Essentials of

Systems Analysis and Design

Fourth Edition
Joseph S. Valacich
Joey F. George
Jeffrey A. Hoffer

Chapter 4
Designing Databases

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 Learning Objectives
✓ 1 The data on all forms and reports
✓ Vrai

✓ 2 Invoices and mailing labels

✓ faux

✓ 3 All methodologies incorporate only one

✓ faux

✓ 4 Data cannot move directly a source

✓ Vrai

✓ 5 Since data-flow diagrams concentrate

✓ Process models

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✓ 6 Cardinality is the number of instances

✓ Vrai

✓ 7 One of the primary purposes of a DFD

✓ faux

✓ 8 The minimum cardinality of relationship

✓ vrai

✓ 9 Conceptual data modeling is typically done

✓ Systems analysis

✓ 10 In the systems development life cycle

✓ vrai
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 Learning Objectives (continued)

✓Explain choices of storage formats for

database tables
✓Learn how to transform well-structured
relations into efficient database tables
✓Discuss use of different types of file
organizations to store database files
✓ Discuss indexes and their purpose
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 Process of Database Design
✓ 11 During logical design, the analyst
✓ faux

✓ 12 The primary deliverable from the

✓ An entity-relationship diagram

✓ 13 The output of the systems planning

✓ a baseline project plan

✓ 14 Data contained on a customer

✓ Data flow

✓ 15 When preparing an initial prototype

✓ faux

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(continued)
✓ 16 Which of the following
✓ A data model explains

✓ 17 The decomposition of Process

✓ faux

✓ 18 A data-flow diagram that represents

✓ Level-0 diagram

✓ 19 By placing a data store

✓ Decouples the processes

✓ 20 Which of following is NOT a true

✓ A data flow can go directly back to the same pro..

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 Process of Database Design
(continued)
✓ 21 A DFD that result
✓ Level-3 diagram

✓ 22 The conservation of inputs

✓ Balancing

✓ 23 If a data flow appears in tne context

✓ Balancing

✓ 24 CASE software
✓ Tool

✓ 25 If an input from a source

✓ Appear on the context diagram

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 Deliverables and Outcomes
Logical database design must account
for every data element, system input or
output
Normalized relations are the primary
deliverable
Physical database design results in
converting relations into files

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 Relational Database Model
✓ 26 If your DFD contains data
✓ Conplete

✓ 27 Which of the following is NOT a sys

✓ Scope

✓ 28 The extent to which all necessary con

✓ DFD conpleteness

✓ 29 If entity B is a mandatory
✓ The minimum cardinality of the …. one

✓ 30 A ‘many’ maximum
✓ Placing a crow’s foot notation

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 Relational Database Model
(continued)
✓ 31 Having a level-1 diagram with no
✓ Violation of consistency

✓ 32 When you believe that you

✓ Primitive data-flow diagrams

✓ 33 The process of discovering

✓ Gap analysis

✓ 34 During which of the following steps

✓ Alternative generation and selection

✓ 35 Enumerating different potentiel

✓ Shapping alternative system design strategies phase

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 Normalization
✓ 36 The number of instances of entity B
✓ cardinatity

✓ 37 Techniques used for modeling

✓ Decision tables

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 Summary
Key Terms
◼ Relation
◼ Primary key
◼ Functional dependency
◼ Foreign key
◼ Referential integrity
◼ Field
◼ Data type
◼ Denormalization
◼ File organization
◼ Index
9.50 ◼ Secondary key
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 Summary (continued)
Transforming E-R diagram into well-
structured relations
View Integration
Storage Formats for Database Fields
Efficient Database Table Design
◼ Efficient use of secondary storage
◼ Data processing speed
File Organization
Indexes
Internet Development
9.51
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