Fundamentals of Database System Prelim Exam

A thing that shares a common attribute.

Entity Class

A displayed schema is called Schema figure.

False

For each entity instance the value of the identifier attribute is Unique.

True

Level of database design use to create database.

Physical Design

Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) was proposed by

Dr. Peter Chen

The interface presents a menu that lead to a user through request.

Menu-based Interfaces for Web Clients or Browsing

Like Web search engines (engine like Google), which the user can specify a string or any keywords and
expect to get a relevant result.

Keyword-based Database Search

Used to manage data within the object schema.

Data Manipulation Language (DML)

Used to give or control privilege in a database.

Data Control Language (DCL)

The interface allows users to access their data through their mobile phone or mobile device.

Applications for mobile devices

Display a form to be fill out by the user.

Forms-based interfaces

Used to performed or rollback the changes that we made in the database using DML commands.

Transaction Control Language

Used for creating tables, schema etc. in database.

Data Definition Language (DCL)

It is a question or an inquiry, sometimes loosely used for all types of interactions with databases.

Query

It describes how entities are related to each other.

Relationship

Data abstraction is the data type, relationships and constraints that apply to the data.

False

They are liable for identifying the data to be stored within the database and for selecting appropriate
structures to represent and store this data.

Database Designers

People whose jobs require access to the database for querying, updating, and generating reports.

End Users
Physical data models is a concept that shows how the data is stored on the computer.

True

There’s no difference between the description of database and the database itself.

False

An attribute that has a multiple value.

Multi-Value Attribute

Composite attribute can be divided into more attributes.

True

Controlling Redundancy is used to improve the performance of queries.

True

Data Manipulation Language is use for manipulating data in a database.

True

is an instance of a particular entity.

Entity Instance

We call the database and DBMS software together as a

database system

It is between high-level and low-level data models.

Representational or Implementation Data Models

Describes how entities are related.

Relationships
Facts that can be recorded and that have implicit meaning.

Data

Internal Level describes the physical storage structure of the database.

True

Attribute describes an entity class.

True

A computerized system that permits users to create and maintain a database.

Database Management System

Who is responsible in administering the primary and secondary resource in the database?

Database Administrator

Is an instance of a particular entity.

True

Data model is a collection of concepts that is used to describe the structure of a database.

True

Attribute is a name for a set of similar things that you can list. Like objects, events, people.

False

It is a collection of related data.

Database

Logical Design – transforming the ERD into relational model.

True

Database System automatically takes care of backup and recovery.

True

Composite Attribute can be calculated from other attributes.

False