Database Fundamentals Study Guide Exam And Actual Answers.
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Fundamentals of Database Systems
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Fundamentals Of Database Systems
DEF: Redundancy - Answer Duplication of data, or the storing of the same data in more than one place.
DEF: Entity - Answer A person, place, object, event, or idea for which you want to store and process data
DEF: Attribute - Answer A characteristic or property of an entity
DEF: Fi...
Database Fundamentals Study Guide
Exam And Actual Answers.
DEF: Redundancy - Answer Duplication of data, or the storing of the same data in more than one place.
DEF: Entity - Answer A person, place, object, event, or idea for which you want to store and process
data
DEF: Attribute - Answer A characteristic or property of an entity
DEF: Field - Answer A characteristic or property of an entity
DEF: Column - Answer A Characteristic or property of an entity
DEF: Relationship - Answer An association between entities
DEF: One-to-Many Relationship - Answer A relationship between two entities in which each occurrence
of the first entity is related to many occurrences of the second entity, and each occurrence of the second
entity is related to, at most, one occurrence of the first entity
DEF: Data File - Answer A file used to store data about a single entity. Such a file can be thought of as a
table.
DEF: Database - Answer A structure that can store information about multiple types of entities, the
attributes of these entities and the relationships among those entities
DEF: Entity-Relationship (E-R) Diagram - Answer A graphic model for database design in which entities
are represented as rectangles and relationships are represented as either arrows or diamonds connected
to the entities they relate
, DEF: Database Management System (DBMS) - Answer A program, or a collection of programs, through
which users interact with a database
DEF: Database Design - Answer The process of determining the content and structure of data in a
database in order to support some activity on behalf of a user or group of users
DEF: Form - Answer A screen object you use to maintain, view, and print data from a database
LIST: 9 Advantages of Database Processing - Answer Facilitating Consistency
Improving Integrity
More information from the same amount of data
Balancing conflicting requirements
Increasing productivity
Controlling redundancy
Expanding Security
Providing data Independence
Sharing Data
Acronym: FIM BICEPS
DEF: Database Administrator (DBA) - Answer The individual who is responsible for a database or the
head of database administration
DEF: Database Administration (DBA) - Answer The individual or group that is responsible for a database
DEF: Integrity Constraint - Answer A rule that must be followed by data in a database
DEF: Integrity - Answer A database has integrity if the data in it satisfies all established integrity
constraints
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