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What is the primary characteristic of unstructured data?
What is the primary characteristic of unstructured data?
Which option best describes a data file?
Which option best describes a data file?
What does metadata provide for the data?
What does metadata provide for the data?
Which database type allows for multitier client/server deployment?
Which database type allows for multitier client/server deployment?
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What is a key benefit of using a database system with a DBMS?
What is a key benefit of using a database system with a DBMS?
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Which characteristic is NOT associated with a relational database?
Which characteristic is NOT associated with a relational database?
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What is a defining characteristic of an associative entity?
What is a defining characteristic of an associative entity?
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What does minimum cardinality signify in a relationship?
What does minimum cardinality signify in a relationship?
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Which of the following statements accurately describes a file management system?
Which of the following statements accurately describes a file management system?
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Which statement about maximum cardinality is correct?
Which statement about maximum cardinality is correct?
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What should be done with ternary relationships?
What should be done with ternary relationships?
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In the context of cardinality constraints, what happens if the minimum cardinality is set to zero?
In the context of cardinality constraints, what happens if the minimum cardinality is set to zero?
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What is the primary purpose of an enterprise data model?
What is the primary purpose of an enterprise data model?
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Which characteristic of a database management system (DBMS) denotes that it can support multiple users accessing the same database simultaneously?
Which characteristic of a database management system (DBMS) denotes that it can support multiple users accessing the same database simultaneously?
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What type of database is designed primarily to support daily operations of an organization?
What type of database is designed primarily to support daily operations of an organization?
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Which of the following is NOT a component of an enterprise data model?
Which of the following is NOT a component of an enterprise data model?
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What does ETL stand for in the context of database applications?
What does ETL stand for in the context of database applications?
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Which characteristic indicates that a database can describe its own structure and contains metadata?
Which characteristic indicates that a database can describe its own structure and contains metadata?
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In the context of data models, what does an 'entity' represent?
In the context of data models, what does an 'entity' represent?
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Which database approach allows for both sharing and integration among multiple data sources?
Which database approach allows for both sharing and integration among multiple data sources?
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What type of database typically holds large volumes of data from various sources for analytical purposes?
What type of database typically holds large volumes of data from various sources for analytical purposes?
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Which level of end user is characterized as having a basic understanding of the system, like a cashier?
Which level of end user is characterized as having a basic understanding of the system, like a cashier?
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What is the main focus of the external level of database architecture?
What is the main focus of the external level of database architecture?
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In which phase of the system development life cycle does enterprise and conceptual modeling occur?
In which phase of the system development life cycle does enterprise and conceptual modeling occur?
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Which process in database development is generally considered a traditional method of creating information systems?
Which process in database development is generally considered a traditional method of creating information systems?
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What characterizes the internal level of database architecture?
What characterizes the internal level of database architecture?
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Which type of user is most likely a manager or supervisor?
Which type of user is most likely a manager or supervisor?
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What best describes data independence in database management?
What best describes data independence in database management?
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What is a characteristic of sophisticated end users in database environments?
What is a characteristic of sophisticated end users in database environments?
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Which of the following is NOT a phase in the System Development Life Cycle?
Which of the following is NOT a phase in the System Development Life Cycle?
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What represents user-specific views of data in database architecture?
What represents user-specific views of data in database architecture?
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What defines the link between entities within an Entity Relationship Model?
What defines the link between entities within an Entity Relationship Model?
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Which of the following identifies an instance of an entity type uniquely?
Which of the following identifies an instance of an entity type uniquely?
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Which statement characterizes a good business rule?
Which statement characterizes a good business rule?
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What is the primary purpose of an attribute in an Entity Relationship Model?
What is the primary purpose of an attribute in an Entity Relationship Model?
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of relationship types?
Which of the following is not a characteristic of relationship types?
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Which type of identifier might satisfy the requirements to be an identifier but is not necessarily used as the primary key?
Which type of identifier might satisfy the requirements to be an identifier but is not necessarily used as the primary key?
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What does a relationship instance represent within a data model?
What does a relationship instance represent within a data model?
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Which of the following would not be considered a characteristic of a composite identifier?
Which of the following would not be considered a characteristic of a composite identifier?
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What type of relationship type describes the category of relation between different entities?
What type of relationship type describes the category of relation between different entities?
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An attribute that may serve as a future candidate for being an identifier is known as what?
An attribute that may serve as a future candidate for being an identifier is known as what?
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Study Notes
Information Management - Unit 1
- Data: Raw facts or concepts, often useless in their natural form.
- Information: Data processed to be meaningful and understandable by users. This often involves organizing, presenting in context, summarizing, or graphing data.
- Databases: Structured databases contain numerical and textual data (organized neatly). Unstructured databases include sensory data like audio-visual content (qualitative data), unsuitable for conventional tools.
- Variables: Data that vary in size.
- Metadata: Data about data, describing it. Provides information about data aspects. It summarizes basic information about data.
- Types of Information: Data in context (requires reading, like text) and summarized data (like charts and graphs).
- DBMS (Database Management System): Software that lets users create, maintain, retrieve, and access data.
- CRUD: Create, read, update, and delete/archive (operations in databases).
- Hierarchy of Data: Character (letter, number, or symbol), Fields (characters in a group), Record (rows of multiple fields/data in a table), and Data file (collection of interrelated records/table of values).
- Database vs File System: A database is a collection of interrelated data files, or tables, and is more complex than a file management system which is computerised and dependent in a program and also redundant.
Information Management - Unit 2
- Database System > Presence of DBMS > Relational: Can recover data even when program crashes, possible data sharing across the company, and preserve data integrity. Consistent data integrity.
- Database Application: Software for collecting, managing, and providing information to end-users (searching, sorting, manipulation and sharing of data). Lets users manipulate data in a DBMS.
- Front-end/UI: User interface (visual elements)
- DBMS: Database management system
- Back-end/DB: Database (storage location for data/program used to manage data).
- Types of DB Apps: Personal (single users), Multitiered client-server (multi-users), and enterprise (whole organization).
- Database Applications and Types: Database applications are software programs designed for collecting, managing, and delivering info to users. Types include software programs managing and delivering info efficiently to end users and also allowing users to manipulate data in a DBMS.
Information Management - Unit 3
- Data Independence: Physical data independence is changing the internal database without affecting the conceptual or external views.. Conceptual data independence means changing the conceptual without effecting the external schema.
- DB system environment: The hardware, software, applications, and people used to run a database (hardware refers to physical devices to manage the database (all tangible/physical), software refers to intangible elements to help in controlling and managing the database and contents (like DBMS), people include application programs, system administrators, database administrators, database designers, and end-users (data entry).
- DB Development Process: Uses the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Planning: Enterprise modeling and conceptual data modelling.
- Analysis: This stage would also be part of the planning stage.
- Design: Local database design, physical database design.
- Implementation: Data implementation and data maintenance.
- Three level architecture & data independence: external, conceptual, and internal levels represent different user views of the database and how data is accessed.
Information Management - Unit 4
- Entities: Objects or concepts important to a business.
- Entity instance: Specific examples of an entity (e.g., a particular car).
- Entity type: A category or group of entities (e.g., the category of cars).
- Relationships: Links between entities, often through attributes (links strong to weak entities).
- Relationship instance: Specific example of a relationship between two or more entities(correspond to a row in a related table).
- Relationship type: Category of relationship (like many-to-many relationships).
- Identifiers (keys): Attribute(s) uniquely identifying entity instances (simple identifiers (one attribute) versus composite identifiers (multiple attributes)).
- Business rules: Statements that define business constraints or aspects of the business (rules defined by software that auto-determine the business rules).
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Cardinality of Relationships: Represents specific relationships that one entity can have with another.
- One to one - each entity has at max one related entity
- One to many - one entity has many entities but each entity doesn't have many entitites.
- Many to many - each entity can have many entities, and each entity can have many entities.
- Types of Relationships: one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many
- Strong Entities: Stand-alone entities, not dependent on other entities.
- Weak Entities: Dependent on other entities. Their existence depends on the primary key of another entity
- Data independence: The physical, view, or logical schemas of a database can be changed without affecting how programs or users interact with the data.
Information Management - Unit 5
- Data Normalization: Process of organizing data into schemas, to improve data integrity and avoid data redundancies
- Anomalies: Insertion, deletion, and modification
- Normal Forms: First Normal Form (1NF): Remove repeating Groups. Second Normal Form (2NF): Eliminate redundant data dependent on part of the primary key. Third Normal Form (3NF): Elminate transitive dependencies
- Correspondence Between E-R Model and Relations: Relations (tables) map to entity types, many-to-many relationships and vice-versa.
- Entity Integrity: No primary key attributes can be null.
- Referential Integrity: foreign keys must correspond with primary keys in another table, or they can be null.
- Types of relations: One, two, and many relational forms
- Normalization steps: Start with 1nf, then 2nf, and lastly 3nf.
- Well-Structured Relation: Contains minimal data redundancy.
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This quiz covers essential concepts in Information Management, including the distinctions between data and information, the structure of databases, the role of metadata, and the functions of DBMS. Understanding these foundational elements is crucial for effectively managing and utilizing information in various contexts.
