Scribd
Upload
33 views5 pages

Oracle Database Foundations (novice-level exam) 考试大纲

This document outlines the topics covered in the Oracle Database Foundations novice-level exam, including database concepts, data modeling, mapping the physical model, and an introduction to SQL. The exam focuses on understanding database components, different database models, relational database concepts, data abstraction levels, gathering requirements, conceptual and logical data modeling, physical data modeling, normalization, mapping entities and keys, and using DDL, DML, and basic SELECT statements in SQL.

Uploaded by

Keripik Hadi Keramat
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
33 views5 pages

Oracle Database Foundations (novice-level exam) 考试大纲

This document outlines the topics covered in the Oracle Database Foundations novice-level exam, including database concepts, data modeling, mapping the physical model, and an introduction to SQL. The exam focuses on understanding database components, different database models, relational database concepts, data abstraction levels, gathering requirements, conceptual and logical data modeling, physical data modeling, normalization, mapping entities and keys, and using DDL, DML, and basic SELECT statements in SQL.

Uploaded by

Keripik Hadi Keramat
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 5

Oracle Database Foundations (novice-level exam)

考试大纲
What is a Database?

Database Concepts

• Describe the components of a database system


• Explain the purpose of a database

Types of Databases Models

• Describe types of database models (relational, object oriented, flat, network…)


• Compare the differences between the different types of databases

Relational Database Concepts

• Describe the characteristics of a relational database


• Explain the importance of relational databases in business
• List the major transformations in database technology

Defining Levels of Data Abstraction

• Define the terminology used for database storage


• Describe levels of data abstraction used in relational databases

Gathering Requirements for Database Design

• Gather requirements to implement a database solution


• Explain business rules

The Language of Database and Data Modeling

Defining a Table in a Database

• Describe the structure of a single table

Using Conceptual Data Modeling

• Describe a conceptual data model


• Explain the components of a conceptual/logical model

Defining Instance and Schema in Relational Databases

• Examine examples of an entity and a corresponding table


• Examine examples of an attribute and a corresponding column
• Explain instances and schemas in a relational database

Using Unique Identifiers, Primary and Foreign Keys


• Identify unique identifiers and a corresponding primary key
• Define composite and compound primary keys
• Define relationships and corresponding foreign keys
• Define barred relationships and the corresponding primary keys

Data Modeling – Creating the Physical Model

Creating Physical Data Models

• Create a physical data model


• Compare conceptual and physical data models

Documenting Business Requirements and Rules

• Explain the importance of clearly communicating and accurately capturing database information
requirements
• Identify structural business rules
• Identify procedural business rules
• Identify business rules that must be enforced by additional programming (eg SQL)

Defining Supertype and Subtype Entity Relationships

• Describe an example of an entity


• Define supertype and subtype entities
• Implement rules for supertype and subtype entities

Using Attributes

• Describe attributes for a given entity


• Identify and provide examples of instances
• Distinguish between mandatory and optional attributes
• Distinguish between volatile and nonvolatile attributes

Using Unique Identifiers (UIDs)

• Define the types of unique identifiers


• Select a unique identifier using business rules
• Define a candidate unique identifier
• Define an artificial unique identifier

Identifying Relationships

• Explain one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many relationships


• Identify the optionality necessary for a relationship
• Identify the cardinality necessary for a relationship
• Identify nontransferable relationships
• Name a relationship
• Create ERDish sentences to represent ERDs
• Create ERDs to represent ERDish sentences

Resolving Many to Many Relationships and Composite Unique Identifiers

• Resolve a many-to-many relationship using an intersection entity


• Identify the variations of unique identifiers after creation of an intersection entity
• Define a barred relationship
• Identify composite unique identifiers

Identifying Hierarchical, Recursive, and Arc Relationships

• Define a hierarchical relationship


• Define a recursive relationship
• Define an arc relationship
• Identify UIDs in a hierarchical, recursive and arc relationship model
• Construct a model using recursion and hierarchies
• Identify similarities and differences in an arc relationship and a supertype/subtype entity

Tracking Data Changes Over Time

• Explain necessity of tracking data changes over time


• Identify data that changes over time
• Identify the changes in unique identifiers after adding the element of time to an ERD

Validating Data Using Normalization

• Define the purpose of normalization


• Define the rules of First, Second, and Third Normal Forms
• Apply the rules of First, Second, and Third Normal Form

Mapping the Physical Model

Mapping Entities,Columns and Data Types

• Map entities to identify database tables to be created from an ERD


• Identify column data types from an ERD
• Identify common data types used to store values in a relational database

Mapping Primary, Composite Primary and Foreign Keys

• Identify primary keys from an ERD


• Identify which ERD attributes would make candidate primary keys
• Describe the purpose of a foreign key in an Oracle Database
• Identify foreign keys from an ERD
• Describe the relationship between primary keys, composite primary keys, and foreign keys in an
Oracle Database

Introduction to SQL

Using Structured Query Language (SQL)

• Explain the relationship between a database and SQL

Using Data Definition Language (DDL)

• Describe the purpose of DDL


• Use DDL to manage tables and their relationships

Using Data Manipulation Language (DML) and Transaction Control Language (TCL)

• Describe the purpose of DML


• Use DML to manage data in tables
• Use TCL to manage transactions

Defining and using Basic Select statements

• Identify the connection between an ERD and a Relational Database using SQL SELECT
statements
• Build a SELECT statement to retrieve data from an Oracle Database table
• Use the WHERE clause to the SELECT statement to filter query results

Displaying Sorted Data

• Use the ORDER BY clause to sort SQL query results

Defining Table Joins

• Describe the different types of joins and their features


• Use joins to retrieve data from multiple tables

You might also like