Exam 1: Overview of Database Concepts

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Data in third normal form (3NF) contains which of the following?

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A file is composed of a group of related ____________________.

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Tables can be linked or joined together through their primary keys.

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Which of the following does not contain repeating groups, but has a primary key and possibly partial dependencies?

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If uncontrolled, what can lead to data anomalies?

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A field in the logical design of a database corresponds to a ____ in the physical database.

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Data mining refers to ____.

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A(n) ____________________ is referred to as a row in the physical database.

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A collection of fields is a file.

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A column represents a field in the physical database table.

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Data is in ____________________ normal form if it does not have any repeating groups and has a primary key.

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The Systems Development Life Cycle is a series of steps that can be used to guide the development process for a database management system.

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An entity is represented by a column in the Entity-Relationship Model.

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The simplest approach to remove a partial dependency is to use each portion of the primary key to create separate tables.

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A one-to-many relationship cannot be included in a relational database.

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If a recipe contains several ingredients, and those ingredients can also be used in other recipes, this would be an example of what type of relationship?

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A ____ is a group of interrelated files.

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What represents a characteristic or attribute that is being collected about an entity?

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Which of the following may contain transitive dependencies, but not partial dependencies?

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Which of the following types of relationships cannot exist in a relational database?

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