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Bobby and Kim are discussing databases and whether a file-based approach or relational database is better. Bobby incorrectly claims a file-based approach is usually better. Relational databases allow for relationships between multiple tables through normalization. Bobby has a shop database that will store customer, payment, order and product data. It needs to represent one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many relationships between these entities. A data dictionary stores metadata like field names, data types, descriptions and relationships within a database.

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S/21/11/7
Bobby and Kim are discussing databases.
(a) Bobby tells Kim that a file-based approach is usually better than a relational database.

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(ii) Tick (3) one box to identify the relationship that cannot be directly implemented in a
normalised relational database.

Relationship Tick (3)

one-to-one

one-to-many

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(iii) Bobby wants to name his database SHOPORDERS.

Write a Data Definition Language (DDL) statement to define a new database with the
name SHOPORDERS.

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(c) A database has a data dictionary.

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S/21/12/1
Raj owns houses that other people rent from him. He has a database that stores details about
the people who rent houses, and the houses they rent. The database, HOUSE_RENTALS, has the
following structure:
CUSTOMER(CustomerID, FirstName, LastName, DateOfBirth, Email)
HOUSE(HouseID, HouseNumber, Road, Town, Bedrooms, Bathrooms)
RENTAL(RentalID, CustomerID, HouseID, MonthlyCost, DepositPaid)

(a) Give the definition of the following database terms, using an example from the database
HOUSE_RENTALS for each definition.

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Term Definition and example

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(b) Tick (3) one box to identify whether the database HOUSE_RENTALS is in Third Normal Form
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Not in 3NF

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RentalID CustomerID HouseID MonthlyCost DepositPaid

1 22 15B5L 1000.00 Yes
2 13 3F 687.00 No
3 1 12AB 550.00 Yes
4 3 37 444.50 Yes

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RENTAL.

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CustomerID INTEGER NOT NULL,
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W/20/11/2
A veterinary surgery cares for sick animals. The surgery has a file-based database that stores
data about the pets, their owners, and appointments made with the surgery.

The surgery wants to upgrade to a relational database.

(a) Explain the reasons why the surgery should upgrade their database.

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(b) The design for the surgery database, SURGERY, is:

PET(PetID, OwnerFirstName, OwnerLastName, PetName, PetBreed,

PetDateOfBirth, TelephoneNumber)
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APPOINTMENT(AppointmentID, Date, Time, StaffID, PetID)

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(ii) The database needs to be normalised to 3NF. A pet may have more than one owner and
an owner may have more than one pet.

The appointment table does not need to change and has been repeated below.

Give the name and attributes of three additional tables in 3NF. Identify the primary
key(s) in each table.

APPOINTMENT(AppointmentID, Date, Time, StaffID, PetID)

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AppointmentID Date Time StaffID PetID

222010 02/02/2021 12:40 JK1 20CF

222011 02/02/2021 12:40 PP2 10DT

222012 02/02/2021 12:50 JK1 9RR
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222013 02/02/2021 13:00 JK1 7MR

(i) Identify the industry standard language that provides both DML and Data Definition
Language (DDL) statements.

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(ii) Write a DDL statement to update the table APPOINTMENT and define AppointmentID
as the primary key.

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(iii) Complete the DML script to display the times and Pet IDs of all appointments on
02/02/2021 with staff ID of ‘JK1’, in descending order of time.

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(d) New pet owners complete a paper-based form to register their pets at the surgery.
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W/20/12/5
A teacher uses a relational database, RESULTS, to store data about her students and their test
results.

(a) Describe the benefits to the teacher of using a relational database instead of a file-based
approach.

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(b) The teacher sets up the RESULTS database using a Database Management System (DBMS).
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(ii) The DBMS creates a data dictionary for the RESULTS database.
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(c) The RESULTS database has the following structure:

STUDENT(StudentID, FirstName, LastName, Class, TargetGrade)

TEST(TestID, Topic, MaxMarks)

STUDENT_TEST(StudentID, TestID, Mark)

(i) Complete the following table by giving one example of each database term from the
database RESULTS. Give both the field name and the corresponding table name.

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(ii) Tick (✓) one box to identify whether the database RESULTS is in 1NF, 2NF or 3NF.
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(iii) Complete the Data Manipulation Language (DML) script to display the Student ID, mark
and maximum marks for all tests with the topic of ‘Programming’.

SELECT StudentID, Mark, ........................................................

FROM STUDENT_TEST, ........................................................

........................................................ Topic = "Programming"

AND ........................................................ = ........................................................;

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(iv) The teacher wants to implement validation to make sure that all data entered into the
database RESULTS are reasonable.

Name three different methods of data validation that can be used in the RESULTS
database. Describe how each method will limit the data that can be entered in this
database.

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(d) The teacher stores the database on the desktop computer in her classroom.
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(ii) Explain the ways in which the teacher can use data backup and disk mirroring to limit the
amount of data lost in the event of hardware failure.
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S/20/11/7
A driving school teaches people how to drive cars. The school has a relational database,
DRIVING_SCHOOL, to store information about instructors, students, lessons and the cars used by
instructors.

INSTRUCTOR(InstructorID, FirstName, LastName, DateOfBirth, Level)

CAR(Registration, Make, Model, EngineSize)

INSTRUCTOR_CAR(InstructorID, Registration)

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STUDENT(StudentID, FirstName, LastName, DateOfBirth, Address1)

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LESSON(LessonID, StudentID, InstructorID, LessonDate, LessonTime)

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InstructorID FirstName LastName DateOfBirth Level

Ins01 Jayden Han 05/06/1974 1
Ins02 Freda Choi 06/02/1978 2
Ins03 Kelly Kim 01/12/1966 1
Ins04 Santana Thompson 09/09/1985 3

Complete the Data Definition Language (DDL) statement to create the table INSTRUCTOR.

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DateOfBirth DATE,
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(d) The table STUDENT needs an additional field to store the student’s telephone number, for
example 012-3456.
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(e) Write a Data Manipulation Language (DML) statement to return the date and time of all future
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lessons booked with the instructor whose InstructorID is Ins01.

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S/20/12/6
A software development company has a relational database, SOFTWARE_MANAGEMENT. The
database stores details of the customers who have purchased software, as well as the software
and licences that customers have purchased.

The SOFTWARE_MANAGEMENT database has the following tables:

CUSTOMER_DETAILS(CustomerID, CompanyName, Address1, Address2, City)

SOFTWARE_PURCHASED(SoftwareName, SoftwareDescription, CustomerID,

LicenceType, LicenceCost, RenewalDate)

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(c) The company also develops computer games. They extend the relational database
SOFTWARE_MANAGEMENT by adding a new table. The new table, GAME_DEVELOPMENT,
stores details about the games and the software development teams creating them.

The table shows example data in GAME_DEVELOPMENT.

GameName Genre TeamNumber DevelopmentStage ManagerID

Bunny Hop Platform 4 Analysis 23KP

Fried Eggs Retro 2 Programming stage 1 9RTU

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Create‑a‑game Action 1 Acceptance testing 11TF

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(ii) Another table, PRODUCT_MANAGER, is created.

PRODUCT_MANAGER(ManagerID, FirstName, LastName)

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genre and team number of all games managed by the product manager with the first
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name ‘James’ and the last name ‘Fitz’.

………………………………………………………… GameName, Genre, TeamNumber

FROM GAME_DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCT_MANAGER

WHERE PRODUCT_MANAGER.FirstName = "James"

AND PRODUCT_MANAGER.LastName = "Fitz"

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S/20/13/6
Sheila creates a relational database for her hotel using a Database Management System (DBMS).

(a) Draw one line from each database term to its most appropriate description.

Database Term Description

A field in one table that links to a primary key in another table

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Primary key

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A data item, represented as a field within a table

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The concept or object in the system that we want to model

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ROOM(RoomNumber, RoomType)

BOOKING(BookingID, RoomNumber, CustomerID, StartDate)

CUSTOMER(CustomerID, FirstName, LastName, Address, Tel_Num)

(i) The following table shows some sample data for the table ROOM.

RoomNumber RoomType

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4 Standard

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number 5 to the table ROOM.
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(iii) The table BOOKING needs an additional field to store the number of nights (for example,
3) a customer is staying.
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Write a Data Definition Language (DDL) statement to add the new field to the table
BOOKING.

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W/19/11/4
(d) A bank uses a relational database, ACCOUNTS, to store the information about customers
and their accounts.
The database stores the customer’s first name, last name and date of birth.
The bank has several different types of account. Each account type has a unique ID number,
name (for example, regular or saving) and bonus (for example, $5.00, $10.00 or $15.00).
A customer can have more than one account.

Each customer’s account has its own ID number and stores the amount of money the
customer has in that account.

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Table name ........................................................................................................................

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(iv) The following table has definitions of database terms.

Write the correct database term in the table for each definition.

Definition Term

All the data about one entity

The data in one row of a table

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W/19/12/4
Anushka needs to store information about bookings at a sports club.

(a) Anushka has a file-based storage system. She wants a relational database.

(i) Describe the features of a relational database that address the limitations of Anushka’s
file-based system.

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describe the three stages of database normalisation.

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For a database to be in Third Normal Form (3NF), it must be in 2NF, and all attributes
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(b) The normalised relational database, SPORTS_CLUB, has the following table design.

MEMBER(MemberID, FirstName, LastName, MembershipType)

SESSION(SessionID, Description, SessionDate, SessionTime, NumberMembers)

TRAINER(TrainerID, TrainerFirstName, TrainerLastName)

MEMBER_SESSION(MemberID, SessionID)

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(i) Anushka has designed an entity-relationship (E-R) diagram for SPORTS_CLUB.

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MEMBER SESSION

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database.
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(iii) The table shows some sample data for the table SESSION.

SessionID Description SessionDate SessionTime NumberMembers

21PL Pilates junior 04/04/2020 18:00 15
13AE Aerobics senior 04/04/2020 19:00 20
Weightlifting
33WG 04/04/2020 10:00 10
advanced

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(iv) Write a Data Manipulation Language (DML) script to return the first name and last name
of all members who have Peak membership type.
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W/19/13/3
A hotel needs to record information about customers and their bookings.

(a) The hotel has two types of room: double and family. Each room has a unique room number.

The hotel stores information about the customers including their name, address and contact
details.

When a customer books a room, they give the start date and the number of nights they want
to stay. If a customer wants more than one room, each room must have a separate booking.
Each booking has an ID number.

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(i) Complete the database design for the hotel by writing the attributes for each table.
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BOOKING( .........................................................................................................................
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(ii) Identify the primary key for each table that you designed in part (a)(i).

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(iii) Identify one foreign key in the tables that you designed in part (a)(i).

Table name ........................................................................................................................

Foreign key .......................................................................................................................

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(b) The hotel wants to use a Database Management System (DBMS) to set up and manage the
database.

Describe, using examples, how the hotel can use the following DBMS tools:

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(c) The following table has four SQL scripts.

Tick (✓) one box in each row to identify whether the script is an example of a Data Definition
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Language (DDL) statement or a Data Manipulation Language (DML) statement.

Script DDL DML

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CREATE TABLE FILMS

SELECT FilmID FROM FILMS

ALTER TABLE FILMS ADD PRIMARY KEY (FilmID)

CREATE DATABASE MYDATA

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S 19/11/2b (i) (ii), (c)

(b) The software company stores information about customers and the software licences they
have purchased. The company considers a file-based approach for the storage and retrieval
of data.

(i) Give three limitations of a file-based approach to store the data.

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(ii) The software company decides to use a database to overcome the limitations of a
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file-based system. Some of these limitations are addressed through the logical schema.
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Name and describe two levels of the schema of a database.

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(c) The database has the following tables:

CUSTOMER(CustomerID, CompanyName)

SOFTWARE(SoftwareID, SoftwareName, OperatingSystem, Description)

LICENCE(LicenceID, CustomerID, SoftwareID, DateOfPurchase,

LicenceType, Cost, ExpiryDate)

(i) Identify the type of relationship that exists between the tables CUSTOMER and LICENCE.

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(iii) The company needs a list of all software licences that have an expiry date on or before
31/12/2019.
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Write an SQL query to return the fields CustomerID, SoftwareID, LicenceType,

Cost and ExpiryDate for all licences that expire on, or before 31/12/2019. Group the
output by CustomerID, and in ascending order of cost.
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S 19/12/5
Moheem is creating a relational database to store data about his customers.
(a) Moheem has been told a relational database addresses some of the limitations of a file-based
approach by reducing data redundancy.
(i) State what is meant by the term data redundancy.

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(ii) Explain how a relational database can help to reduce data redundancy.

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(b) Moheem uses a Database Management System (DBMS) to ensure the security and integrity
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of the data.
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(i) Explain the difference between security and integrity.

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(ii) Name and describe two security features provided by a DBMS.

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Feature 2 ...........................................................................................................................

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(iii) The DBMS provides software tools for the database developer.

Fill in the names of the missing software tools in the following statements.

A ..................................................................... allows a developer to extract data from a

database.

A ..................................................................... enables a developer to create user-friendly

forms and reports.
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S 19/13/3
A company uses a relational database, EMPLOYEES, to store data about its employees and
departments.

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(i) The DBMS has a data dictionary.

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(ii) The DBMS has a query processor.

Describe the purpose of a query processor.

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(b) Relationships are created between tables using primary and foreign keys.

Describe the role of a primary and a foreign key in database relationships.

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(c) In the company:

• An employee can be a manager.

• A department can have several managers and several employees.
• An employee can only belong to one department.

The EMPLOYEES database has three tables:

EMPLOYEE_DATA(EmployeeID, FirstName, LastName, DateOfBirth, Gender,

DepartmentNumber)
DEPARTMENT(DepartmentNumber, DepartmentName)

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DEPARTMENT_MANAGER(DepartmentNumber, EmployeeID, role)

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Complete the entity-relationship (E-R) diagram for the EMPLOYEES database.

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EMPLOYEE_DATA

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DEPARTMENT_MANAGER DEPARTMENT
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(d) Give three reasons why the EMPLOYEES database is fully normalised.
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(e) Part of the EMPLOYEE_DATA table is shown.

EmployeeID FirstName LastName DateOfBirth Gender DepartmentNumber

156FJEK Harvey Kim 12/05/1984 Male S1
558RRKL Catriona Moore 03/03/1978 Female F2
388LMDV Oscar Ciao 01/01/1987 Male F2

(i) Write a Data Definition Language (DDL) statement to create the EMPLOYEES database.

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(ii) Write a DDL statement to define the table EMPLOYEE_DATA, and declare EmployeeID

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as the primary key.

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(iii) Write a Data Manipulation Language (DML) statement to return the first name and last
name of all female employees in the department named Finance.

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W 18/11/7
A movie theatre has a relational database that stores the movie schedule, and information about
the movies. The theatre has several screens that play movies at the same time.

The database has three tables to store information about the movies, the screens and the movie
schedule.

MOVIE(MovieID, Title, Length, Rating)

SCREEN(ScreenNumber, NumberSeats)

MOVIESCHEDULE(ScheduleID, MovieID, ScreenNumber, Time)

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(a) Complete the entity-relationship (E-R) diagram to show the relationships between these
tables.

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MOVIE SCREEN
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MOVIESCHEDULE
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(b) Explain how primary and foreign keys are used to link the tables in the movie theatre
database.
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Write an SQL script to add the attribute ProductionCompany to the MOVIE table.

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(d) Write an SQL script to display the title and rating of all movies scheduled to play on screen

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number 3.

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S 18/12/7
A social media website has a relational database, WEBDATA, that stores the site’s information.

The database has three tables to store users’ details, and details of the images and text that they
post.

USER(UserName, FirstName, SecondName, DateOfBirth)

PHOTO(PhotoID, UserName, Comment, UploadDate)
TEXTPOST(PostID, UserName, DateOfPost, TheText)

(a) (i) Explain how the relationship between the tables USER and PHOTO has been implemented.

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Draw the entity-relationship (E-R) diagram to show the relationships between the three
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(b) A database administrator decides to enforce referential integrity.

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Use an example from the database WEBDATA to explain what is meant by referential
integrity.

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Define the three stages of database normalisation.

1NF ............................................................................................................................................

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2NF ............................................................................................................................................

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(d) The following shows sample data from the USER table.

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UserName FirstName SecondName DateOfBirth

gem123 John
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purpleSky Muhammed Ali 23/02/1956

OpenWindow Sunny Amir 03/03/1997

bluebird127 Raziya Bello 04/03/1982

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(i) Write an SQL script to create the USER table.

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(ii) The database administrator needs to alter the USER table. A new field, Country, needs
to be added.

Write an SQL script to add the field Country to the USER table.

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S 18/13/2

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A company writes applications (apps) for smartphones. The company has a relational
database, PURPLEGAME, which stores the information for one of its online game apps.

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The database has three tables to store player’s details, dates when they have logged into the app

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and in-app purchase details.

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PURCHASE(PurchaseID, PlayerID, PurchaseDate, Cost)

PLAYER(PlayerID, PlayerName, SkillLevel)

(a) Draw the entity-relationship (E-R) diagram to show the relationships between the three tables.
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(b) The database manager is concerned about data integrity.

State what is meant by data integrity. Give an example of how the manager can ensure data
integrity in the PURPLEGAME database.

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Tick (3) one box to indicate whether this statement is true or false.

True False

Justify your choice.

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(d) (i) The following table shows some sample data for the PLAYER table.
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PlayerID PlayerName SkillLevel

fly918 Kylie 3
elephant11 Mehrdad 9
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candy22 Suzi 15
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greenGrass Jason 22
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Write an SQL script to create the PLAYER table.

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(ii) The table, PLAYER, needs to be altered. A new field, DateOfBirth, needs to be added.

Write an SQL script to add the DateOfBirth field to the PLAYER table.

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W 17/11/3
A Local Area Network is used by staff in a hospital to access data stored in a Database Management

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System (DBMS).

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(a) Name two security measures to protect computer systems.

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(b) A frequent task for staff is to key in new patient data from a paper document. The document
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includes the patient’s personal ID number.

(i) The Patient ID is a seven digit number. The database designer decides to use a check
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digit to verify each foreign key value that a user keys in for a Patient ID.
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When a user assigns a primary key value to a Patient ID, the DBMS adds a modulus-11
check digit as an eighth digit. The DBMS uses the weightings 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 for
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calculating the check digit. It uses 6 as the multiplier for the most significant (leftmost)
digit.
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Show the calculation of the check digit for the Patient ID with the first six digits 786531.
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(ii) Name and describe two validation checks that the DBMS could carry out on each
primary key value that a user keys in for a Patient ID.

1 Validation check .........................................................................................................

Description .................................................................................................................

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2 Validation check .........................................................................................................

Description .................................................................................................................

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A clinic is staffed by several doctors. The clinic serves thousands of patients. Each day and at any

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one time, there is only one doctor in the clinic available for appointments.

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The clinic stores patient, doctor and appointment data in a relational database.

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Underline the primary key for each table in the following suggested table designs.
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PATIENT(PatientID, PatientName, Address, Gender)
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DOCTOR(DoctorID, Gender, Qualification)

APPOINTMENT(AppointmentDate, AppointmentTime, DoctorID, PatientID)

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(ii) Complete the following entity-relationship (E-R) diagram for this design.
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(b) The doctors are concerned that many patients make appointments but do not attend them.

Describe the changes to the table designs that could be made to store this information.

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The original location is identified as SITE-A.

A new table is designed to store the ID of the doctor who is able to work at each site.

DOCTOR-AVAILABILITY(DoctorID, Site)

Five entries stored in the table are:

DoctorID Site

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074 SITE-A
117 SITE-B

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(i) State what this data shows about the availability of the doctor with the ID of 098.
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(ii) Opening a new clinic in the neighbouring village will not require any additional table for
storing appointments. It will need a change to the existing appointment table design.
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Show the revised APPOINTMENT table.

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(d) The doctor with the ID of 117 has recently been allocated a new DoctorID of 017.
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(i) Write an SQL script to update this doctor’s record in the database.
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SET .....................................................................................................................................
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WHERE ...............................................................................................................................
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(ii) Describe why this update could cause problems with the existing data stored.

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(e) Write an SQL script to display the date and time of all appointments made by the patient with
the PatientID of 556.

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W 17/12/7
A company takes customer service for its clients very seriously.

The client

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• The client names are unique.
A visit

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• The company arranges a date for a visit to gather feedback from a client.

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• A visit to a client never takes more than one day.

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• Over time, the client receives many visits.
Staff (Interviewers)
• One or more staff attend the visit.
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• If there is more than one staff member visiting, each performs a separate interview.
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Interviews
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Each interview is classified as either ‘general’ or by some specialism, for example, marketing,
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A report is produced for each interview, InterviewText.

• Each interview is conducted by a single staff member.
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The client, visit, staff and interview data will be stored in a relational database.
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(a) (i) Underline the primary key for each table in the following suggested table designs.
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STAFF(StaffID, StaffName, Department)

CLIENT(ClientName, Address, Town)

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VISIT(ClientName, VisitDate)
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INTERVIEW(ClientName, VisitDate, StaffID, SpecialistFocus, InterviewText)

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(ii) For each of the pairs of entities, A, B and C, draw the relationship between the two
entities.

A CLIENT VISIT

B VISIT INTERVIEW

C INTERVIEW STAFF
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(b) The company decides to produce a visit report, VisitReportText, for each visit made.

This text will be produced from the one or more interview texts obtained at the visit.

State how one or more of the given table designs can be changed to add this attribute.

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(i) Write an SQL script to update this client’s record in the database.

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(ii) Describe why this update could cause problems with the existing data stored.
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(d) Write an SQL script to display the Staff ID of each member of staff who performed an interview
when they visited New Age Toys on 13/10/2016.
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(e) At present, all interviews are performed in the UK. Many clients now operate in other countries
in Europe. The company wants to perform interviews with the client’s staff in other countries.
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Not all interview staff are willing to travel outside of the UK.
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State how one or more of the table designs should be revised to store this information.
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S 17/11/1
A hospital is divided into two areas, Area A and Area B. Each area has several wards. All the ward
names are different.

A number of nurses are based in Area A. These nurses always work on the same ward. Each
nurse has a unique Nurse ID of STRING data type.

A-NURSE A-WARD

(a) Describe the relationship shown above.

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(b) A relational database is created to store the ward and nurse data. The two table designs for

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Area A are:

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A-WARD(WardName, NumberOfBeds)
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A-NURSE(NurseID, FirstName, FamilyName, ...........................................................)
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(i) Complete the design for the A-NURSE table. [1]

(ii) Explain how the relationship in part (a) is implemented.

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Each Area B ward has a specialism.

Each Area B nurse has a specialism.

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A nurse can be asked to work in any of the Area B wards where their specialism matches with
the ward specialism.

The relationship for Area B of the hospital is:

B-NURSE B-WARD

(i) Explain what the degree of relationship is between the entities B-NURSE and B-WARD.

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(ii) The design for the Area B data is as follows:

B-NURSE(NurseID, FirstName, FamilyName, Specialism)

B-WARD(WardName, NumberOfBeds, Specialism)

B-WARD-NURSE( ............................................................................................................ )

Complete the attributes for the third table. Underline its primary key. [2]

(iii) Draw the relationships on the entity-relationship (E-R) diagram.

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B-NURSE B-WARD

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B-WARD-NURSE
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(d) Use the table designs in part (c)(ii).

(i) Write an SQL query to display the Nurse ID and family name for all Area B nurses with a
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specialism of ‘THEATRE’.
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(ii) Fatima Woo is an Area B nurse with the nurse ID of 076. She has recently married, and
her new family name is Chi.
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Write an SQL command to update her record.

UPDATE .............................................................................................................................
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SET ....................................................................................................................................

WHERE ...............................................................................................................................
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S 17/12/1
Some shops belong to the Rainbow Retail buying group. They buy their goods from one or more
suppliers.

Each shop has:

• a unique shop ID
• a single retail specialism (for example, food, electrical, garden).

Each supplier has:

• a unique supplier ID
• a similar single specialism recorded.

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Rainbow Retail creates a relational database to record data about the shops and their suppliers.

The entity-relationship (E-R) diagram for the relationship between the SHOP and SUPPLIER tables

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is shown.

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SHOP SUPPLIER

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(a) Explain what the degree of relationship is between the entities SHOP and SUPPLIER.
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The database design is as follows:

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SHOP(ShopID, ShopName, Location, RetailSpecialism)

SUPPLIER(SupplierID, SupplierName, ContactPerson, RetailSpecialism)

SHOP-SUPPLIER(ShopID, SupplierID)
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The SHOP–SUPPLIER table stores the suppliers that each shop has previously used.
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Primary keys are not shown.

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(b) (i) Label the entities and draw the relationships to complete the revised E-R diagram.
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SUPPLIER

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(ii) Complete the following table to show for each database table:

• the primary key

• the foreign key(s) (if any):
° Each table may contain none, one or more foreign key(s).
° For a table with no foreign key, write ‘None’.
• an explanation for the use of any foreign key.

Table Primary key Foreign key(s) Explanation

(if any)

SHOP

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SUPPLIER

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SHOP–SUPPLIER

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(iii) The database designer has implemented SUPPLIER.ContactPerson as a secondary
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key.
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Describe the reason for this.

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(ii) The existing shop with ID 8765 has just used the existing supplier SUP89 for the first
time.

Write an SQL script to add this data to the database.

...........................................................................................................................................

.......................................................................................................................................[3]

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W 16/11/1
(a) Five descriptions and seven relational database terms are shown below.

Draw a line to link each description to its correct database term.

Description Database term

Any object, person or thing about which

it is possible to store data
Secondary key

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Candidate key
Dataset organised in rows and columns;

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the columns form the structure and the
rows form the content

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Entity

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Any attribute or combination of attributes rt Foreign key
that can act as a unique key
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Primary key
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Attribute(s) in a table that link to the

primary key in another table to form a

relationship Table
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Tuple
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Attribute or combination of attributes that

is used to uniquely identify a record
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[5]
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(b) Explain what is meant by referential integrity.

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W 16/12/9
A health club offers classes to its members. A member needs to book into each class in advance.

(a) The health club employs a programmer to update the class booking system. The programmer
has to decide how to store the records. The choice is between using a relational database or
a file-based approach.

Give three reasons why the programmer should use a relational database.

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(b) The programmer decides to use three tables: MEMBER, BOOKING and CLASS.
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Complete the Entity-Relationship (E-R) diagram to show the relationships between these
M.

tables.
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MEMBER CLASS
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BOOKING

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ClassID Description StartDate ClassTime NoOfSessions AdultsOnly

DAY01 Yoga beginners 12/01/2016 11:00 5 TRUE

EVE02 Yoga beginners 12/01/2016 19:00 5 FALSE

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DAY16 Circuits 30/06/2016 10:30 4 FALSE

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Write an SQL script to create the CLASS table.

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S 16/11/8
A school stores a large amount of data. This includes student attendance, qualification, and
contact details. The school’s software uses a file-based approach to store this data.

(a) The school is considering changing to a DBMS.

(i) State what DBMS stands for.

.......................................................................................................................................[1]

(ii) Describe two ways in which the Database Administrator (DBA) could use the DBMS

B
software to ensure the security of the student data.

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(iii) A feature of the DBMS software is a query processor.

Describe how the school secretary could use this software.

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(iv) The DBMS has replaced software that used a file-based approach with a relational
database.

Describe how using a relational database has overcome the previous problems
associated with a file-based approach.

...........................................................................................................................................

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(b) The database design has three tables to store the classes that students attend.

STUDENT(StudentID, FirstName, LastName, Year, TutorGroup)

CLASS(ClassID, Subject)

CLASS-GROUP(StudentID, ClassID)

Primary keys are not shown.

There is a one-to-many relationship between CLASS and CLASS–GROUP.

B
IS
(i) Describe how this relationship is implemented.

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(ii) Describe the relationship between CLASS-GROUP and STUDENT.

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(iii) Write an SQL script to display the StudentID and FirstName of all students who are
in the tutor group 10B. Display the list in alphabetical order of LastName.
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(iv) Write an SQL script to display the LastName of all students who attend the class whose
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ClassID is CS1.

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S 16/13/5(a)
(a) A Database Management System (DBMS) provides the following features.

Draw a line to match each feature with its description.

Feature Description

A file or table containing all the details of the

database design
Data dictionary

B
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Data design features to ensure the validity
of data in the database

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Data security

rt A model of what the database will look like,

although it may not be stored in this way
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Data integrity Methods of protecting the data including

the uses of passwords and different access
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rights for different users of the database

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S 15/11/9
A database has been designed to store data about salespersons and the products they have sold.

The following facts help to define the structure of the database:

• each salesperson works in a particular shop

• each salesperson has a unique first name
• each shop has one or more salespersons
• each product which is sold is manufactured by one company only
• each salesperson can sell any of the products
• the number of products that each salesperson has sold is recorded

B
IS
The table ShopSales was the first attempt at designing the database.

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FirstName Shop ProductName NoOfProducts Manufacturer

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Nick TX television set 3 SKC
refrigerator 2 WP

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digital camera 6 HKC
Sean BH hair dryer rt 1 WG
electric shaver 8 BG
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John TX television set 2 SKC
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mobile phone 8 ARC

digital camera 4 HKC
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toaster 3 GK
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(a) State why the table is not in First Normal Form (1NF).
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(b) The database design is changed to:

SalesPerson (FirstName, Shop)

SalesProducts (FirstName, ProductName, NoOfProducts, Manufacturer)

Using the data given in the first attempt table (ShopSales), show how these data are now
stored in the revised table designs.

Table: SalesPerson

FirstName Shop

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IS
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Table: SalesProducts
sa

FirstName ProductName NoOfProducts Manufacturer

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Explain how this has been done.

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(ii) Explain why the SalesProducts table is not in Third Normal Form (3NF).

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(iii) Write the table definitions to give the database in 3NF.

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