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What is the role of a database administrator in a database system?

  • Translating query processor instructions into low-level file-system commands
  • Ensuring data consistency with structural and business rules
  • Interpreting queries and creating a plan to modify the database
  • Enforcing procedures for user access and database system availability (correct)

    • What is the responsibility of the query processor in a database system?

  • Enforcing procedures for user access and database system availability
  • Securing the database system against unauthorized users
  • Ensuring data consistency with structural and business rules
  • Interpreting queries, creating a plan to modify the database, and returning query results (correct)

    • What is the purpose of the storage manager in a database system?

  • Using indexes to quickly locate data and translating query processor instructions into low-level file-system commands (correct)
  • Securing the database system against unauthorized users
  • Ensuring data consistency with structural and business rules
  • Enforcing procedures for user access and database system availability

    • What is the role of the transaction manager in a database system?

    <p>Ensuring transactions are properly executed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of a heap table?

    <p>Optimize insert operations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of table is particularly fast for bulk load of many rows?

    <p>Heap table</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of a table scan?

    <p>Read table blocks directly, without accessing an index</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the hit ratio measure in a query?

    <p>Percentage of table rows selected by a query</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of index contains an entry for every table row?

    <p>Dense index</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of a tablespace in a database?

    <p>Map one or more tables to a single file</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a storage engine or storage manager do in a database?

    <p>Translates instructions into low-level commands to access data on storage media</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of a CREATE INDEX statement in a database?

    <p>Create an index on specified columns of a table</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an ER diagram?

    <p>A visual representation of entities, relationships, and attributes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are entities in an ER diagram?

    <p>Things represented as rectangles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the first step in database design according to the text?

    <p>Analysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does cardinality refer to in database design?

    <p>The maximum and minimum number of instances of one entity related to another</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between entities when one is a subtype of another?

    <p>IsA relationship</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the next step after analysis in database design?

    <p>Logical design</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are primary keys in a database table used for?

    <p>To identify each record in a table</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is functional dependence in database terminology?

    <p>A relationship between columns where one column depends on another</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is normalization in the context of database design?

    <p>A process of eliminating redundancy in a database table</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which normal form is ideal for tables with frequent inserts, updates, and deletes?

    <p>Boyce-Codd normal form (BCNF)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of indexes in database tables?

    <p>To provide faster queries by allowing quick lookup of specific values</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between heap tables and tables with indexes?

    <p>Tables with indexes have no order imposed on rows, while heap tables are sorted based on a specific attribute</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which SQL operator is used to determine if a value falls between two other values?

    <p>BETWEEN</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of keys are used to identify rows in SQL?

    <p>Primary keys</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which SQL statement deletes all rows from a table?

    <p>TRUNCATE</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of auto-increment columns in SQL?

    <p>Assign unique values to new rows</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do foreign keys refer to in SQL?

    <p>Primary keys in another table</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of data representation includes entities, relationships, and attributes?

    <p>Entity-Relationship Model</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of relationship relates an entity to itself?

    <p>Reflexive relationship</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In SQL, what do materialized views store?

    <p>Table data</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of query is nested within another SQL query?

    <p>Subquery</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of the CHECK OPTION in a materialized view?

    <p>Rejects insert and updates that do not satisfy the view query WHERE clause.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In SQL, what are constraints used for?

    <p>To enforce rules on allowable values in a database</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement is true about the transaction manager?

    <p>It is responsible for preventing conflicts between concurrent transactions and restoring a database to a consistent state in case of failure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of database is MongoDB?

    <p>Open-source NoSQL database</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement is true about SQL databases?

    <p>They use the CREATE TABLE statement to create new tables, specify column names, and assign data types.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does physical design in database optimization involve?

    <p>Adding indexes and organizing tables on storage media without affecting query results.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the MySQL Command-Line Client used for?

    <p>Interacting with a MySQL database system through a text interface.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many sublanguages is SQL divided into?

    <p>Five</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a table consist of in a database?

    <p>Named columns, a variable set of rows, and a fixed sequence of columns.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are business rules in the context of a database?

    <p>Policies specific to a particular database.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do keywords have in SQL statements?

    <p>Special meaning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the ALTER TABLE statement do?

    <p>Modifies an existing table's columns</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are data types in SQL databases used for?

    <p>Defining the nature of data that can be stored in a column or variable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does logical design involve in the context of databases?

    <p>Conversion of entities, relationships, and attributes into tables and columns</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    • The transaction manager is responsible for preventing conflicts between concurrent transactions and restoring a database to a consistent state in case of failure.
    • MongoDB is an open-source NoSQL database, offering INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE, and DELETE operations.
    • SQL databases use the CREATE TABLE statement to create new tables, specify column names, and assign data types.
    • Data types include numeric, textual, and complex types, such as INT, DECIMAL, VARCHAR, and DATE.
    • Logical design converts entities, relationships, and attributes into tables, keys, and columns in a specific database system.
    • Physical design optimizes database performance by adding indexes and organizing tables on storage media, without affecting query results.
    • The MySQL Command-Line Client is a text interface used to interact with a MySQL database system.
    • SQL is divided into five sublanguages: Data Definition Language, Data Query Language, Data Manipulation Language, Data Control Language, and Data Transaction Language.
    • A table consists of named columns, a variable set of rows, and a fixed sequence of columns. Each row is an unnamed tuple of values, and each value belongs to its respective column's data type.
    • Business rules are policies specific to a particular database, and entities, relationships, and attributes are represented during analysis.
    • Keywords have special meaning in SQL statements, such as SELECT, FROM, WHERE, and IDENTIFIER.
    • The ALTER TABLE statement modifies an existing table's columns, and the DROP TABLE statement deletes a table and its rows.
    • Integer data types represent different sizes of integers, such as INT (4 bytes) and SMALLINT (2 bytes).

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    Test your knowledge of SQL data types with this quiz! Identify the appropriate storage, range, and usage of TINYINT, SMALLINT, MEDIUMINT, INTEGER/INT, and BIGINT.

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