Exam 12: View Design and Integration

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In the view design process,in addition to forms,list one of the other sources a designer can use to determine the requirements of the database.______________________

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Name one of the things that can be useful in the identification and resolution of synonyms and homonyms.____________________

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In the design of a large ERD,views are integrated in one large ERD for the conceptual schema.

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In a tools rental business, a form is used to reserve large construction tools for customers (i.e. subcontractors working for a construction company). The following fields appear on the form: (tool information) Item# Type Descr Size Cost/Day Mfg (Tool manufacturer) MfgAddr (Manufacturer address) Mfg phone (Customer and reservation information) rental# (rental order number for the tool, unique for a given tool) CustId CustName CustAddress CustPhone Checkout_date (future date for a future reservation or past date for a current rental) Days (Expected length of rental) ConsName (Construction Company Name) ConsAddr (Construction Company Address) Discount (specific to a construction company) -You are told that there is an entity type called Reservation.Which of the following lists contains most or all the attributes of Reservation without unnecessary attributes?

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List one of the factors that contribute to the complexity of an organization. _________________

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Form analysis is a linear process and the steps involved are best performed sequentially,without any backtracking.

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During form analysis,to resolve questions about the cardinality between derived entity types you should examine additional form instances and ___________________

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In a tools rental business, a form is used to reserve large construction tools for customers (i.e. subcontractors working for a construction company). The following fields appear on the form: (tool information) Item# Type Descr Size Cost/Day Mfg (Tool manufacturer) MfgAddr (Manufacturer address) Mfg phone (Customer and reservation information) rental# (rental order number for the tool, unique for a given tool) CustId CustName CustAddress CustPhone Checkout_date (future date for a future reservation or past date for a current rental) Days (Expected length of rental) ConsName (Construction Company Name) ConsAddr (Construction Company Address) Discount (specific to a construction company) -Reservation is:

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View integration can be more complex with the incremental approach.

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The parallel approach to view integration is appropriate for views that are closely related,such as an order and an invoice.

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If form A must be completed before form B is used,and form A must be completed before form C is used,there is a precedence relationship between A and B,and between A and C,but not between B and C.

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A __________ is a group of words that are spelled differently but have the same meaning

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In a large database development effort,the process of constructing an ERD for each group of users is called ____________________.

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On a large project with many database developers,the ________________ approach to view integration supports more independent work.

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It is possible to group form fields into entity types by analyzing functional dependencies.

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In view design,an ERD representing a form is the output of the __________________ process.

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