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Ethiopian TVET System

Database Administration Level II

Identifying Physical Database Requirements

Assignment (20%)

Compiled by: Tsega Solomon

January 2021

Part I. Define and explain the following questions.

1. What is a DBMS, and what are its functions?

2. Explain the difference between logical and physical Database design.
3. Explain what Data Model is and how it is represented.
4. What is the difference between multiplicity, cardinality, Participation and degree of a Relationship?
5. What is a Database Architecture and Explain type of Database Architecture?
6. Explain what Table is, its functions and why is it important in RDB.
7. Explain Attribute, type of Attribute and domain of Attribute.
8. Explain the difference between Key and Key constraint.
9. Explain the difference between external, internal, and conceptual schemas. How are these different
schema layers related to the concept of logical and physical data independence?
10. Explain types of keys briefly.
11. What is Database Design and what are its stages?
12. What is the difference between DB and DBMS?
13. What is Relationship in database?
14. What information is needed for conceptual Database Design and what are the Characteristics of a
conceptual Database Design.

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15. Identify, represent and define name of the Relationship, degree of the Relationship, multiplicity of
each entity type (First multiplicity or multiplicity for the left entity and Second multiplicity or
multiplicity for the right entity ), cardinality of each entity type (Upper cardinality and
Lower cardinality), and Participation of each entity type for the following entity types.

 Customer and Account

 ‘Customer and Product
 Employee and Department
 Newspaper and Property for Rent
 Student and course
 Customer and Order
 Branch and Staff
 Staff and Property for Rent

16. Explain type of Relationship and occurrence of Relationship?

17. What is association in database?
18. What is Database Security and what are Security risks to database systems?
19. What are the security controls used in database?
20. Why does a company need a security policy and plan?
21. Explain User Account Control (UAC).
22. Explain the difference between cell, databank and value.
23. What is Encryption?
24. Explain Default and null value.
25. What's the point of having Database Security control?

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