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DBMS110 - M01 Lab Assignment GQ
DBMS110 - M01 Lab Assignment GQ
There are seven questions listed below. Based on the content in the M01, answer each
question. After completing, submit this assignment to the M01 Lab Assignment link on IvyLearn.
ANSWER:
A. 7
B. Project_code, Project_Manager, Manager_Phone, Manager_Address, Project_Bid_Price
C. The field for address contains the entire address and isn’t sortable by city alone
D. Instead of having the entire address in one field, they should be divided into street, city,
state, and zip allowing these fields to be sortable.
E. Street, city, state, and zip would make this table easier to sort and with different criteria.
(8 points) Your family owns a small coffee shop in your town. After your reading, you believe
that a database will be beneficial to their business.
f. Discuss how you can use a database to support their business.
g. Discuss at least two benefits of having a database.
h. Discuss at least one table that can be listed in their database.
ANSWER:
A. A good use for this database would be to record the different types and amounts of
coffee sold to whom and where. A database could give you a clearer view of some
trends depending on demographics and area of sales.
B. Good uses of a database could be customer index and inventory control. A database
filled with customer information could give better insight to customer purchase trends
and maybe making loyalty program. Inventory control could be done with a database
just by following the sales certain types of beans and flavors, plus tracking supplies like
cups and lids.
C. The best table would be the keep track of the different types of coffee offered. Within
this table you could keep track of orders, sizes, flavors, and loyalty club member.
2. (6 points) Identify, describe and discuss the type of database model that has been
represented in the given model snapshots.
ANSWER:
a. Hierarchical model
b. Network model
3. (5 points) You are an avid reader and have many books in your library at home. You
decide to sell some of your books, but you would like to create a database to keep track
of books. Based on your reading, identify at least 5 fields that can be listed in a Book
table. (Use the figure below as a point of reference).
ANSWER:
ANSWER:
Students last name, students first name, address, grade, account balance, parents name,
parents contact information
4. (5 points) You work at a local game store. During your shift, a customer comes in to the
store and makes a purchase and you write the customer information and items
purchased on the store’s sales receipt. After sitting in your DBMS110 class, you realize
that tables would be a better way to organize this data. In the space below, convert the
transactional portion of this receipt into data tables (disregard the store information).
SELLERSBURG GAME STORE RECEIPT
Date: 03/30/2011
Customer Info
Tracey Smith
18 Lake Street
Sellersburg, Indiana 47172
Items Purchased
(2) Xbox 360 Controller - $20
Halo Reach Game - $40
Headset - $50
ANSWER:
Quantity
5. (6 points) Below is some data that has been provided to an online merchant in a letter.
This letter can be considered unstructured data. Based on the definition of structured
and unstructured data, convert the following letter to structured data.
James,
I’m a first-time customer and I’d like to purchase one Finn at the cost of $899.00. I
understand that the shipping would be $100 for an item this big. Please send an
invoice so that I can provide you with a check payment for the items being purchased.
Thanks in advance,
Lisa Brown
ANSWER: