Section 1 Quiz Database Design Midterm Exam

1. The main subject areas taught by the Oracle Academy are:

Data Modeling, SQL, and PL/SQL (*)
Computer Repairs
2. What is the difference between "information" and "data"?
Data turns into useful information. It is stored in a database and accessed by
systems and users. (*)
Information and data have no differences - they are two words for the same
thing Information is held and understood only by users.
Data is held and understood only by users.

3. Consider your school library. It will have a database with transaction details of
the books that are borrowed by students. Is the total number of books out on loan in
one given month considered Data or Information?
Data
Information (*)
Both
Neither

4. Changes in computing have affected many of our day-to-day activities. Are all of
the following activities examples of this change? Yes or No?
In the past you used to use the phone system to call directory assistance to get a phone
number. Today you can use your PC to look up a phone number online.
In the past you used to have to go to the shoe store to buy shoes. Today you can use
your PC to order shoes online.
In the past you had to use your PC to send a person an email. Today you can use your
phone to send a text message.
Yes (*)
No

5. The overall mission of the Oracle Corporation is to use the internet and fast
processing servers to build its own network.
True
False (*)

6. In the grid computing model, resources are pooled together for efficiency.
True (*)
False

7. Personal computers (PCs) have been in existence since 1950. True or False?
True
False (*)

8. Entities are transformed into Tables during the Database Design process. True or
False?
True (*)
False

9. 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?
True (*)
False

10. Oracle was one of the first relational database systems available commercially.
True or False?
True (*)
False

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11. Data models show users the data that their Physical Model will contain. True or
False?
True (*)
False

12. Data models are drawn to show users the actual Data that their new system will
contain; only Data listed on the Diagram can be entered into the Database. True or
False?
True (*)
False

13. An ERD is an example of a Physical Model. True or False?

True
False (*)

14. Documenting Business Requirements helps developers control the scope of the
system and prevents users from claiming that the new system does not meet their
business requirements. True or False?
True (*)
False

15. Which of the following attributes is suitable to be a Unique Identifier?

Address
Last name
First name
Social Security Number (*)
16. In the following statements, find two good examples of ENTITY: Instance.
(Choose Two)
(Choose all correct answers)
BOOK: Biography of Mahatma Gandhi (*)
VEGETABLE: grows
TRAIN: runs
DAIRY PRODUCT: milk (*)

17. Which of the following is an example of a volatile attribute?

Hire Date
Name
Date of Birth
Age (*)

18. Which of the following entities most likely contains valid attributes? (Choose
two)
(Choose all correct answers)
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

19. All of the following could be attributes of an ENTITY called PERSON, except
which one?
Gender
Natacha Hansen (*)
Weight
Haircolor

20. Which of the following are examples of ENTITY: Instance ? (Choose Two)
(Choose all correct answers)
MEAT PRODUCT: Lettuce
TRANSPORTATION METHOD: Car (*)
BODY PART: Larry Ellison
ANIMAL: Dog (*)

21. An Entity Relationship model is independent of the hardware or software used

for implementation. True or False?
True (*)
False

22. Which of the following statements are true about ERD's? (Choose Two)
(Choose all correct answers)
 You should not model derivable data. (*)
A piece of information can be shown multiple times on an ERD.
A piece of information should only be found in one place on an ERD. (*)
All data must be represented on the ERD, including derived summaries and the
result of calculations.

23. Which of the following can be found in an ERD? (Choose Two)

(Choose all correct answers)
Attributes. (*)
Instances.
Entities. (*)
Tables.

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24. When reading a relationship between 2 entities, the relationship is read both
from left to right and right to left. True or False?
True (*)
False

25. Relationship names are not shown on an ERD. True or False?

True
False (*)

26. Which symbol is used to show that a particular attribute is mandatory?

o
* (*)
#
&

27. Matrix Diagrams show Optionality and Cardinality of the ERDs they document.
True or False?
True
False (*)

28. Matrix Diagrams are developed BEFORE the ERD. True or False?
True (*)
False

29. What are the three properties that every relationship should have?
Transferability, degree, name
Name, optionality, cardinality (*)
Name, optionality, arcs
 A UID bar, a diamond, an arc

30. Which of the following are used to show Cardinality on an ERD? (Choose two)
(Choose all correct answers)
Dashed line.
Single toe. (*)
Crow's foot. (*)
Solid line.

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31. Relationship Cardinality is important. True or False?

True (*)
False

32. Why is it important to identify and document business rules?

It allows you to create a complete data model and then check it for accuracy. (*)
It allows you to improve the client's business.
It ensures that the data model will automate all manual processes.
None of the above

33. Why is it important to identify and document structural rules?

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.

34. How should you handle constraints that cannot be modeled on an ER diagram?
Explain them to the users so they can enforce them
Always let the network architect handle them
List them on a separate document to be handled programmatically (*)
All constraints must be modeled and shown on the ER diagram

35. 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?
True (*)
False

36. All ER diagrams must have one of each of the following: (Choose two)
(Choose all correct answers)
At least one supertype and subtype
 One or more Entities (*)
Relationships between entities (*)
Arcs

37. A subtype is drawn on an ERD as an entity inside the "softbox" of the supertype.
True or False?
True (*)
False

38. A subtype is shown on an ERD as an entity with a one to many relationship to the
supertype. True or False?
True
False (*)

39. A subtype can have a relationship not shared by the supertype. True or False?
True (*)
False

40. All instances of a subtype may be an instance of the supertype but does not
have to. True or False?
True
False (*)

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41. If the same relationship is represented twice in an Entity Relationship Model, it is

said to be:
Removable
Resourceful
Redundant (*)
Replicated

42. 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"
Many to Many Mandatory
One to Many Optional
One to Many Mandatory
One to One Optional (*)

43. If two entities have two relationships between them, these relationships can be
either _____________ or _____________ .
Redundant or Required (*)
 Replicated or Required
Resourced and Really Good
Redundant and Replicated

44. Which of the following pairs of entities is most likely to be modeled as a M:M
relationship?
TREE and BRANCH
PERSON and FINGERPRINT
TEACHER and SUBJECT AREA (*)
CAR and WHEEL

45. When you resolve a M:M by creating an intersection entity, this new entity will
always inherit:
The UID's from the entities in the original M:M.
The attributes of both related entities.
A relationship to each entity from the original M:M. (*)
Nothing is inherited from the original entities and relationship.

46. 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?
True
False (*)

47. If an intersection entity is formed that contains no attributes of its own, its
uniqueness may be modeled by
Creating new attributes.
Barring the relationships to the original entities. (*)
Placing the UID attributes from the original entities into the intersection entity.
None of the above.

48. If a relationship can NOT be moved between instances of the entities it

connects, it is said to be:
Mandatory
Transferable
Optional
Non-Transferable (*)

49. A non-transferable relationship means the relationship is manatory at both sides.

True or False?
True
False (*)

50. A non-transferable relationship is represented by which of the following

symbols?
Circle
Triangle
Heart
Diamond (*)