Mid Term Exam Semester 1

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Section 1
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1. Once you have learned how to write programs and build systems, you no
longer need any input or involvement from any users as you are perfectly
capable of delivering the systems that businesses need and want.

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True. The only requirement for creating a perfect system is a perfect

programmer.
False. Business requirements can and will change. For instance new
legal requirements may arise. (*)
True. Users delay the delivery of a system by changing their minds and
adding new requirements.
True. Users never know what they want anyway, so building systems is
best left to the professionals.
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2. Software cannot operate without Hardware. True or False?

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True (*)
False
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3. Consider your school library. It will have a database with transaction details
of the books that are borrowed by students. Is a detail of one student
borrowing one book considered Data or Information?

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Data (*)
Information
Both
Neither
Incorrect. Refer to Section 1 Lesson 2.
4. Databases are used in most countries and by most governments. Life, as we
know it, would change drastically if we no longer had access to databases.
True or False?

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True (*)
False
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Section 2
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5. Which of the following entities most likely contains valid attributes? (Choose
two)

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Entity: Home. Attributes: Number of Bedrooms, Owner, Address, Date
Built (*)
Entity: Pet. Attributes: Name, Birthdate, Owner (*)
Entity: Car. Attributes: Owner Occupation, Owner Salary, Speed
Entity: Mother. Attributes: Name, Birthdate, Occupation, Start Date
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6. Which of the following statements about relationships are true? (Choose
Two)

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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.
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7. All of the following could be attributes of an ENTITY called PERSON, except
which one?

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Haircolor
Weight
Gender
Natacha Hansen (*)
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8. In a physical data model, an entity becomes a/an?

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Experience
Instance
Table (*)
None of the above
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9. Volatile attributes have special requirements and need special attention
when you are doing data modelling. True or False?

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True (*)
False
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10. An ERD is an example of a Physical Model. True or False?

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True
False (*)
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Section 2
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11. The UID for an Entity is always the first attribute that you created for that
entity. It does not matter which attribute is first; as long as you have a UID,
you are done. True or False?

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True
False (*)
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Section 3
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12. The many end of a Relationship is called:

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Gulls Foot
Pigs Ear
Crows Ear
Crows Foot (*)
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13. Matrix Diagrams are developed BEFORE the ERD. True or False?

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True (*)
False
Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 4.
14. Relationships represents something of significance to the business. True or
False?

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True (*)
False
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15. In a business that sells pet food, choose the best relationship name
between FOOD TYPE and ANIMAL (e.g. dog, horse, or cat). (Choose Two)

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Each FOOD TYPE must be suitable for one or more ANIMALs. (*)
Each ANIMAL must be the seller of one or more FOOD TYPES.
Each FOOD TYPE may be made from one or more ANIMALs.
Each FOOD TYPE may be given to one or more ANIMALs. (*)
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16. Two entities can ONLY have one relationship between them. True or False?

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True
False (*)
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Section 4
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17. Why is it important to identify and document structural rules?

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Ensures we know what data to store and how that data works together.
(*)
Ensures nothing. There are no benefits to be gained from documenting
your Structural Business Rules. We need to concentrate on the
Procedural Business Rules only.
Ensures we know what processes are in place and how to program
them.
All of the Above.
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18. A Supertype can have only one subtype. True or False?

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True
False (*)
Incorrect. Refer to Section 4 Lesson 1.
19. The "Other" subtype is mandatory. True or False?

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True
False (*)
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20. All ER diagrams must have one of each of the following: (Choose two)

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One or more Entities (*)
Relationships between entities (*)
Arcs
At least one supertype and subtype
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Section 4
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21. A supertype can only have two subtypes and no more. True or False?

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True
False (*)
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22. When creating entities you must follow these rules: (Choose Two)

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Name them in Plural
Name them in Singular (*)
Exclude Attributes
Include Attributes (*)
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Section 5
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23. What do you call the entity created when you resolve a M:M relationship?

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Intersection entity (*)

Inclusion entity
Recursive entity
M:M entity
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24. Intersection Entities often have the relationships participating in the UID, so
the relationships are often barred. True or False?

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True (*)
False
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25. 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?

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True
False (*)

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26. If a relationship can NOT be moved between instances of the entities it
connects, it is said to be:

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Mandatory
Optional
Transferable
Non-Transferable (*)
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27. Relationships can be Redundant. True or False?

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True (*)
False
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28. 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"

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One to Many Optional

One to Many Mandatory
One to One Optional (*)
Many to Many Mandatory
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29. Which of the following pairs of entities is most likely to be modeled as a
M:M relationship?

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CAR and WHEEL

TREE and BRANCH
PERSON and FINGERPRINT

TEACHER and SUBJECT AREA (*)

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30. If two entities have two relationships between them, these relationships can
be either _____________ or _____________ .

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Redundant or Required (*)

Replicated or Required
Resourced and Really Good
Redundant and Replicated
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Section 6
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31. No commercial database systems in the world will accept tables that are
not on 3rd Normal Form. True or False?

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True
False (*)
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32. When data is only stored in one place in a database, the database conforms
to the rules of ___________.

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Normality
Reduction
Normalization (*)
Multiplication
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33. The candidate UID that is chosen to identify an entity is called the Primary
UID; other candidate UIDs are called Secondary UIDs.

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Yes, this is the way UID's are named. (*)

No, it is not possible to have more than one UID for an Entity.
No, after UIDs are first sorted, the first one is called the Primary UID,
the second is the Secondary UID, etc.
No, each Entity can only have one UID, the secondary one.
Incorrect. Refer to Section 6 Lesson 1.
34. There is no limit to how many columns that can make up an entity's UID.
True or False?

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True (*)
False
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35. When is an entity in 2nd Normal Form?

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When all non-UID attributes are dependent upon the entire UID. (*)
When attributes with repeating or multi-values are removed.
When no attritibutes are mutually independent and all are fully
dependent on the primary key.
None of the Above.
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Section 7
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36. 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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37. Historical data must never be kept. True or False?

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True
False (*)
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38. Which of the following is NOT a relationship type?

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Some to None (*)

One to One
One to Many
Many to Many
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39. Primary UIDs are:

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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
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40. Arcs are Mandatory in Data modeling. All ERD's must have at least one Arc.
True or False?

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True
False (*)
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Section 7

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41. All relationships participating in an arc must be mandatory. True or False?

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True
False (*)
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42. No parts of an UID are mandatory. True or False?

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True
False (*)
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Section 9
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43. 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?

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True
False (*)
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44. What do users lose when using a system that has no concept of time?

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Journalling becomes much easier.

Journalling becomes slightly harder.
Tracking data over a period of time becomes impossible. (*)
Nothing is lost if a system does not track time.

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45. Which of the following is a logical constraint that could result from
considering how time impacts an example of data storage?

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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.
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46. You are doing a data model for a computer sales company where the price
of postage depends upon the day of the week that goods are shipped. So
shipping is more expensive if the customer wants a delivery to take place
on a Saturday or Sunday. What would be the best way to model this?

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Use a Delivery Day entity, which holds prices against week days, and
ensure the we also have an attribute for the Requested Delivery Day in
the Order Entity. (*)
Email current prices to all employees whenever a price changes.
Update the prices in the system, print out the current prices when they
change, and pin them on the company noticeboard.
Allow them to enter whatever delivery charge they want.
Correct

Section 10
(Answer all questions in this section)
47. Generic models are generally far more complex than a specific model. True
or False?

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True
False (*)
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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

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of their own. True or False?

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True
False (*)
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49. There is no point in trying to group your entities together on your diagram
according to volume, and making a diagram look nice is a waste of time.
True or False?

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True
False (*)
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50. Formal rules do exist for drawing ERD's. Even though they are only
guidelines, you should always try to follow them. True or False?

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True (*)
False
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