Section 6

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1. What is the rule of Second Normal Form?

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No non-UID attributes can be dependent on any part of the UID.

Some non-UID attributes can be dependent on the entire UID.
All non-UID attributes must be dependent upon the entire UID. (*)
None of the above
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2. Examine the following entity and decide how to make it conform to the rule
of 2nd Normal Form:
ENTITY: RECEIPT
ATTRIBUTES:
#CUSTOMER ID
#STORE ID
STORE LOCATION
DATE

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Move the attribute STORE LOCATION to a new entity, STORE, with a UID
of STORE ID, and create a relationship to the original entity. (*)
Delete the attribute STORE ID
Move the attribute STORE LOCATION to a new entity, STORE, with a UID
of STORE LOCATION, and create a relationship to the original entity.
Do nothing, it is already in 2nd Normal Form.
Correct
3. To resolve a 2nd Normal Form violation, we:

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Move the attribute that violates 2nd Normal Form to a new entity with a
relationship to the original entity. (*)
Delete the attribute that was causing the violation.
Do nothing, an entity does not need to be in 2nd Normal Form.
Move the attribute that violates 2nd Normal Form to a new ERD.
Correct

4. When any attribute in an entity is dependent on any other non-UID attribute

in that entity, this is known as:

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Non-dependency
Dependency
Transitive dependency (*)
Functional dependency
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5. Examine the following Entity and decide which rule of Normal Form is being
violated:
ENTITY: CLIENT
ATTRIBUTES:
# CLIENT ID
FIRST NAME
LAST NAME
ORDER ID
STREET
ZIP CODE

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1st Normal Form. (*)

2nd Normal Form.
3rd Normal Form.
None of the above, the entity is fully normalised.
Incorrect. Refer to Section 6 Lesson 4.
Section 6
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6. Examine the following Entity and decide which rule of Normal Form is being
violated:
ENTITY: CLIENT
ATTRIBUTES:
# CLIENT ID
FIRST NAME
LAST NAME
STREET
CITY
ZIP CODE

1st Normal Form.

2nd Normal Form.

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3rd Normal Form.

None of the above, the entity is fully normalised. (*)
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7. Examine the following Entity and decide which sets of attributes break the
3rd Normal Form rule:
ENTITY: TRAIN
ATTRIBUTES:
TRAIN ID
MAKE
DRIVER ID
DRIVER NAME
DATE OF MANUFACTURE

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TRAIN ID, MAKE

DRIVER ID, DRIVER NAME (*)
MAKE, DATE OF MANUFACTURE
None of the above, the entity is already in 3rd Normal Form.
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8. When data is stored in more than one place in a database, the database
violates the rules of ___________.

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Decency
Normalization (*)
Normalcy
Replication
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9. When all attributes are single-valued, the database model is said to
conform to:

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1st Normal Form (*)

2nd Normal Form
3rd Normal Form
4th Normal Form

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10. An entity can have repeated values and still be in 1st Normal Form. True or
False?

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True
False (*)
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11. To convert an entity with a multi valued attribute to 1st Normal Form, we
create an additional entity and relate it to the original entity with a 1:1
relationship. True or False?

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True
False (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Section 6 Lesson 2.
12. A unique identifier can only be made up of one attribute. True or False?

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True
False (*)
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13. Where an entity has more than one attribute suitable to be the Primary UID,
these are known as _____________ UIDs.

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Simple
Candidate (*)
Secondary
Composite

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14. If an entity has no attribute suitable to be a Primary UID, we can create an
artificial one. True or False?

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True (*)
False
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15. An entity could have more than one attribute that would be a suitable
Primary UID. True or False?

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True (*)
False
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Section 7
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16. Arcs model an Exclusive OR constraint. True or False?

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True (*)
False
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17. An arc can often be modeled as Supertype and Subtypes. True or False?

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True (*)
False
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18. Which of the following would best be represented by an arc?

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STUDENT (senior, male)

STUDENT (Grade A student, Average Student)
STUDENT (graduating, female)
STUDENT ( University, Technical College) (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Section 7 Lesson 1.
19. Arcs are used to visually represent _________ between two or more
relationships in an ERD.

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Inheritance
Sameness
Exclusivity (*)
Differences
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20. A Hierarchical relationship is a series of relationships that reflect entities
organized into successive levels. True or False?

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True (*)
False
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21. A Recursive Relationship is represented on an ERD by a/an:

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Dog's Tail
Single Toe
Crow's Foot

Pig's Ear (*)

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22. Business organizational charts are often modeled as a Hierarchical
relationship. True or False?

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True (*)
False
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23. A recursive relationship must be Mandatory at both ends. True or False?

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True
False (*)
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24. A single relationship can be both Recursive and Hierarchical at the same
time. True or False?

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True
False (*)
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Section 8
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25. Historical data should always be kept. True or False?

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True
False (*)

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26. When modeling historical data the unique identifier is always made up of a
barred relationship from the original two entities. True or False?

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True
False (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Section 8 Lesson 1.
27. Modeling historical data is optional. True or False?

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True (*)
False
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28. Which of the following would be a logical constraint when modeling time for
a City entity?

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Cites may change their names and/or country association if the borders
of a country change. (*)
Daily traffic patterns must be monitored to determine how many law
enforcement officers are needed.
People are born in the city and people die in the city.
If you are doing a system for any French City, you would need security
clearance.
Correct
29. What is the function of logging or journaling in conceptual data models?

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Represents entities as time in the data model.

Gives a timestamp to all entities.
Allows you to track the history of attribute values, relationships, and/or
entire entities (*)

Creates a fixed time for all events in a data model.

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30. Why would you want to model a time component when designing a system
that lets people buy bars of gold?

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The price of gold fluctuates and, to determine the current price, you
need to know the time of purchase. (*)
The Government of your country might want to be notified of this
transaction.
You would not want to model this; it is not important.
Sales people must determine where the gold is coming from.
Correct
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31. No formal rules exist for drawing ERD's. The most important thing is to
make sure that all entities, attributes, and relationships are documented on
the diagram, and the diagram is clear and readable. True or False?

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True (*)
False
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32. You must make sure all entities of a proposed system can fit onto one
diagram. It is not allowed to break up a data model into more than one
diagram. True or False?

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True
False (*)
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Section 9
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33. An "Arc Implementation" can be done just like any other Relationship - you
simply add the required Foreign Keys. True or False?

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True
False (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Section 9 Lesson 4.
34. When translating an arc relationship to a physical design, you must turn the
arc relationships into foreign keys. What additional step must you take with
the created foreign keys to ensure the exclusivity principle of arc
relationships? (Assume that you are implementing an Exclusive Design)
(Choose Two)

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Make all relationships mandatory
Make all relationships optional (*)
Create an additional check constraint to verify that one foreign key is
populated and the others are not (*)
All the above
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35. The explanation below is an example of which constraint type?
A primary key must be unique, and no part of the primary key can be null.

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Referential integrity
User-defined integrity
Column integrity
Entity integrity (*)
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36. Identify all of the incorrect statements that complete this sentence: A
primary key is...(Choose three)

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Only one column that must be null. (*)
A single column that uniquely identifies each column in a table. (*)

One or more columns in a table that uniquely identifies each row in

that table.
A set of columns in one table that uniquely identifies each row in
another table. (*)
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37. The explanation below is an example of which constraint type?
The value in the dept_no column of the EMPLOYEES table must match a
value in the dept_no column in the DEPARTMENTS table.

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Referential integrity (*)

Entity integrity
Column integrity
User-defined integrity
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38. The explanation below is an example of which constraint type?
If the value in the balance column of the ACCOUNTS table is below 100, we
must send a letter to the account owner which will require extra
programming to enforce.

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Column integrity
Entity integrity
User-defined integrity (*)
Referential integrity
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39. Foreign keys cannot be null when

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It refers to another table

It contains three or more columns
It is part of a primary key (*)
It refers to the same table
Incorrect. Refer to Section 9 Lesson 1.
40. Attributes become columns in a database table. True or False?

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True (*)
False
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Section 9
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41. The Physical model is created by transforming which of the following
models?

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Table
Physical
Conceptual (*)
Constraint
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42. In a physical data model, a relationship is represented as a:

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Unique Identifier
Column
Foreign Key (*)
Primary Key
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43. In an Oracle database, why would 1_TABLE not work as a table name?

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TABLE is a reserved word.

Object names must not start with a number. They must begin with a
letter. (*)
The database does not understand all capital letters.
There is no problem here. You can create a table called 1_TABLE.

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44. One-to-One relationships are transformed into Foreign Keys in the tables
created at either end of that relationship. True or False?

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True
False (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Section 9 Lesson 3.
45. The Oracle Database can implement a many to many relationship. You
simply create two foreign keys between the two tables. True or False?

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True
False (*)
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46. To resolve a many to many relationship in a physical model you create a(n)
___________________?

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Two tables with Foreign key constraints between them

Intersection entity
Intersection table (*)
Unique key constraints
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47. A barrred Relationship will result in a Foreign Key column that also is part
of:

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The Column Name

The Primary Key (*)
The Table Name

The Check Constraint

Incorrect. Refer to Section 9 Lesson 3.
48. One-to-Many Optional to Mandatory becomes a _______________ on the
Master table.

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Optional Foreign Key (*)

Unique Key
Primary Key
Mandatory Foreign Key
Incorrect. Refer to Section 9 Lesson 3.

Section 10
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49. Systems are always just rolled out as soon as the programming phase is
finished. No further work is required once the development is finished. True
or False?

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True
False (*)
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50. The data model can be used to...

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Communicate and confirm

Describe and specify
Analyze and refine
All of the Above (*)
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