MS Access Database Design Basics

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What field data type would you use to store a person's name in an MS Access database?

Short Text

Which data type in MS Access would you select to store a link to a document or file?

Hyperlink

What is the purpose of the AutoNumber field data type in Microsoft Access?

Generate unique values for each new record

Which data type should be chosen if precision up to 4 decimal places is required for storing monetary data?

Currency

If you need to store dates and times in an MS Access database, which data type should you use?

Date/Time

Which field data type would you select in MS Access to store large amounts of alphanumeric data such as sentences and paragraphs?

Long Text

What is the purpose of 'minOccurs' in XML schema?

To specify whether an element is mandatory or optional

How is the end tag for simple groupings typically represented in XML schema?

</xsd:simpleType>

What does 'maxOccurs' define in an XML schema?

The maximum allowable number of occurrences for an element in a grouping

Which attribute is used to define whether an element is mandatory or optional?

minOccurs

How is an attribute defined within an XML schema?

<xsd:attribute>

What indicates the end of a complex type definition in XML schema?

</xsd:complexType>

What is the range of values that can be stored in a Single data type?

-3.402823E38 to -1.401298E-45

Which data type would be appropriate for storing numbers with the highest magnitude range?

Double

Which Number format would display the value as a percentage?

Percent

What is the smallest value that can be stored in a Double data type?

-4.94065645841247E-324

Which Number format would display the value with at least one digit and follow regional settings for negative amounts and decimal places?

Fixed

What is the maximum value that can be stored in a Decimal data type?

-10^38 -1

What is the wildcard symbol that searches for a pattern including any number of characters?

In a truth table, what is the result when both A and B are true in an AND operation?

True

Which operator in a conditional statement checks if a value is greater than or equal to another value?

>=

What does the keyword 'IN' represent in a conditional statement?

Membership in a list

What does the WHERE clause 'Age > 26' signify?

Age is greater than 26

Which operator checks if a value is not equal to another value in a conditional statement?

<>

What is the main purpose of Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS) in a Business Intelligence System?

Integrating data from multiple sources and formatting results into reports

Which category of BI system would be most useful for a company looking to predict future outcomes based on patterns and relationships in data?

Data-mining systems

What is a key function of Knowledge-Management (KM) systems within a Business Intelligence System?

Creating value from intellectual capital and sharing human knowledge

Which BI system component encapsulates the knowledge of human experts in the form of If/Then rules?

Expert systems

In a Business Intelligence System, which system is responsible for improving decision making by providing the right information to the right user at the right time?

Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS)

Which type of system computes correlations of items on past orders to determine ones frequently purchased together in a Business Intelligence System?

Data-mining systems

Learn the process of converting an ERD into a relational database in MS Access. Understand how to transform entities into tables, define field metadata, enforce relationships, and work with different data types such as Short Text, Long Text, and Number.

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