Mata, Michelle Anne R.

BSA IV-1
CIS
Chapter 8: Data Structures and CAATTs for Data Extraction
True or False.
1. Database design is a component of a much larger systems development process that
involves intensive analysis of user needs.
2. View modeling begins by constructing a data model showing entity associations.
3. Entity attributes are originally derived and modelled from user views.
4. Combining the data needs of all users into a single schema or enterprise-wide view is
called view integration.
5. A database management system (DBMS) allows you to specify the logical
organization for a database and access and use the information within a database.
Multiple Choices.
1. The six phases of database design are collectively known as:
A.
B.
C.
D.

View design
View modeling
Database modeling
Database design phases

2. To pass as valid entities, an entity

I.
Must consist of two or more occurrences
II.
Must contribute at least one attribute that is provided through other entities
A.
B.
C.
D.

I only
II only
Both I and II
Either I and II

3. In the relational database model, all of the following are true except
A.
B.
C.
D.

Data are presented to users as tables.

Data can be extracted from specified rows from specified tables.
A new table can be built by joining two tables.
Only one-to-many relationships can be supported.

4. Which term is not associated with the relational database model?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Tuple
Attribute
Collision
Relation

5. A transitive dependency is which of the following?

A.
B.
C.
D.
ANSWERS:

A
A
A
A

functional dependency between two or more key attributes.

functional dependency between two or more non-key attributes.
relation that is in first normal form.
relation that is in second normal form.

True or False:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

FALSE
FALSE
TRUE
TRUE
TRUE

Multiple Choices:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

B
A
D
C
B