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What is the role of a database administrator?
What is the role of a database administrator?
- Translating query processor instructions into low-level file-system commands
- Ensuring transactions are properly executed
- Interpreting queries and creating a plan to modify the database
- Enforcing procedures for user access and database system availability (correct)
What is the purpose of database authorization?
What is the purpose of database authorization?
- Interpreting queries and creating a plan to modify the database
- Ensuring transactions are properly executed
- Authorizing individual users to access specific data (correct)
- Enforcing procedures for user access and database system availability
What does the query processor do?
What does the query processor do?
- Translating query processor instructions into low-level file-system commands
- Ensuring transactions are properly executed
- Securing the database system against unauthorized users
- Interpreting queries and creating a plan to modify the database (correct)
Why does the storage manager use indexes?
Why does the storage manager use indexes?
Which type of table is particularly fast for bulk load of many rows?
Which type of table is particularly fast for bulk load of many rows?
What is the percentage of table rows selected by a query called?
What is the percentage of table rows selected by a query called?
Which index type contains an entry for every table block?
Which index type contains an entry for every table block?
What database operation reads index blocks sequentially?
What database operation reads index blocks sequentially?
What database object maps one or more tables to a single file?
What database object maps one or more tables to a single file?
Which function translates instructions generated by a query processor into low-level commands that access data on storage media?
Which function translates instructions generated by a query processor into low-level commands that access data on storage media?
What specifies indexes, table structures, and partitions?
What specifies indexes, table structures, and partitions?
In which type of index are index entries assigned to buckets?
In which type of index are index entries assigned to buckets?
What is the purpose of a primary key in SQL?
What is the purpose of a primary key in SQL?
Which SQL constraint ensures referential integrity?
Which SQL constraint ensures referential integrity?
What does the TRUNCATE statement do in SQL?
What does the TRUNCATE statement do in SQL?
What is the purpose of the WHERE clause in SQL?
What is the purpose of the WHERE clause in SQL?
Which SQL operator is used for exponentiation?
Which SQL operator is used for exponentiation?
What are TINYINT, SMALLINT, INTEGER, MEDIUMINT, and BIGINT in SQL?
What are TINYINT, SMALLINT, INTEGER, MEDIUMINT, and BIGINT in SQL?
What does the UPDATE statement do in SQL?
What does the UPDATE statement do in SQL?
In SQL, what does the entity-relationship model represent?
In SQL, what does the entity-relationship model represent?
Which SQL keyword is used to modify table data and structure?
Which SQL keyword is used to modify table data and structure?
What do self-joins, cross-joins, materialized views, and subqueries represent in SQL?
What do self-joins, cross-joins, materialized views, and subqueries represent in SQL?
What type of relationship relates an entity to itself in SQL?
What type of relationship relates an entity to itself in SQL?
Which SQL statement is used to delete specific rows based on a condition?
Which SQL statement is used to delete specific rows based on a condition?
What is the responsibility of the transaction manager?
What is the responsibility of the transaction manager?
What operations does MongoDB support?
What operations does MongoDB support?
What does the SQL's CREATE TABLE statement do?
What does the SQL's CREATE TABLE statement do?
What is the purpose of the logical design phase?
What is the purpose of the logical design phase?
What is the principle of data independence?
What is the principle of data independence?
Which API is used to execute SQL statements?
Which API is used to execute SQL statements?
What is a tuple in the context of databases?
What is a tuple in the context of databases?
What are business rules based on?
What are business rules based on?
What are the sublanguages of SQL?
What are the sublanguages of SQL?
What does the CREATE TABLE statement do in SQL?
What does the CREATE TABLE statement do in SQL?
What are the integer data types in SQL?
What are the integer data types in SQL?
What does the physical design phase involve?
What does the physical design phase involve?
What is the primary purpose of an entity-relationship diagram (ER diagram)?
What is the primary purpose of an entity-relationship diagram (ER diagram)?
In an ER diagram, how are entities typically represented?
In an ER diagram, how are entities typically represented?
What is the purpose of cardinality in an ER diagram?
What is the purpose of cardinality in an ER diagram?
What are primary keys in the context of database tables?
What are primary keys in the context of database tables?
What does normalization aim to achieve in database design?
What does normalization aim to achieve in database design?
What notation is commonly used in ER diagrams to depict cardinality?
What notation is commonly used in ER diagrams to depict cardinality?
What is the role of analysis in creating an ER diagram?
What is the role of analysis in creating an ER diagram?
What type of entities are subtype entities in an ER diagram?
What type of entities are subtype entities in an ER diagram?
What best describes the purpose of attribute representation in an ER diagram?
What best describes the purpose of attribute representation in an ER diagram?
What is the significance of data normalization in database design?
What is the significance of data normalization in database design?
How are trivial dependencies related to normalization in database tables?
How are trivial dependencies related to normalization in database tables?
Study Notes
- An entity-relationship diagram (ER diagram) is a visual representation of entities, relationships, and attributes
- Entities are represented as rectangles, with types being sets of things (e.g., all employees in a company) and instances being individual things (e.g., the employee Sam Snead)
- Types of entities include entity types (sets of things) and relationship types (sets of related things)
- Attributes are represented as sets of values and are usually transformed into tables, columns, and keys, respectively
- Analysis is the first step in creating an ER diagram, during which entities, relationships, and attributes are discovered
- Cardinality refers to the maximum and minimum number of instances of one entity that can relate to a single instance of another entity
- Subtype entities are a subset of a supertype entity and are documented within the supertype entity in an ER diagram
- Primary keys are unique identifiers for a table that should be stable, simple, and meaningless
- Data modeling progresses through steps of analysis, logical design, and physical design
- Functional dependence is the relationship between one column and another, and normalization is the process of eliminating redundancy in a table
- ER diagrams use crow's foot notation to depict cardinality
- An intangible entity is documented but not tracked with data in the database
- Tables can be in various normal forms (e.g., third normal form, Boyce-Codd normal form) to minimize redundancy
- Trivial dependencies occur when one column is a subset of another, and normalization eliminates this redundancy
- Databases can have different table structures, such as heap tables with no imposed order on rows.
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Test your knowledge of SQL data types with this quiz. Learn about TINYINT, SMALLINT, MEDIUMINT, INTEGER, INT, and BIGINT data types and their storage and range.
