Section 2 Quiz

(Answer all questions in this section)

1. Capturing all required data is the only goal of entity relationship modeling.
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(1) Points

True

False (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 6.

2. An ERD created using ERDish is a __________ representation of entities and their

relationships to each other. Mark for Review
(1) Points

graphical (*)

textual

technical

hierarchical

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 6.

3. ERDish includes the following except:

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(1) Points

Optionality

Data Values. (*)

Relationship Names

Cardinality

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 5.

4. A foreign key is a column or combination of columns in one table that uniquely

identifies a row of another table. Mark for Review
(1) Points

True (*)

False

Correct
 5. A relationship is transformed from logical to physical model using _________.
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(1) Points

Foreign Keys (*)

Composite Keys

Secondary Keys

Candidate Keys

6. If a
relationship is Mark for Review
mandatory (1) Points
there must be
at least one
instance of
the
corresponding
entity related
to it.

True (*)

False

Correct

7. The physical model shows all table structures. True or False.

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(1) Points

True (*)

False

Correct

8. The logical model determines relationship optionality and cardinality

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(1) Points

True (*)

False

Correct

9. The primary key uniquely identifies each row in a table and is based on the
__________ from the logical design. Mark for Review
(1) Points
 Secondary UID

Candidate UID

Composite UID

Primary UID (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 4.

10. All entities must be given a new artificial UID. True or False?
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(1) Points

True

False (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 4.

11. Each
column Mark for Review
in a (1) Points
relation
is
called
an
entity.
True or
False?

True

False (*)

Correct

12. What does single table refer to? (Choose Two)

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(1) Points

(Choose all correct answers)

A type of database storage method where all of the data elements are stored
on top of each other.
Non-relational systems that typically store each table and index in separate
files and often do not support the SQL language. (*)
A fully-relational database system like Microsoft's SQL Server or Oracle's
database systems.
A database where all of the data is stored in one large table. (*)

Correct
13. In this course, we use the __________ notation for ERD modeling.
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(1) Points

Bachman

Barker (*)

Information Engineering

None of the above

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 3.

14. To identify an attribute as part of a unique identifier on an ER diagram, the #

symbol goes in front of it. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points

True (*)

False

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 3.

15. Which of the attributes is a volatile attribute?

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(1) Points

Eye color

Age (*)

Race

Date of birth

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 3.

1. Identify all of the

incorrect Mark for Review
statements that (1) Points
complete this
sentence: A
primary key
is...(Choose
three)
 (Choose all
correct answers)

Only one
column that
must be
null. (*)
One or more
columns in a
table that
uniquely
identifies
each row in
that table.
A set of
columns in
one table
that
uniquely
identifies
each row in
another
table. (*)
A single
column that
uniquely
identifies
each column
in a table.
(*)

Incorrect.
Refer to
Section 2
Lesson 1.

2. In the relational
model, Mark for Review
relationships (1) Points
between relations
or tables are
created by using?

Foreign Keys
(*)
Primary
Keys
Candidate
Keys
Composite
Keys

Correct

3. One-to-One
relationships Mark for Review
have (1) Points
 _____________
of one to one in
both directions.

Naming

Cardinality
(*)
Optionality

Foreign Keys

Incorrect.
Refer to
Section 2
Lesson 5.

4. A foreign key is a
column or Mark for Review
combination of (1) Points
columns in one
table that
uniquely
identifies a row of
another table.

True (*)

False

Correct

5. A __________
relationship is a Mark for Review
relationship (1) Points
between an
entity and itself.

Hierarchical

Mandatory

One to one

Recursive
(*)

Incorrect.
Refer to
Section 2
Lesson 5.
6. The primary
key Mark for Review
uniquely (1) Points
identifies
each row in
a table and
is based on
the
__________
from the
logical
design.

Composite UID

Secondary UID

Primary UID (*)

Candidate UID

Correct

7. Unique Identifiers…
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(1) Points

Distinguish all entities in a database

Distinguish nothing

Distinguish one instance of an entity from all other instances of that

entity (*)
Distinguish one entity from another.

Correct

8. Which of the following is not a goal of ER modeling:

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(1) Points

Locate information in a logical manner

Capture all required information.

It is acceptable to include information that is derivable. (*)

Ensure information appears only once.

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 6.

9. A model is considered to be Implementation-Free if it can be implemented

using ____ of the database software models such as hierarchical, network or Mark for Review
relational. (1) Points
 any (*)

only one

none

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 6.

10. Data models are drawn to show users the actual Data that their new system
will contain; only Data listed on the Diagram can be entered into the Mark for Review
Database. True or False? (1) Points

True

False (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 6.

11. The logical

model Mark for Review
determines (1) Points
relationship
optionality
and
cardinality

True (*)

False

Correct

12. A conceptual model includes :

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(1) Points

Only Entities, Attributes and Unique Identifiers

Entities, Attributes, Unique Identifiers and Relationships

Only Entities, Attributes and Relationships

Only Entities and Relationships (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 2.

13. Attributes have Instances. True or False?

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(1) Points

True
 False (*)

Correct

14. Entity names are always singular. True or False?

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(1) Points

True (*)

False

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 3.

15. Entities are usually _____________.

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(1) Points

Verbs

Adverbs

Adjectives

Nouns (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 3.

1. To
identify Mark for Review
an (1) Points
attribute
as part
of a
unique
identifier
on an
ER
diagram,
the #
symbol
goes in
front of
it. True
or
False?

True (*)

False

Correct

2. Which symbol is used to show that a particular attribute is optional?

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(1) Points

o (*)

&

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 3.

3. Which of the following entities most likely contains invalid attributes?

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(1) Points

Entity: Car. Attributes: Owner Occupation, Owner Salary, Speed (*)

Entity: Home. Attributes: Number of Bedrooms, Owner, Address, Date Built

Entity: Pet. Attributes: Name, Birthdate, Owner

Entity: Mother. Attributes: Name, Birthdate, Occupation, Number of Children

Correct
 4. Primary keys can contain null values.
Mark for Review
(1) Points

True

False (*)

Correct

5. A Unique Identifier has a NULL value for each instance of the entity for the
lifetime of the instance. True or False Mark for Review
(1) Points

True

False (*)

Correct

6. Which of the
following Mark for Review
statements is (1) Points
true regarding
Implementation-
Free logical
models?

The model changes depending on operating system that is being

used.
The model changes depending on the relational database software
being used
The model does not need to implemented on a DBMS.

The model stays the same regardless of the DBMS or operating

system used. (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 6.

7. When mapping a relationship for an ERD relationship names must be

included. Mark for Review
(1) Points

True (*)

False

Correct
 8. ERDish includes the following except:
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(1) Points

Optionality

Cardinality

Relationship Names

Data Values. (*)

Correct

9. The physical model shows all table structures. True or False.

Mark for Review
(1) Points

True (*)

False

Correct

10. The logical model's entities, attributes, unique identifiers and relationships
map to the physical model's _________________. Mark for Review
(1) Points

Optionality and Cardinality

Files, records, fields and data values

Tables, columns, primary keys and foreign keys (*)

Correct

11. Flat file

databases Mark for Review
are (1) Points
generally
in plain-
text form,
where
each line
holds
only one
record.
True or
False?

True (*)
 False

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 1.

12. By defining ________ and _____ keys, you can ensure that the integrity of the
data in a table is maintained. Mark for Review
(1) Points

primary, foreign (*)

foreign, unique

primary, secondary

primary, unique

Correct

13. Which of the following is NOT an example of cardinality?

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(1) Points

All are examples of cardinality.

How many types of jobs are there? (*)

How many employees can hold one specific job?

How many jobs can one employee hold?

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 5.

14. A relationship can be between ____________.

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(1) Points

two entities

an entity and itself

multiple entities

All of the above. (*)

Correct

15. The cardinality of a relationship can be _____________. (Choose two)

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(1) Points

(Choose all correct answers)

 one or more (*)

one to one

many to many

one and only one (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 5.

1. A relational
database Mark for Review
stores (1) Points
information
in tables
with rows
and
columns.

True (*)

False

Correct

2. In the relational model, relationships between relations or tables are created by

using? Mark for Review
(1) Points

Foreign Keys (*)

Candidate Keys

Composite Keys

Primary Keys

Correct

3. In this course, we use the __________ notation for ERD modeling.

Mark for Review
(1) Points

Bachman

Barker (*)

Information Engineering

None of the above

Correct
 4. When creating entities in a logical model you must follow these rules: (Choose
Two) Mark for Review
(1) Points

(Choose all correct answers)

Include Attributes (*)

Name them in Plural

Exclude Attributes

Name them in Singular (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 3.

5. An entity may have which of the following?

Mark for Review
(1) Points

Experiences

Instances (*)

Tables

None of the above

Correct

1. A relational
database Mark for Review
stores (1) Points
information
in tables
with rows
and
columns.

True (*)

False

Correct

2. In the relational model, relationships between relations or tables are created by

using? Mark for Review
(1) Points
 Foreign Keys (*)

Candidate Keys

Composite Keys

Primary Keys

Correct

3. In this course, we use the __________ notation for ERD modeling.

Mark for Review
(1) Points

Bachman

Barker (*)

Information Engineering

None of the above

Correct

4. When creating entities in a logical model you must follow these rules: (Choose
Two) Mark for Review
(1) Points

(Choose all correct answers)

Include Attributes (*)

Name them in Plural

Exclude Attributes

Name them in Singular (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 3.

5. An entity may have which of the following?

Mark for Review
(1) Points

Experiences

Instances (*)

Tables

None of the above

Correct
6. An ERD
is an Mark for Review
example (1) Points
of a
______
Model.

Physical

Network

Data Integrity

Conceptual (*)

Correct

7. The logical model determines relationship optionality and cardinality

Mark for Review
(1) Points

True (*)

False

Correct

8. The __________ model includes entities, attributes, UIDs, relationships as well as

optionality and cardinality of these items. Mark for Review
(1) Points

Hierarchical

Physical

Conceptual

Logical (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 6.

9. Capturing all required data is the only goal of entity relationship modeling.
Mark for Review
(1) Points

True

False (*)

Correct
 10. The conceptual model does all of the following except:
Mark for Review
(1) Points

Prevents mistakes and misunderstandings.

Documents type of operating system to be used. (*)

Takes into account regulations and laws goverining the industry being
addressed.
Describes the needs of the business.

Correct
11. A Unique
Identifier Mark for Review
has a (1) Points
NULL
value for
each
instance
of the
entity for
the
lifetime
of the
instance.
True or
False

True

False (*)

Correct

12. The candidate UID that is chosen to identify an entity is called the Primary UID;
other candidate UIDs are called Secondary UIDs. Mark for Review
(1) Points

No, each Entity can only have one UID, the secondary one.

No, it is not possible to have more than one UID for an Entity.

Yes, this is the way UID's are named. (*)

No, after UIDs are first sorted, the first one is called the Primary UID, the
second is the Secondary UID, etc.

Correct

13. One-to-Many relationships have cardinality of one or more in both directions.

True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
 True

False (*)

Correct

14. A relationship is transformed from logical to physical model using _________.

Mark for Review
(1) Points

Candidate Keys

Composite Keys

Foreign Keys (*)

Secondary Keys

Correct

15. Matrix Diagrams are used to verify that all ____________ have been identified
for an ERD. Mark for Review
(1) Points

relationships (*)

keys

attributes

entities

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 5.

1. People are not

born with Mark for Review
“numbers”, but a (1) Points
lot of systems
assign student
numbers,
customer IDs,
etc. A shoe has
a color, a size, a
style, but may
not have a
descriptive
“number". So, to
be able to
uniquely and
efficiently
identify one
instance of the
entity SHOE,
a/an
______________
UID can be
created.

Artificial (*)

Structured

Identification

Unrealistic

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 4.

2. A Unique Identifier has a NULL value for each instance of the entity for
the lifetime of the instance. True or False Mark for Review
(1) Points

True

False (*)

Correct

3. Which of the following entities most likely contains invalid attributes?

Mark for Review
(1) Points

Entity: Car. Attributes: Owner Occupation, Owner Salary, Speed (*)

Entity: Home. Attributes: Number of Bedrooms, Owner, Address,

Date Built
Entity: Mother. Attributes: Name, Birthdate, Occupation, Number of
Children
Entity: Pet. Attributes: Name, Birthdate, Owner

Correct

4. When creating entities in a logical model you must follow these rules:
(Choose Two) Mark for Review
(1) Points

(Choose all correct answers)

Exclude Attributes

Include Attributes (*)

Name them in Plural

 Name them in Singular (*)

Correct

5. An entity may have which of the following?

Mark for Review
(1) Points

Experiences

Instances (*)

Tables

None of the above

Correct

6. A
__________ Mark for Review
relationship (1) Points
is a
relationship
between an
entity and
itself.

Recursive (*)

One to one

Hierarchical

Mandatory

Correct

7. Which of the following are true about Cardinality? (Choose two)

Mark for Review
(1) Points

(Choose all correct answers)

Cardinality tells "how many". (*)

Cardinality specifies a counting number (like 1, 2, 3, 4 etc.) in a

relationship.
Cardinality specifies only singularity or plurality, but not a specific plural
number. (*)
Cardinality specifies whether something is required or not.
 Correct

8. Which of the following is NOT a relationship type?

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(1) Points

One to One

One to Many

Many to Many

Some to None (*)

Correct

9. The physical model shows all table structures. True or False.

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(1) Points

True (*)

False

Correct

10. A conceptual model includes :

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(1) Points

Only Entities, Attributes and Relationships

Only Entities, Attributes and Unique Identifiers

Only Entities and Relationships (*)

Entities, Attributes, Unique Identifiers and Relationships

Correct

11. Which of
the Mark for Review
following (1) Points
is not an
advantage
of a
relational
database?

Efficiency
 Less Redundancy

Data Integrity

One table with all the data. (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 1.

12. Each column in a relation is called an entity. True or False?

Mark for Review
(1) Points

True

False (*)

Correct

13. In an ERD diagram how is cardinality represented ? (Choose two)

Mark for Review
(1) Points

(Choose all correct answers)

With a crow's foot (*)

With a solid line

With a dotted line

With a single toe (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 6.

14. ERDish is a language used to create database structures in SQL

Mark for Review
(1) Points

True

False (*)

Correct

15. An ERD created using ERDish is a __________ representation of entities and

their relationships to each other. Mark for Review
(1) Points

hierarchical

technical
textual

graphical (*)

Correct