WGU D426 V2 Exam 482 Questions with Verified Answers
A _______________ is a column, or group of columns, used to identify a row. -
CORRECT ANSWER Primary Key
A _______________ consists of a single column. - CORRECT ANSWER Simple
Primary Key
A _______________ key consists of multiple columns. - CORRECT ANSWER
Composite Primary
All primary key columns are necessary for uniqueness. When any column is
removed, the resulting simple or composite column is no longer unique. -
CORRECT ANSWER Minimal
The _______________ constraint in a CREATE TABLE statement names the table's
_______________. The _______________ constraint ensures that a column or
group of columns is always unique and non-null. - CORRECT ANSWER PRIMARY
KEY
An a_______________ is a numeric column that is assigned an automatically
incrementing value when a new row is inserted. - CORRECT ANSWER Auto-
increment Column
The _______________ keyword defines an auto-increment column.
AUTO_INCREMENT follows the column's data type in a CREATE TABLE statement.
- CORRECT ANSWER AUTO_INCREMENT
A _______________ is a column, or group of columns, that refer to a primary key.
- CORRECT ANSWER Foreign Key
_______________requires foreign key values must either be NULL or match some
value of the referenced primary key. - CORRECT ANSWER Referential Integrity
,A _______________ constraint is added to a CREATE TABLE statement with the
_______________ and REFERENCES keywords. - CORRECT ANSWER FOREIGN
KEY / REFERENCES
A _______________ foreign key is a simple or composite foreign key in which all
columns are NULL. - CORRECT ANSWER Fully NULL
_______________ is a relational rule that requires foreign key values are either
fully NULL or match some primary key value. - CORRECT ANSWER Referential
Integrity
_______________ sets invalid foreign keys to NULL. - CORRECT ANSWER SET
NULL
_______________ sets invalid foreign keys to the foreign key default value. -
CORRECT ANSWER SET DEFAULT
Actions are specified in the optional _______________ and _______________
clauses of the FOREIGN KEY constraint. _______________and _______________
are followed by either RESTRICT, SET NULL, SET DEFAULT, or CASCADE. - CORRECT
ANSWER ON UPDATE / ON DELETE
A _______________ is a rule that governs allowable values in a database.
_______________are based on relational and business rules, and implemented
with special keywords in a CREATE TABLE statement. The database automatically
rejects insert, update, and delete statements that violate a constraint. - CORRECT
ANSWER Constraint
A _______________ appears after the column name and data type in a CREATE
TABLE statement. Column constraints govern values in a single column. -
CORRECT ANSWER Column Constraint
,A _______________t appears in a separate clause of a CREATE TABLE statement
and governs values in one or more columns. - CORRECT ANSWER Table Constraint
The _______________ constraint ensures that values in a column, or group of
columns, are unique. - CORRECT ANSWER UNIQUE
The _______________constraint specifies an expression on one or more columns
of a table. The constraint is violated when the expression is FALSE and satisfied
when the expression is either TRUE or NULL. - CORRECT ANSWER CHECK
Table _______________may be named using the optional CONSTRAINT keyword,
followed by the constraint name and declaration. - CORRECT ANSWER
CONSTRAINT
An _______________is a high-level representation of data requirements, ignoring
implementation details. - CORRECT ANSWER Entity-relationship model
An _______________is a person, place, product, concept, or activity. - CORRECT
ANSWER Entity
A _______________is a statement about two entities. - CORRECT ANSWER
Relationship
An _______________is a descriptive property of an entity. - CORRECT ANSWER
Attribute
An _______________, commonly called an ER diagram, is a schematic picture of
entities, relationships, and attributes. - CORRECT ANSWER Entity-relationship
diagram / ER diagram
An _______________ is a set of things. Ex: All employees in a company. -
CORRECT ANSWER Entity Type
An _______________ is a set of values. Ex: All employee salaries. - CORRECT
ANSWER Attribute type
, An _______________ is an individual thing. Ex: The employee Sam Snead. -
CORRECT ANSWER Entity instance
A_______________ is a statement about entity instances. Ex: "Maria Rodriguez
manages Sales.". - CORRECT ANSWER Relationship instance
An _______________ is an individual value. Ex: The salary $35,000. - CORRECT
ANSWER Attribute instance
_______________ develops an entity-relationship model, capturing data
requirements while ignoring implementation details. - CORRECT ANSWER Analysis
_______________ converts the entity-relationship model into tables, columns,
and keys for a particular database system. - CORRECT ANSWER Logical design
_______________ adds indexes and specifies how tables are organized on storage
media. - CORRECT ANSWER Physical design
In entity-relationship modeling, _______________refers to maxima and minima
of relationships and attributes. - CORRECT ANSWER Cardinality
_______________ is the greatest number of instances of one entity that can
relate to a single instance of another entity. - CORRECT ANSWER Relationship
maximum
A related entity is _______________when the maximum is one and
_______________when the maximum is many. - CORRECT ANSWER Singular /
plural
_______________ is the least number of instances of one entity that can relate to
a single instance of another entity. - CORRECT ANSWER relationship minimum
A related entity is _______________when the minimum is zero and
_______________ when the minimum is one. - CORRECT ANSWER
Optional/Required
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