INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Alimannao Hills, Peñablanca, Cagayan 3502

COLLEGE I
OF NFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING
DATABASE THEORY AND APPLICATION
1st Semester SY 2018-2019
PRELIM EXAMINATION

Name: _______________________________________ Score: ____________

Proctor: ______________________________________ Date: _____________

I. Write your answer on the space provided beside the number. Avoid erasures.
1. These are all examples of small database, except for one;
a. Address book c. Order details
b. Student database d. Local server

2. Which of the following best describe table in database?

a. Control source c. Relation
b. Record source d. Server source

3. Because it contains a description of its own structure, a database is considered to be

________.
a. Described c. Self-describing
b. Metadata compatible d. An application program
4. Helping people keep track of things is the purpose of a(n) ________.
a. Database c. Instance
b. Table d. Relationship

5. A DBMS that combines a DBMS and an application generator is ________.

a. Microsoft’s SQL Server c. Microsoft’s Access
b. IBM’s DB2 d. Oracle Corporation’s

6. Set of entities of the same type that share the same properties, or attributes.
a. Relation c. Attributes
b. Tables d. Entity Set

7. Defines the conceptual view of a database.

a. Relational model c. Conceptual diagram
b. ER model d. ER diagram

8. An attribute or collection of attributes.

a. Attributes set c. Keys
b. Entity set d. Rows

9. Like entities, a relationship too can have attributes. These attributes are called ________.
a. Single-value attributes c. Derived attributes
b. Multi-value attributes d. Descriptive attributes

10. A relational database consists of a collection of

a. Tables c. Records
b. Fields d. Keys

11. Entities are clubbed together to represent a more generalized view, this structure is called
__________.
a. Specialization c. Generalization
b. Inheritance d. Aggregation

12. The view of total database content is ________.

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a. Conceptual view c. Internal view
b. Physical view d. External view

13. In an E-R diagram attributes are represented by ________.

a. Square c. Ellipse
b. Triangle d. Rectangle

14. An entity set that does not have sufficient attributes to form a primary key is a ________.
a. Weak entity set c. Strong entity set
b. Simply entity set d. Primary entity set

15. Key to represent relationship between tables is called _______.

a. Secondary key c. Primary key
b. Foreign key d. All keys

16. You work as a database designer in MCNP-ISAP. The institution has a SQL Server
database. You want to insert records in a table where the database is structured in a fixed format.
Which of the following database models will help you accomplish the task?
a. Object relational data model c. Network data model
b. Entity-Relationship model d. Relational model

17. Which of the following is not one of the main approaches in the database design?
a. Top-down approach c. Middle approach
b. Bottom-up approach d. Inside-out approach

18. The term ________ is used to refer to a row.

a. Attribute c. Field
b. Tuple d. Instance

19. _______ a specific domain in the relation which has entries of all tuples.
a. Column c. Record
b. Row d. Key

20. Course (course_id, sec_id, semester)

Here the course_id, sec_id and semester are __________ and course is a _________.
a. Relations, Attributes c. Tuple, Relation
b. Tuple, Attributes d. Attributes, Relation

21. The descriptive property possessed by each entity set is _________.

a. Entity c. Attribute
b. Relation d. Model

22. The attribute name could be structured as an attribute consisting of first name, middle
initial, and last name. This type of attribute is called
a. Composite attribute c. Single-valued attribute
b. Multi-valued attribute d. Derived attribute

23. Register_number is an example of _________ attribute.

a. Composite attribute c. Single-valued attribute
b. Multi-valued attribute d. Derived attribute

24. This is used to form commonality relationships between ER models as a basis for data
model integration.
a. Logical data model c. Relational model
b. Conceptual ERDs d. Entity-Relationship diagram

25. A relationship where two entities are participating.

a. Cardinality c. Binary relationship
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b. Optionality d. Conceptual relationship

II. Modified True or False. If the answer is True write LOVE and if the answer is False
write HURT then replace the word/phrase that makes the sentence incorrect.
1. A student’s name can be a numeric value.
2. A student’s age cannot be negative.
3. All the entities rectangles participating in a relationship, are connected to it by line.
4. In specialization, the entities are clubbed together to represent a more generalized
view.
5. Weak entity allows lower-level entities to inherit the attributes of higher-level entities.
6. Relational Model is considered a good option for designing databases.
7. End users can range from simple viewers who pay attention to the logs or market
rates to sophisticated users such as business analysts.
8. In normalized relations values saved are atomic values.
9. Strong entity is a type of entities that are independent from other entities. They also
have a primary key, distinguishing each occurrence of the entity.
10. Generalization is a group of entities is divided into sub-groups based on their
characteristics.
11. Primary key are created anytime an attribute relates to another entity in a one-to-one
or one-to-many relationship.
12. Users are the main players in an Access database.
13. Access stores all the information for a database in a single file with the extension
.accdb.
14. Tables function like the heart.
15. ID fields which are autonumber in nature can be change in number only.

III. Enumeration
1-6. Enumerate the six different types of data objects.
7-8. Two ways to customize a table
9-10. 2 Types of Keys
11-13. 3 Types of Users
14-18. Different types of Attributes
19-20. Two participation constraints
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V. Draw and identify the following;

1-6. 6 ERD Notations
7-10. ERD Attributes Symbols
11-14. Types of Mapping Cardinalities
15-20. Simplified Database System Environment (Database System & DBMS Software)
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I’m not telling you it is going to be easy — I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it”
~ Art Williams

Prepared by: Checked and Reviewed by: Noted by:

JENYLL MABBORANG NORWAY T. SALUDARES CB RONIE E. SUGAROL, MPBM

Instructor Program Coordinator School Overseer

Approved by:

PRESENITA C. AGUON PH. D.

Vice President for Academic Affairs