Exam 9: Database Systems

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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The first occurs if,when computing the total,one checks account X before the funds are withdrawn and account Y after the funds are deposited.The second occurs if account Y is checked before the funds are deposited and X is checked after the funds are withdrawn.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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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 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 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 _________________ ,each of which has columns called _________________ and rows 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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