Is the number of entity classes that participate in a relationship in an ER model?

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Minimum cardinality refers to ________.

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the most instances of one entity class that can be involved in a relationship with one instance of another entity class
the minimum number of entity classes involved in a relationship
whether or not an instance of one entity class is required to be related to an instance of another entity class
whether or not an entity is a weak entity
None of these.

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Question 2 (2 points)

Relationships are classified by their cardinality.

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Question 3 (2 points)

Attributes may be ________.

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composite
element
multivalued
composite and multivalued
element and multivalued

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Question 4 (2 points)

A relationship's maximum cardinality indicates the maximum number of entities that can participate in the relationship.

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Question 5 (2 points)

A circle across the relationship line near an entity indicates ________.

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a maximum cardinality of "zero"
a maximum cardinality of "one"
a minimum cardinality of "optional"
a minimum cardinality of "required"
None of these.

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Question 6 (2 points)

The characteristics of a thing are described by its ________.

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identifiers
entities
objects
attributes
relationships

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Question 7 (2 points)

To represent a multivalued attribute in an E-R model, ________.

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create a new ID-dependent entity with a 1:N relationship
create a new weak, but not ID-dependent entity with a 1:N relationship
create a new strong entity with a 1:1 relationship
create a new ID-dependent entity with a 1:1 relationship
create a new weak, but not ID-dependent entity with a 1:1 relationship

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Question 8 (2 points)

In a 1:N relationship, the term parent refers to the N side of the relationship.

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Question 9 (2 points)

A hash mark across the relationship line near an entity indicates ________.

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a maximum cardinality of "zero"
a maximum cardinality of "one"
a minimum cardinality of "optional"
a minimum cardinality of "required"
None of these.

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Question 10 (2 points)

For a relationship to be considered a binary relationship it must satisfy which of the following conditions?

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It must involve exactly two entity classes.
It must have a maximum cardinality of 1:1.
It must have a maximum cardinality of 1:N.
It must involve exactly two entity classes. and It must have a maximum cardinality of 1:1
It must involve exactly two entity classes. and It must have a maximum cardinality of 1:N

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Question 11 (2 points)

In relational database design, ID-dependent entities are used to ________.

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represent N:M relationships
handle associative relationships
handle multivalued attributes
handle archetype/instance relationships
All of these.

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Question 12 (2 points)

A foreign key is a key that does not belong in any table.

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Question 13 (2 points)

When transforming an ID-dependent E-R data model relationship into a relational database design and the child entity is designed to use a surrogate key, then ________.

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the parent entity must also use a surrogate key
the relationship remains an ID-dependent relationship
the relationship changes to a non-ID-dependent relationship
the parent entity must also use a surrogate key and the relationship remains an ID-dependent relationship
the parent entity must also use a surrogate key and the relationship changes to a non-ID-dependent relationship

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Question 14 (2 points)

A referential integrity constraint policy that insures that foreign key values in a table are correctly maintained when there is a change to the primary key value in the parent table is called ________.

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incremental updates
incremental deletes
controlled key adjustments
cascading updates
cascading deletes

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Question 15 (2 points)

In a relational database design, all relationships are expressed by creating a foreign key.

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Question 16 (2 points)

An intersection table can have additional attributes besides the keys of its parent tables.

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Question 17 (2 points)

An ID-dependent table can be used to represent multivalued attributes.

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Question 18 (2 points)

Like all ID-dependent relationships, the parents of an association table are required.

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Question 19 (2 points)

An intersection table is always ID-dependent on both of its parent tables.

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Question 20 (2 points)

By default, the identifier of the entity becomes the foreign key of the corresponding table.

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Question 21 (2 points)

One of the important properties of an attribute is whether or not it is ________.

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found in more than one entity
required
character or numeric
subject to normalization
subject to denormalization

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Question 22 (2 points)

The first step in the database design process is to create tables and columns from entities and attributes.

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Question 23 (2 points)

When creating a relational database design from E-R diagrams, first create a relation for each relationship.

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Question 24 (2 points)

A surrogate key should be considered when ________.

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a relationship is M:N
a composite key is required
the key contains a lengthy text field
the key contains a number
an index needs to be created

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Question 25 (2 points)

In a relational database design, all relationships are expressed by ________.

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creating a primary key
creating a foreign key
creating a supertype
creating a subtype
creating a line between entities

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Question 26 (5 points)

What are the guidelines for transforming a single entity into a table?

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Question 27 (5 points)

In detail, describe the relationship between CUSTOMER and ORDER.

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Question 28 (5 points)

Explain the following true statement: Databases do not model the real world.

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Question 29 (5 points)

What are the guidelines for handling multivalued attributes when transforming an entity into a table?

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Question 30 (5 points)

Describe in detail the relationship between ORDER and PRODUCT.

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Question 31 (5 points)

What is an entity?

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Question 32 (5 points)

What is the 1:N Transformation Rule?

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Question 33 (5 points)

What is the N:M Transformation Rule?

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Question 34 (5 points)

Degree is the number of entities that participate in a relationship. A relationship of degree 2 is a binary relationship. What are the three types of binary relationships?

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Question 35 (5 points)

What is the 1:1 Transformation Rule?

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What is the number of entity classes involved in a relationship?

The number of entity classes involved in a relationship is the cardinality of the relationship. Maximum cardinality indicates whether or not an instance of one entity class must be related to at least one instance of another entity class.

When an entity class has a relationship with itself it is called a?

It is possible for an entity to have a relationship with itself; for example, an entity Staff could have a relationship with itself, as one member of staff could supervise other staff. This is known as a recursive or involute relationship, and would be represented in an entity-relationship diagram as shown below.

What is an ID dependent entity?

▪ ID-dependent entity: entity (child) whose. identifier includes the identifier of another. entity (parent)

Which one refers to the number of instances in a relation?

Cardinality of Relationships Refers to the number of instances of entity A that can be associated with each instance of entity B. One-to-one: Each entity in the relationship will have exactly one related entity.