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Oracle Mid Exam Sem 1

This document contains a multiple choice quiz on database modeling concepts. It covers topics like entities, attributes, relationships, cardinality, normalization, and modeling time in a database. There are 50 questions in total, testing understanding of key data modeling principles and best practices.

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Oracle Mid Exam Sem 1

This document contains a multiple choice quiz on database modeling concepts. It covers topics like entities, attributes, relationships, cardinality, normalization, and modeling time in a database. There are 50 questions in total, testing understanding of key data modeling principles and best practices.

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Oracle Academy - Mid Term Semester 1 Raspunsurile CORECTE sunt cele care au (*)

Sectiunea 1 1. Users with detailed business knowledge can provide input to the D
atabase DevelopmentProcess? True or False?- True (*) 2. Consider your school lib
rary. It will have a database with transaction details of which studentborrows w
hich books. Is a record of one student borrowing one book Data or Information?Data (*) 3. Oracle Database Software provides which of the following functionali
ty? (Choose two)- Graphical User Interface (*)Server (*). The main subject areas
taught by the Oracle Academy are:.- Data Modeling, SQL and PL/SQL (*)Sectiunea
2 5. Attributes have Instances. True or False?- - False (*) 6. Data modelling is
performed for the following reasons: (Choose Two)- The ERD's becomes a blueprin
t for designing the actual system. (*)- It helps discussions and reviews. (*)7.
All of the following would be instances of the entity ANIMAL SPECIES except whic
h?Leaf (*) 8. Volatile entities have special requirements and need special atten
tion when you are doing datamodelling. True or False? - True (*)9. The entity/re
lationship model is created before the physical database design model? True orFa
lse?- True (*)10. An entity can have many Unique Identifiers. True or False?- Tr
ue (*)11. All of the following are examples of ENTITY: Instance except two. Sele
ct the answers that areENTITY: Instance. (Choose Two)- TRANSPORTATION METHOD: Ca
r (*)- ANIMAL: Dog (*) Sectiunea 3 12. When reading an ERD including Relationshi
ps you are said to be speaking:- ERDish (*)13. Relationships represents somethin
g of significance to the business. True or False?True (*)14. Relationship Degree
/Cardinality is important. True or False?- True (*)15. Matrix Diagrams are used
to verify an ERD. True or False?- True (*)16. Which symbol is used to show that
a particular attribute is mandatory?- * (*)- o- #- & Sectiunea 4 17. Why is it i
mportant to identify and document structural rules?- Ensures we know what data t
o store and how that data works together. (*)- Ensures nothing. There are no ben
efits to be gained from documenting your Structural BusinessRules. We need to co
ncentrate on the Procedural Business Rules only.- Ensures we know what Informati
on to store and how that Information works together.- All of the Above
18. "Only teachers may supervise exams" is an example of which of the following?
- A procedural business rule (*)

19. Business rules are important to data modelers. True or False?- (*)-False 20.
A business rule such as "We only ship goods after customers have completely pai
d anyoutstanding balances on their account" is best enforced by: Hiring a progra
mmer to create additional programming code to verify no goods are shipped untilt
he account has been settled in full. (*) 21. All instances of the supertype must
be an instance of one of the subtypes. True or False?- True (*)22. All instance
s of a subtype may be an instance of the supertype but does not have to. True or
False?- False (*) 23. When creating entities you must follow these rules: (Choos
e Two)Name them in Singular (*)Include Attributes (*) 24. The "Other" subtype is
mandatory. True or False?- - False (*) 25. Which of the following is true about
subtypes?- One instance may belong to two subtypes of the same supertype.- Subt
ypes must be mutually exclusive. (*)Sectiunea 5 26. Intersection Entities often
have the relationships participating in the UID, so the relationshipsare often b
arred. True or False?- True (*)27. If two entities have two relationships betwee
n them, these relationships can be either? Redundant or Required (*) 28. Relatio
nships can be Redundant. True or False?- True (*)29. How do you include a relati
onship as part of the UID for an entity?- By barring the relationship in questio
n (*)30. Many to many relationships must be left in the Model. It is important t
o have themdocumented as M-M. True or False?- False (*) 31. If a relationship ca
n NOT be moved between instances of the entities it connects, it is said tobe:- Non-Transferrable (*) 32. As a database designer you do not need to worry abou
t where in the datamodel you store aparticular attribute, as long as you get it
onto the ERD your job is done. True or False?- False (*) 33. Any Non-UID must be
dependant on the entire UID. True or False?- True (*)34. Normalizing an Entity
to 1st Normal Form is done by removing repeated or redundantattributes. True or
False?- True (*)35. The is no limit to how may UID's an entity can have. True or
False?- True (*)- False 36. A relationship can be both Recursive and Hierachal
at the same time. True or False?- False (*)

37. No parts of an UID are mandatory. True or False?- False (*) 38. Primary UIDs
are:- Something that each Entity should have, but is not mandatoryUseful as an
alternative means of identifying instances of an entity, independent of theirdat
atype- Mandatory in data modeling (*) 39. Consider the entity ADDRESS with the a
ttributes:ADDRESS:# House Number* Street* Town* City* Year of Buildo City Popula
tionThis entity is NOT in 3rd Normal Form ("no non-UID attribute can be dependen
t on another non-UID attribute). True or False?True (*) 40. Arcs are used to vis
ually represent _________ between two or more relationships in an ERD. Exclusivi
ty (*) 41. Which of the following is NOT a relationship type?- Some to None (*)
42. Modeling historical data can produce a unique identifier that always exclude
s dates. True orFalse? False (*) 43. Consultants often use their experience in e
nsuring projects stay on track and delivers withinthe timescales set out for the
project. True or False?- True (*) 44. Your apperance at a presentation is impor
tant. You need to look smart and presentable. Trueor False?- True (*) 45. There
is only one way to model time in a Data Model. True or False?-False (*) 46. Whic
h of the following would be a logical constraint when modeling time for a City e
ntity?- People are born in the city and people die in the city.- Cites may chang
e their name and/or which country they are placed in, if the borders of a countr
ychange.(*) Cites may change their name and/or which country they are placed in,
if the borders of a countrychange. (*) 47. Modeling historical data is Optional
. True or False?- True (*) 48. When you add the concept of time to your data mod
el, your model becomes more complex.True or False?- True (*) 49. You are doing a
data model for a computer sales company, where the price of postage isdependent
on what day of the week goods are shipped. So shipping is more expensive if the
customer wants a delivery to take place on a Saturday or Sunday. What would be t
he best way tomodel this?Use a Delivery Day entity, which holds prices against w
eek days, and ensure the we also havean attribute for the Requested Delivery Day
in the Order Entity. (*)

50. Which of the following is a logical constraint that could result from consid
ering how timeimpacts an example of data storage?- An ASSIGNMENT may only refer
to an EMPLOYEE with a valid employee record at the StartDate of the ASSIGNMENT.(
*)

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