Questão 1
Questão
1. The extended entity relationship model (EERM) is sometimes referred to as the ____.
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A) entity relationship model
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B) enhanced entity relationship model
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C) entity clustering relationship model
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D) extended entity relationship diagram
Questão 2
Questão
2. ____ is a generic entity type that is related to one or more entity subtypes.
Questão 3
Questão
3. The ____ depicts the arrangement of higher-level entity super types (parent entities) and lower-level entity subtypes (child entities).
Questão 4
Questão
4. Within a specialization hierarchy, every subtype can have ____ super type(s) to which it is directly related.
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A) zero
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B) only one
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C) one or many
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D) many
Questão 5
Questão
5. A specialization hierarchy can have ____ level(s) of super type/subtype relationships.
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A) zero
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B) only one
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C) one or many
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D) many
Questão 6
Questão
6. The property of ____ enables an entity subtype to inherit the attributes and relationships of the super type.
Questão 7
Questão
7. One important inheritance characteristic is that all entity subtypes inherit their ____ key attribute from their super type.
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A) primary
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B) natural
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C) foreign
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D) surrogate
Questão 8
Questão
8. At the implementation level, the super type and its subtype(s) depicted in the specialization hierarchy maintain a ____ relationship.
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A) self-referencing
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B) 1:1
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C) 1:M
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D) M:N
Questão 9
Questão
9. A(n) ____ is the attribute in the super type entity that determines to which entity subtype each super type occurrence is related.
Questão 10
Questão
10. The default comparison condition for the subtype discriminator attribute is the ____ comparison.
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A) not equality
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B) less than
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C) greater than
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D) equality
Questão 11
Questão
11. Non-overlapping subtypes are subtypes that contain a(n) ____ subset of the super type entity set.
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A) entity
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B) subtypes
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C) unique
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D) nonunique
Questão 12
Questão
12. Overlapping subtypes are subtypes that contain ____ subsets of the super type entity set.
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A) entity
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B) subtypes
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C) unique
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D) nonunique
Questão 13
Questão
13. Partial completeness is symbolized by ____.
Questão 14
Questão
14. ____ is the bottom-up process of identifying a higher-level, more generic entity super type from lower-level entity subtypes.
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A) Specialization
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B) Generalization
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C) Partial completeness
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D) Total completeness
Questão 15
Questão
15. An entity cluster is formed by combining multiple interrelated entities into ____.
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A) a single abstract entity object
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B) multiple abstract entity object
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C) a single entity object
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D) multiple entity objects
Questão 16
Questão
16. The most important characteristic of an entity is its ____ key, used to uniquely identify each entity instance.
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A) primary
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B) natural
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C) foreign
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D) surrogate
Questão 17
Questão
17. A ____ key is a real-world, generally accepted identifier used to uniquely identify realworld objects.
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A) primary
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B) natural
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C) foreign
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D) surrogate
Questão 18
Questão
18. If one exists, a data modeler uses a ____ as the primary key of the entity being modeled.
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A) foreign key
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B) combination key
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C) surrogate key
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D) natural identifier
Questão 19
Questão
19. The primary key's main function is to uniquely identify a(n) ____ within a table.
Questão 20
Questão
20. Composite primary keys are particularly useful as identifiers of composite entities, where each primary key combination is allowed only once in the ____relationship.
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A) 0:1
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B) 1:1
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C) 1:M
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D) M:N
Questão 21
Questão
21. The “____” characteristic of a primary key states the following: The PK must uniquely identify each entity instance. A primary key must be able to guarantee unique values. It cannot contain nulls.
Questão 22
Questão
22. The “____” characteristic of a primary key states the following: The selected primary key must not be composed of any attribute(s) that might be considered a security risk or violation. For example, using a Social Security number as a PK in an EMPLOYEE table is not a good idea.
Questão 23
Questão
23. The “____” characteristic of a primary key states the following: The PK should not have embedded semantic meaning. An attribute with embedded semantic meaning is probably better used as a descriptive characteristic of the entity rather than as an identifier.
Questão 24
Questão
24. Surrogate primary keys are especially helpful when there is no ____ key.
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A) primary
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B) natural
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C) foreign
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D) composite
Questão 25
Questão
25.____ keys work with primary keys to properly implement relationships in the relational model.
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A) foreign
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B) composite
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C) natural
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D) surrogate
Questão 26
Questão
26. The preferred placement for a foreign key when working with a 1:1 relationship is to ____.
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A) use the same primary key for both entities
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B) create a bridge entity
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C) place a foreign key in one of the entities
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D) place a foreign key in both entities
Questão 27
Questão
27. When selecting a foreign key placement for a 1:1 relationship, place the PK of the entity on the mandatory side in the entity on the optional side as a FK, and make the FK mandatory when ____.
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A) one side is mandatory and the other side is optional
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B) one side participates in another relationship
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C) both sides are optional
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D) both sides are mandatory
Questão 28
Questão
28.____ data refer to data whose values change over time and for which you must keep a history of the data changes.
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A) time-sensitive
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B) time-variant
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C) Historical
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D) Change-based
Questão 29
Questão
29. A ____ occurs when you have one entity in two 1:M relationships to other entities, thus producing an association among the other entities that is not expressed in the model.
Questão 30
Questão
30.____ relationships occur when there are multiple relationship paths between related entities.
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A) redundant
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B) duplicated
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C) time-variant
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D) super type
Questão 31
Questão
31. According to the data modeling checklist, ____ should clearly define participation and cardinality rules.
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A) entities
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B) naming conventions
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C) relationships
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D) attributes