IS3331 Data Management

Tutorial 5 – The Enhanced ER Model Solution

1. Match the following terms and definitions

d supertype a. subset of supertype

f entity cluster b. entity belongs to two subtypes
a subtype c. subtype gets supertype attributes
e specialization d. generalized entity type
g subtype discriminator e. creating subtypes for an entity type
c attribute inheritance f. a group of associated entity types and relationships
b overlap rule g. locates target subtype for an entity

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2. At a weekend retreat, the entity type PERSON has three subtypes: CAMPER,

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BIKER, and RUNNER. Draw a separate EER for each of the following situation:

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a. At a given time, a person must be exactly one of these subtypes.
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b. A person may or may not be one of these subtypes. However, a person who
is one of these subtypes cannot at the same time be one of the other
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c. A person may or may not be one of these subtypes. On the other hand, a
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person may be any two (or even three) of these subtypes at the same time.
d. At a given time, a person must be at least one of these subtypes.
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a. At a given time, a person must be exactly one of these subtypes.

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c. A person may or may not be one of these subtypes. On the other hand, a
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person may be any two (or even three) of these subtypes at the same time.
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3. Draw an EER diagram for the following problem using EER notation.
A nonprofit organization depends on a number of different types of persons
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for its successful operation. The organization is interested in the following

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attributes for all of these persons: SSN, Name, Address, City/ State/Zip, and
Telephone. Three types of persons are of greatest interest: employees,
volunteers, and donors. Employees have only a Date Hired attribute, and
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volunteers have only a Skill attribute. Donors have only a relationship

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(named Donates) with an Item entity type. A donor must have donated one
or more items, and an item may have no donors, or one or more donors.
There are persons other than employees, volunteers, and donors who are of
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interest to the organization so that a person need not belong to any of these
three groups. On the other hand, at a given time a person may belong to two
or more of these groups (e.g., employee and donor).

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Submit your work

Please submit your answer of “Exercise 3” to Canvas under “IS3331 Tutorial 05
Submission Link”. (Deadline: Friday 07/10/2016, 23:59, no late submission will be
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accepted)
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Reference:
Modern Database Management, 12th Edition, Chapter 3
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