1.

ERDs were introduced for modeling the semantics of data to be stored in an information
system.
a. True.
b. False.
2. Which of the following is from ERDs essential components?
a. Entities.
b. Attributes.
c. Relationships.
d. All of them.
3. Barker notation is from ERDs notations?
a. True.
b. False.
4. Which of the following is/are from ERDs notations?
a. IE.
b. Chen.
c. IDEF1X.
d. All of them.
5. ERDs provide an accurate model of the information needs of the organization.
a. True.
b. False.
6. ERDs act as a framework for development of new enhanced systems.
a. True.
b. False.
7. ERDs modeling the data that satisfy the organization's information needs.
a. True.
b. False.
8. ERDs provide objective view.
a. True.
b. False.
9. ERDs consider as a communication tool to help clarify data requirements with users.
a. True.
b. False.
10. Entity in ERD appears as rectangle carry entity name.
a. True.
b. False.
11. ….. is a definition of attributes and range of values (domain) for each attribute.
a. Entity type.
b. Entity instance.
12. ….. is a template while ….. is the occurrence.
a. Entity type, entity instance.
b. Entity instance, entity type.
13. ….. are values assigned to each attribute from domain.
a. Entity type.
b. Entity instance.
14. ….. A thing which can be distinctly identified.
a. Entity.
b. Relationship.
15. Entity types should be labeled in the singular.
a. True.
b. False.
16. Which of the following is/are from entity categories?
a. Tangible
b. Roles
c. Organization units
d. Devices
e. Incidents/events/interactions/transactions
f. Sites/locations
g. Type classification
h. All of them.
17. Which of the following could be entity?
a. Planes.
b. Customer.
c. Department.
d. Order.
e. Factory.
f. Gender.
g. All of them.
h. Non-of them.
18. A piece of information that describes an entity.
a. Entity.
b. Attribute.
c. Relationship.
19. ….. is individual atomic properties that describe the object of interest.
a. Descriptive attribute.
b. Identifying attribute.
20. ….. used to uniquely identify occurrences of entity types.
a. Identifying attribute.
b. Descriptive attribute.
21. Assigned a member of a particular value set called a …...
a. Domain.
b. Attribute.
c. Entity.
22. Attribute optionality shows what information is required for an entity type.
a. True.
b. False.
23. In …. a value is not required when instance created.
a. Optional.
b. Mandatory.
24. In ….. a value is always required when instance created.
a. Optional.
b. Mandatory.
25. ….. is logically represented using ‘nulls’.
a. Optional.
b. Mandatory.
26. ….. is an association among entities.
a. Relationship.
b. Entity.
c. Attribute.
27. In relationship entity types are called …...
a. Participants.
b. Degree of relationship.
c. Non-of them.
28. The number of participants is called the …...
a. Degree of relationship.
b. Domain.
c. Entity.
29. The degree of relationship could be ……
a. Binary.
b. Unary.
c. Ternary.
d. All of them.
30. Relationship could be ……
a. Many – many.
b. One – many.
c. One – one.
d. All of them.
31. We denoted to many to many by
a. True.
b. False.
32. We denoted to one to many by
a. True.
b. False.
33. We denoted to one to one by
a. True.
b. False.
34. ….. represents how many instances of one entity type can be associated with an
instance of the other entity type.
a. Cardinality.
b. Optionality (participation).
c. Labels.
35. ….. represents whether or not instances of one entity type must participate with
instances of a related entity type.
a. Cardinality.
b. Optionality (participation).
c. Labels
36. ….. describes in sentence form the nature of the association.
a. Cardinality.
b. Optionality (participation).
c. Labels.
37. Label clarifies meaning in both directions.
a. True.
b. False.
38. We denoted to optional relationship by dashed line.
a. True.
b. False.
39. ….. is more closely associated with documenting the real world.
a. Conceptual ERDs.
b. Logical ERDs.
40. ….. is more closely associated with documenting the real world in terms of the
corresponding, typically relational database structure.
a. Conceptual ERDs.
b. Logical ERDs.
41. ….. use of M:M relationships.
a. Conceptual ERDs.
b. Logical ERDs.
42. ….. do not show foreign keys as being attributes of entities.
a. Conceptual ERDs
b. Logical ERDs.
43. ….. replacing M:M relationships with two 1:M relationships and an all key intermediary
entity.
a. Conceptual ERDs.
b. Logical ERDs.
44. ….. shows foreign keys.
a. Conceptual ERDs.
b. Logical ERDs.