Databases Worksheet

Name and Surname: __________________________ Class: _________

1. Look carefully at the screenshot below and answer the questions following.

a. Give the data type for the following fields:

i. Item Num: ____________________
ii. Title: ____________________
iii. Duration Mins: ____________________
iv. Available: ____________________
(4 marks)
b. What is the name of the table shown above? ______________________

c. How many records does the table contain? ______________________

(2 marks)

2. Answer the following questions about Database theory

What is a database?

________________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
What is a primary key?

________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________
(2 marks)
What is a query?

________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________
(2 marks)

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3. Use the following words to label the parts of the database picture shown below:

data value record field table field name

(5 marks)

4. Use the following words to fill in the blanks:

record query form database

faster Access tables currency
reports fields sorted primary keys

a. Microsoft ______________________ is a database application.

b. A ______________________ is an organized collection of data.
c. A ______________________ is a set of fields in a database belonging to one entity.
d. ‘Name’, ‘Surname’, ‘Address’, Telephone’ are examples of ______________________.
e. ‘Patient_ID’, ‘Member_ID’ can be used as a ______________________ as they can be
used to uniquely identify a record.
f. In databases data is stored in ______________________.
g. ‘Text’, ‘Number’, ______________________ and ‘Yes/No’ are examples of data types.
h. A ______________________ is used to extract particular information from a database;
example ‘list all students who are in Form1’.
i. A ______________________ is a good way to view or enter data directly in a table.
j. Information can be printed using ______________________.
k. Information stored in the database can be ______________________ in ascending or
descending order.
l. Indexing allows ______________________ data access.
(12 marks)

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5. Look at the diagram below, and answer the following questions:

a. Give the name of the database displayed above: ____________________________

b. Give the name of the table used in this database: ____________________________

c. How many reports does this database have? ___________

(3 marks)

d. Write the names of the fields used in this table: ____________________________

____________________________ ____________________________

____________________________ ____________________________
(5 marks)
e. How many records does the table have? ___________

f. Which record is being edited? ____________________________

g. The records in the table are sorted in ascending order by: ________________________
(3 marks)

h. Apply the required criteria on the query design image shown below to list
‘local products’ only and to show all the 3 fields.

(4 marks)

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6. Look carefully at the query shown below and answer the following questions:

a. What is the name of the query being created? __________________________

b. Which table is being used for the query? __________________________

c. How many fields are used for this query? __________________________

d. On which field was the criteria >0.45 applied? __________________________

(4 marks)
e. On the image shown above, mark with a circle the icon which must be clicked to run
the query.
(2 marks)
7. The following picture is a screenshot of the design view of a database table.

a. In the Data Type fields, write

down what kind of data type
would you choose for each field
name.

b. Which field is the Primary field

of this table?

_________________________

c. What is the name of this table?

_________________________ (10 marks)

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8. This question is about database table design

a. The two pictures below show different views of the same table. Write down the
appropriate view beneath each picture.

___________________________________ ____________________________________
(2 marks)
b. Which view is used to add a new field?

_______________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
c. Which view is used to add a new record?

_______________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
d. Fill in the table below with the appropriate Field Names to create a table which will
contain your friend’s details. You need to create at least another five different Field
Names with their Data Type. The first one is set as an example.

(5 marks)

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9. This question is about database design

You are to design a database to be used in a school library. The database will have a table
about books and a table about students.

a. Name 4 fields that can be used in the books table and suggest a data type for them:
Field Name Data Type

(4 marks)

b. Name 4 fields that can be used in the students table and suggest a data type for them:
Field Name Data Type

(4 marks)

c. For each of the two tables above suggest which field is most suitable to be used as the
primary key.

Books Table _________________ Students Table _________________

(2 marks)
10. Underline correct answer required to continue the following sentences.

a. A database file stores data in:

cells tables worksheets

b. In a database each row represents a:

field record workbook

c. Each individual piece of data within a table is called a:

field record workbook

(3 marks)

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11. Underline correct answer required to continue the following sentences.

a. To switch to design view we click on:

b. To switch to datasheet view we click on:

c. To set a field as the primary key we click on:

d. To set up a relationship between tables we click on:

e. To run a query we click on:

(5 marks)
12. The following picture shows a screenshot of the relationships window.

a. Describe how you would set up a relationship between the ‘User Index’ primary key in
the customers table to the ‘User Index’ field in the Rental table.
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(3 marks)

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