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- 1. Oracle Database Software provides which of the following functionality? (Choose two) Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Graphical User Interface (*)
- Internet Browser
- Server (*)
- Operating System
- 2. The first step in system development is to document the requirements. Why? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Wrong. A blueprint for the database design is not needed. We can just start coding straight away.
- It clarifies what a business wants to accomplish, and provides measures for deciding if the system delivers all that is required. (*)
- It allows application development to be conducted without having to consider database design.
- It keeps businesses honest.
- 3. The main subject areas taught by the Oracle Academy are: Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Computer Repairs
- Database performance tuning.
- Data Modeling, SQL and PL/SQL (*)
- Systems programming and computer architecture
- 4. Consider your school library. It will have a database with transaction details of which student borrows which books. Is details of the total number of books out on loan in one given month Data or Information? Mark for Review
- Data
- Information (*)
- Both
- Neither
- 5. Data modelling is performed for the following reasons: (Choose Two) Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- (Choose all correct answers)
- The ERD’s becomes a blueprint for designing the actual system. (*)
- It helps discussions and reviews. (*)
- We do not need datamodels, we can just start coding right away.
- We just draw the ERD’s to please the users, once they are finished we never look at them again. They serve no purpose in the real world.
- 6. Entity and Attribute names are always interchangable, so you need not worry about choosing the right type. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 7. All of the following would be instances of the entity ANIMAL SPECIES except which? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Dog
- Bird
- Elephant
- Leaf (*)
- 8. The entity/relationship model is created before the physical database design model? True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 9. In a physical data model, a relationship is represented as a? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Column
- Row
- Instance
- Foreign Key (*)
- 10. Volatile entities have special requirements and need special attention when you are doing data modelling. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 11. A/an _________ is a picture of all the information that will form the basis for the finished system.
- ERD (*)
- 12. When reading an ERD including Relationships you are said to be speaking:
- ERDish (*)
- 13. All the Attributes in a system are just written on the ERD, and they all go in the Top Left Hand Corner of the paper. True or False?
- False (*)
- 14. A Matrix Diagram should be developed by your users. True or False?
- False (*)
- 15. Relationship Degree/Cardinality is important. True or False? Mark for Review
- True (*)
- 16. Relationship Names are optional. True or False? Mark for Review
- False (*)
- 17. A new system would have a mixture of both Procedural and Structural Business Rules as part of the documentation of that new system. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- 18. The “Other” subtype is mandatory. True or False? Mark for Review
- False (*)
- 19. A supertype can only have two subtypes and no more. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 20. You can only create relationships to a Supertype, not to a Subtype. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 21. A Supertype can have only one subtype. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 22. When creating entities you must follow these rules: (Choose Two) Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- (Choose all correct answers)
- Name them in Plural
- Name them in Singular (*)
- Exclude Attributes
- Include Attributes (*)
- 23. If a relationship can NOT be moved between instances of the entities it connects, it is said to be: Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Mandatory
- Optional
- Transferrable
- Non-Transferrable (*)
- 24. Which of the following pairs of entities is most likely to be modeled as a M:M relationship? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- CAR and WHEEL
- TREE and BRANCH
- PERSON and FINGERPRINT
- TEACHER and SUBJECT AREA (*)
- 25. If two entities have two relationships between them, these relationships can be either _____________ or _____________ ? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Redundant or Required (*)
- Replicated or Required
- Resourced and Really Good
- Redundant and Replicated
- 26. What uncommon relationship is described by the statements: “Each DNA SAMPLE may be taken from one and only one PERSON and each PERSON may provide one and only one DNA SAMPLE” Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- One to Many Optional
- One to Many Mandatory
- One to One Optional (*)
- Many to Many Mandatory
- 27. How do you include a relationship as part of the UID for an entity? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- By barring the relationship in question (*)
- By reporting it in an external document
- By including the UID from the parent entity as an attribute in the entity
- You cannot model that.
- 28. When you resolve a M-M you simply re-draw the relationships between the two original entities, no new entities are created. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 29. Intersection Entities often have the relationships participating in the UID, so the relationships are often barred. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 30. What do you call the entity created when you resolve a M:M relationship? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Intersection entity (*)
- Inclusion entity
- Recursive entity
- M:M entity
- 31. When is an entity in 2nd Normal Form? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- When all non-UID attributes are dependent upon the entire UID. (*)
- When no attritibutes are mutually independant and fully independent on the primary key.
- When no attritibutes are mutually independent and all are fully dependent on the primary key.
- None of the Above.
- 32. All entities must be given a new artificial UID. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 33. There is no limit to how may UID’s an entity can have. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 34. Normalizing an Entity to 1st Normal Form is done by removing repeated or redundant attributes. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 35. No commercial database systems in the world will accept tables that are not on 3rd Normal Form. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 36. If Audit trail attributes are added to an entity they must be in the entities they are auditing. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 37. Which of the following would be good as a Unique Identifier for its Entity? (Choose Three) Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- (Choose all correct answers)
- Personal Identification number for Person (*)
- Vehicle Registration Number for Car (*)
- ISBN Number for Book (*)
- Date of birth for Baby
- 38. No parts of an UID are mandatory. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 39. Primary UIDs are: Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Something that each Entity should have, but is not mandatory (*)
- Useful as an alternative means of identifying instances of an entity, independent of their datatype
- Mandatory in data modeling
- Always comprised of numbers
- 40. Arcs are Mandatory in Data modeling. All ERD’s must have at least one Arc. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 31. When is an entity in 2nd Normal Form? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- When all non-UID attributes are dependent upon the entire UID. (*)
- When no attritibutes are mutually independant and fully independent on the primary key.
- When no attritibutes are mutually independent and all are fully dependent on the primary key.
- None of the Above.
- 32. All entities must be given a new artificial UID. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 33. There is no limit to how may UID’s an entity can have. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 34. Normalizing an Entity to 1st Normal Form is done by removing repeated or redundant attributes. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 35. No commercial database systems in the world will accept tables that are not on 3rd Normal Form. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 36. If Audit trail attributes are added to an entity they must be in the entities they are auditing. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 37. Which of the following would be good as a Unique Identifier for its Entity? (Choose Three) Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- (Choose all correct answers)
- Personal Identification number for Person (*)
- Vehicle Registration Number for Car (*)
- ISBN Number for Book (*)
- Date of birth for Baby
- 38. No parts of an UID are mandatory. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 39. Primary UIDs are: Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Something that each Entity should have, but is not mandatory (*)
- Useful as an alternative means of identifying instances of an entity, independent of their datatype
- Mandatory in data modeling
- Always comprised of numbers
- 40. Arcs are Mandatory in Data modeling. All ERD’s must have at least one Arc. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 41. All relationships participating in an arc must be mandatory. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 42. An arc can also be modeled as Supertype and Subtypes. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 43. Modeling historical data is Optional. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 44. When you add the concept of time to your data model, your model becomes more complex. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 45. Which of the following is a logical constraint that could result from considering how time impacts an example of data storage? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- An ASSIGNMENT may only refer to an EMPLOYEE with a valid employee record at the Start Date of the ASSIGNMENT. (*)
- EMPLOYEE periods can overlap causing the database to crash.
- End Date must be before the Start Date.
- Dates must be stored with Time.
- 46. All systems must include functionality to provide logging or journaling in conceptual data models. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 47. All datamodels must be transformed from specific to generic. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 48. A datamodel containing generic modeling techniques must not be mixed in with non-generic models. The generic entities MUST be drawn on a diagram of their own. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 49. There is no point in trying to group your entities together on your diagram according to volume. Making a diagram pretty is a waste of time. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 50. Which of the following statements are true for ERD’s to enhance their readability. (Choose Two) Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- (Choose all correct answers)
- Is is OK to break a big ERD down into subsets of the overall picture. This way you end up with more than one ERD, that together documents the entire system. (*)
- Try to avoid crossing lines (*)
- The crows feet (many ends) can point whichever way is the easiest to draw
- You must ensure you have all the entities on one single, big diagram, even if you have hundreds
- 1. Entities are transformed into Tables during the Database Design process. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 2. Oracle Database Software provides which of the following functionality? (Choose two) Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- (Choose all correct answers)
- Graphical User Interface (*)
- Internet Browser
- Server (*)
- Operating System
- 3. Consider your school library. It will have a database with transaction details of which student borrows which books. Is details of the total number of books out on loan in one given month Data or Information? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Data
- Information (*)
- Both
- Neither
- 4. The main subject areas taught by the Oracle Academy are: Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Computer Repairs
- Database performance tuning.
- Data Modeling, SQL and PL/SQL (*)
- Systems programming and computer architecture
- 5. Data modelling is performed for the following reasons: (Choose Two) Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- (Choose all correct answers)
- The ERD’s becomes a blueprint for designing the actual system. (*)
- It helps discussions and reviews. (*)
- We do not need datamodels, we can just start coding right away.
- We just draw the ERD’s to please the users, once they are finished we never look at them again. They serve no purpose in the real world.
- 6. Entity Relationship modeling is dependent on the hardware or software used for implementation, so you will need to change your ERD if you decide to change Hardware Vendor. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 7. All of the following could be attributes of an ENTITY called PERSON except one. Select the incorrect one: Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Haircolor
- Weight
- Gender
- Natacha Hansen (*)
- Correct
- 8. Which of the following statements about relationships are true? (Choose Two) Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- (Choose all correct answers)
- They become foreign keys in the database. (*)
- They must be mandatory to be created in the database.
- They can be either mandatory or optional. (*)
- They must exist between two different Entities.
- 9. Volatile entities have special requirements and need special attention when you are doing data modelling. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 10. All of the following would be instances of the entity ANIMAL SPECIES except which? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Dog
- Bird
- Elephant
- Leaf (*)
- 11. An entity is instantiated as a ? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Experience
- Instance
- Table (*)
- None of the above
- 12. Relationship Degree/Cardinality is important. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 13. Which of the following are valid relationship degrees? (Choose two) Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- (Choose all correct answers)
- 1:1 (*)
- 1:M (*)
- 1:O
- O:O
- 14. Matrix Diagrams are mandatory when doing data modelling. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 15. A Matrix Diagram should be developed by your users. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 16. Entity names are always singular. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 17. A new system would have a mixture of both Procedural and Structural Business Rules as part of the documentation of that new system. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 18. When creating entities you must follow these rules: (Choose Two) Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- (Choose all correct answers)
- Name them in Plural
- Name them in Singular (*)
- Exclude Attributes
- Include Attributes (*)
- 19. You can only create relationships to a Supertype, not to a Subtype. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 20. All ER diagrams must have one of each of the following: (Choose two) Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- (Choose all correct answers)
- One or more Entities (*)
- Relationships between entities (*)
- Arcs
- At least one supertype and subtype
- 21. The “Other” subtype is mandatory. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 22. A Supertype can have only one subtype. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 23. Intersection Entities are at the Master end in the relationships between it and the original entities. So the original entities are details or children of the newly created intersection entity. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 24. When you resolve a M-M you simply re-draw the relationships between the two original entities, no new entities are created. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 25. Intersection Entities often have the relationships participating in the UID, so the relationships are often barred. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 26. If a relationship can NOT be moved between instances of the entities it connects, it is said to be: Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Mandatory
- Optional
- Transferrable
- Non-Transferrable (*)
- 27. What uncommon relationship is described by the statements: “Each DNA SAMPLE may be taken from one and only one PERSON and each PERSON may provide one and only one DNA SAMPLE” Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- One to Many Optional
- One to Many Mandatory
- One to One Optional (*)
- Many to Many Mandatory
- 28. How do you include a relationship as part of the UID for an entity? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- By barring the relationship in question (*)
- By reporting it in an external document
- By including the UID from the parent entity as an attribute in the entity
- You cannot model that.
- 29. Many to many relationships must be left in the Model. It is important to have them documented as M-M. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 30. Which of the following pairs of entities is most likely to be modeled as a M:M relationship? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- CAR and WHEEL
- TREE and BRANCH
- PERSON and FINGERPRINT
- TEACHER and SUBJECT AREA (*)
- 31. The first UID for an entity is called the Primary UID, the second is called Secondary UID and so on. Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Yes, this is the way UID’s are named. (*)
- No, it is not possible to have more than one UID for an Entity.
- Yes, but then it stops. No entities can have more than two UID’s.
- No, each Entity can only have one UID, the secondary one.
- 32. There is no limit to how may UID’s an entity can have. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 33. As a database designer you do not need to worry about where in the datamodel you store a particular attribute, as long as you get it onto the ERD your job is done. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 34. Would it be a good idea to model age as an attribute of STUDENT? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Yes
- Maybe it could stop us having to calculate someone’s age every time we need it
- Sometimes
- No – it breaks the Normalization rules (*)
- 35. Until all attributes are single-valued, the database model is said to be: Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Normalized
- Not Normalized (*)
- 1st Normal Form
- 2nd Normal Form
- Incorrect. Refer to Section 6 Lesson 2.
- 36. Primary UIDs are: Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Something that each Entity should have, but is not mandatory (*)
- Useful as an alternative means of identifying instances of an entity, independent of their datatype
- Mandatory in data modeling
- Always comprised of numbers
- 37. Which of the following is NOT a relationship type? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- Some to None (*)
- One to One
- One to Many
- Many to Many
- 38. No parts of an UID are mandatory. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 39. Which of the following would best be represented by an arc? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- TEACHER (Female, Bob)
- DELIVERY ADDRESS (Home, Office) (*)
- PARENT (Girl, Bob)
- STUDENT (Grade A student, Average Student)
- 40. Arcs are Mandatory in Data modeling. All ERD’s must have at least one Arc. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 41. Historical data must never be kept. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 42. A recursive relationship must Mandatory at both ends. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 43. If a system includes the concept of time and it stores Start Dates, then End Dates becomes Mandatory. For each Start Date attribute you create, you MUST create an End Date attribute and it must be mandatory. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 44. All systems must have an entity called WEEK with a holiday attribute, so you know when to give your employees a holiday. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 45. All systems must include functionality to provide logging or journaling in conceptual data models. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 46. Which of the following is a logical constraint that could result from considering how time impacts an example of data storage? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- An ASSIGNMENT may only refer to an EMPLOYEE with a valid employee record at the Start Date of the ASSIGNMENT. (*)
- EMPLOYEE periods can overlap causing the database to crash.
- End Date must be before the Start Date.
- Dates must be stored with Time.
- 47. All datamodels must be transformed from specific to generic. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 48. Generic models are generally far more complex than a specific model. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
- 49. There are formal rules for how to draw ERD’s, even though they are only guidelines, you should always try to follow them. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True (*)
- False
- 50. There is no point in trying to group your entities together on your diagram according to volume. Making a diagram pretty is a waste of time. True or False? Mark for Review
- (1) Points
- True
- False (*)
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