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Describe a scenario in which computing the total deposits in a bank while also transferring $100 from account X to account Y would result in a final sum that is $100 too great.Then describe a scenario in which the final sum turns out to be $100 too small.
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The first occurs if,when computing the total,one checks account X before the funds are withdrawn and account Y after the funds are deposited.The second occurs if account Y is checked before the funds are deposited and X is checked after the funds are withdrawn.
The term "lossless decomposition" refers to a decomposition of one relation into several relations such
that _____________________________________________ .
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no information is lost
Given the relation X below
X: 2 5 7 3 3 3 4 4 2 5 2 8
What value will be retrieved by the following query?
TEMP ? SELECT from X where B = C
RESULT ? PROJECT B from TEMP
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B
Which of the operations SELECT,PROJECT,and JOIN are actually used when executing the following SQL instruction?
SELECT A,B
FROM X
WHERE C = D
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Given the two relations X and Y below
what values would be in the tuple produced by the following statements?
Temp ? JOIN X and Y where X.A = Y.D
Result ? PROJECT X.B,Y.C from Temp

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List four data mining techniques.
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Which of the following data mining techniques would be applied when trying to identify traits that characterize the citizens of a democracy who fail to vote?
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Which of the following file structures requires a small "auxiliary" storage system that must be updated as entries in the file are inserted or deleted.
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Given the relation below
X: 2 5 7 3 3 6 4 4 2 5 2 2
What values will be retrieved by the following SQL statement?
SELECT A,B FROM X WHERE X.B = X.C
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Which of the following file structures is commonly used for the storage of text files?
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In a relational database,information is presented as though it were stored in tables called
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called _________________ .
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Place an X in the space before those requests below that require data mining techniques rather than traditional database techniques.Leave the other spaces blank.
_____ Identify all shoppers who bought dog food last week.
_____ Identify items that tend to be purchased by common shoppers.
_____ Identify any correlation between time-of-day and items purchased.
_____ Identify the items purchased during the first hour after opening the store.
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Which of the following file structures is associated with the problem of clustering?
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Describe the distinction between a traditional database and a data warehouse.
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Which of the following data mining techniques would be applied when trying to identify traits that predict whether a citizen in a democracy will or will not vote?
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Which of the following relational operations extracts entire rows from a relation?
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Which of the following relational operations is performed by the SQL statement below? SELECT A,B,C FROM X
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Given the relation X below
X: 2 5 7 3 3 3 4 3 2 5 2 8
What value will be extracted by the following query?
TEMP ? SELECT from X where B > C
RESULT ? PROJECT A from TEMP
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Suppose you were going to construct a hash file with 20 to 25 buckets using the division hash function discussed in the text.How many buckets should you actually use?
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Place an X in the space before those questions whose answers might be obtained by means of outlier analysis.Leave the other spaces blank.
_____ Which are the flawed parts on a production line conveyor belt?
_____ What items have not sold during the last two days?
_____ What sales region generated the most orders over the last sales period?
_____ Which shoppers in a busy shopping mall are potential shoplifters?
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