful for which of the following reasons?

 

 

Correct

 

 

 

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a.

They had high transition costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

They had overly lengthy queries

 

 

 

 

c.

They were difficult to understand

 

 

 

 

d.

They were incompatible with many applications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 17

 

Which of the following statements best describes object-relational databases?

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a.

They have little vendor support

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

They integrate multiple paradigms

 

 

 

 

c.

They cannot be easily implemented

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d.

They integrate incompatible paradigms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 18

 

A non-relational data model based on binary trees is which of the following models?

 

 

Incorrect

 

 

 

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a.

Entity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

Hierarchical

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c.

Network

 

 

 

 

d.

Object

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 19

 

Which of the following is an example of a use of an E-R diagram?

 

 

Correct

 

 

 

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a.

A model of a database

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

A design of a database

 

 

 

 

c.

A diagram of a database

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d.

A specification of database requirements

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Question 20

In this figure, what is TextBook an example of?

 

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Select one:

a. Primary key

b. Ccomposite key

c. Multivalued attribute

d. Single-valued attribute

Question 21

In this figure, what is Address an example of?

 

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Select one:

a. Candidate key

b. Primary attribute

c. Composite attribute

d. Multivalued attribute

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Question 22

Which of the following is true of the ER diagram in the figure below?

 

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Select one:

a. An employee can work for many departments

b. An employee can work for one department and a department can only have one employee

c. An employee can work for one department and a department can have one or more employees

d. An employee can work for one department only and a department does not have to have employees

Question 23

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Question 24

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Which of the following can we use to indicate whether an entity instance is mandatory?

Select one:

a. Cardinality

b. Optionality

c. Disjointedness

d. Referential integrity

Your answer is incorrect.

You have an application domain that consists of Cities, Towns, and Neighborhoods. A City has a name, zip code, state, and a country. A Town has a name, zip code, state, and country. A Neighborhood has a name, coordinate, and population. Using a relational model, wha Students, Courses, and Sections called?

Select one:

a. Attributes

b. Constraints

c. Entities

d. Relations

Your answer is incorrect.

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Question 25

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This figure shows an ER diagram that contains a many to many relationship and four possible ways to map the diagram to a set of relations. Which mapping is correct?

Select one:

a.

 

 

b.

c.

d.

Your answer is incorrect.

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Question 26

This figure shows an ER diagram that contains a one-to-one relationship and four possible ways to map the diagram to a set of relations. Which is the correct solution to mapping this ER diagram to a set of relations?

 

Incorrect

 

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of 1.00

 

Select one:

a.

 

 

b.

c.

d.

Question 27

Correct

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Your answer is incorrect.

Which of the following is an additional constraint that is added by users or database administrators?

Select one:

a. Entity integrity

b. Domain integrity

c. Semantic integrity

d. Referential integrity

Question 28

 

Which of the following should we always do when preparing to map an ER diagram to relations?

 

 

Incorrect

 

 

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a. Normalize the ERD until no more normalization can be done

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b. Check that the DBMS can interpret the constraints in the ERD

 

 

 

 

c. Make sure that we have simplified the ERD as much as possible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d. Make sure that our ERD has only one entity and one relationship

 

 

 

 

 

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Question 29

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Which is the correct expression to find all students registered for CS403?

Select one:

a. σcourse_id="CS403" (course)

b. σdescription="CS403" (course)

c. σcourse_id = "CS403" (registration)

d. σdescription="CS403" (registration)

Question 30

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In relational algebra, how would one select just the name from the student relation?

Select one:

a. Π (Student)

b. Π (Course)

c. ΠName (Student)

d. σname (Student)

Question 31

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Question 32

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Assuming that we have an additional relation called staff which is union compatible with faculty, what will the following operation result in?

Πname (Staff Instructor)

Select one:

a. No rows being printed

b. The cartesian product of instructor and staff

c. All rows of instructor being added to all rows of staff

d. The name of all rows which are in both staff and instructor

What would the following operation produce for output?

πdescription,name((course course.courseid = registration.courseid registration) sid = student.sid student)

Select one:

a. All course descriptions and names of all students

b. Registered students and all the course descriptions

c. All student names and all courses that are registered

d. Registered students and descriptions of their courses

Question 33

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Which of the following is this operation an example of?

Student Course

Select one:

a. An equijoin

b. A hash join

c. A theta join

d. Aa natural join

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Question 34

 

A relation is considered to be in Boyce-Codd normal form if and only if which of the following applies?

 

 

Incorrect

 

 

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a. It is in fourth normal form

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b. There are transitive dependencies

 

 

 

 

c. Every determinant is a candidate key

 

 

 

 

d. There are some partial functional dependencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 35

 

What is the highest normal form that all relations in the diagram are in?

 

 

Incorrect

 

 

 

 

0.00 points out

 

 

 

 

of 1.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select one:

a. First normal form

b. Third normal form

c. Fourth normal form

d. Boyce-Codd normal form

Question 36

 

Which of the following terms describes one attribute (or field) that determines the value of another attribute?

 

 

Incorrect

 

 

 

 

 

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Select one:

of 1.00

 

 

 

a.

Foreign key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

Primary key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c.

Independent key

 

 

 

 

d.

Functional dependency

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 37

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Consider the following database table:

PartNo

Description

CustID

Name

QuantityOrdered

 

 

 

 

 

2361

Pens

7810

J. Smith

22

 

 

 

 

 

2371

Paper Clips

7810

J. Smith

1000

 

 

 

 

 

2914

Pens

7914

K. Jones

900

 

 

 

 

 

If J. Smith changes her last name to Klein, we would have to update multiple rows in the table. Which of the following is this an example of?

Select one:

a. A hash anomaly

b. A deletion anomaly

c. An update anomaly

d. An insertion anomaly

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