IUC DOUALA-CAMEROON

DATABASE ASSIGNMENT 1
HND, PROGRAM
Year II / Semester II
COURSE FACILITATOR : NYAM STEPHANIE & TATSOPTEU E. ENDELLY
2019/2020 Academic Year

Quick summary of the ER diagram symbols

Quick summary of the ENTITY-ENTITY matrix and ENTITY-ATTRIBUTE

matrix

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ASSIGNMENT1: The University Database
The universitydatabase stores details about university students, courses, the
semester a student took a particular course (and his mark and grade if he
completed it), and what degree program each student is enrolled in.
Consider the following requirements list:
1. The university offers one or more programs.
2. A program is made up of one or more courses.
3. A student must enroll in a program.
4. A student takes the courses that are part of her program.
5. A program has a name, a program identifier, the total credit points
required to graduate, and the year it commenced.
6. A course has a name, a course identifier, a credit point value, and
the year it commenced.
7. Students have one or more given names, a surname, a student identifier,
a date of birth, and the year they first enrolled. We can treat all given
names as a single object —for example, “AICHA ABDOU.”
8. When a student takes a course, the year and semester he attempted it
are recorded. When he finishes the course, a grade (such as A or B) and
a mark (such as 60 percent) are recorded.
9. Each course in a program is sequenced into a year (for example, year 1)
and a semester (for example, semester 1).
A. Obtain the ENTITY-ENTITY matrix and ENTITY-ATTRIBUTE
matrix
B. Draw an ER diagram that captures the above requirements,
by mapping strong and weak entities, cardinalities, total and
partial participation, identifying relationship, various type of
attributes concerned, and carrying relationships. Be sure to
indicate any key.

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ASSIGNMENT2: The Company Database consider the
following Company data requirements.
1. The company is organized into branches. Each branch has a unique
number, a name, and a particular employee who manages it. The
company makes its money by selling to clients. Each client has a name
and a unique number to identify it. The foundation of the company is its
employee. Each employee has a name, birthday, sex, salary and a unique
number.
2. An employee can work for one branch at a time, and each branch
will be managed by one of the employees that work there. We will also
want to keep track of when the current manager started as manager.
3. An employee can acts as a supervisor for other employees at the
branch, an employee may also acts as the supervisor for employees
at other branches. An employee can have at most one supervisor.
4. A branch may handle a number of clients, with each client having a name
and a unique number to identify it. A single client may only be handled
by one branch at a time.
5. Employees can work with clients, controlled by their branch to sell their
stuff. If necessary multiple employees can work with the same client. We
will want to keep track of how many francs worth of stuff each employee
sells to each client they work with.
6. Many branches will need to work with suppliers to buy inventory.
For each supplier, we will keep track of their name and the type
of product they are selling the branch. A single supplier may supply
products to multiple branches.

A. Obtain the ENTITY-ENTITY matrix and ENTITY-ATTRIBUTE

matrix
B. Draw an ER diagram that captures the above requirements,
by mapping strong and weak entities, cardinalities, total and
partial participation, identifying relationship, various type of
attributes concerned, and carrying relationships. Be sure to
indicate any key.

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ASSIGNMENT 3: MINIWORLD
The wholesale supplier has customers that place orders, which are placed on a
particular date and have a total price, current status, and an order number (starting
from 1 for each customer). In each order, a customer can order several parts
(products), each in a different quantity and at a (possibly discounted) price. We also
want to model the date on which each of the parts has been sent. The parts are
provided by suppliers. Each part may be provided by several suppliers and customers
may order the same part of different suppliers in the same order, but in this case,
they may have different (retail) prices. Customers and suppliers have a name, an
address, a phone number, and a customer/supplier number and they come from a
certain nation, which in turn is from a particular region (of the world). Parts have a
brand, a size, and a retail price.
A. Obtain the ENTITY-ENTITY matrix and ENTITY-ATTRIBUTE
matrix
B. Model the following miniworld of an international wholesale
supplier in ER. Identify the keys and give the functionalities of
all relationships (e.g. 1:1, N:1, N:M)

ASSIGNMENT 4: calendar program

A calendar program that allows users to browse each other’s calendars and to book
common appointments shall be developed. The program has a database which
keeps track of the users and their calendars.
You use the calendar to store data concerning appointments. An appointment starts
and ends at a given time on a given day and is described by a text. You may specify
that you wish to be reminded of an appointment.
A. Obtain the ENTITY-ENTITY matrix and ENTITY-ATTRIBUTE
matrix
B. Develop an E/R model of the database.

ASSIGNMENT 5: parking lot system

A homeowners association (that is, an association of people who own apartments)

owns a parking lot. The parking lot has a number of parking spaces. The owners and
their
COURSEguests may: NYAM
FACILITATOR freelySTEPHANIE
use all &the parking
TATSOPTEU E. spaces, except some spaces that have
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electric sockets for engine heaters. Such a parking space is rented by one of the
apartment owners, who has exclusive use of the space. The rent for the space is
added to the apartment rent.
The spaces with electric outlets are popular, and there is a queue of apartments that
wish to rent such a space. Each apartment may have at most one place in the queue.
When a space becomes available, the apartment with the longest queue time may
rent it. One of the apartment owners must sign the contract (an apartment may have
more than one owner, and an owner may own more than one apartment).
The association sometimes has problems with scrap cars that are deposited in the
parking lot. It is often a difficult procedure to get rid of these cars. Discovery of a
scrap car must be registered in the database, as well as each thing that happens with
the car (Parking space 43: 2009–04–26 “Discovered suspect car, license number
XYZ789”, 2009–05–02 “Called the police about the car”, and so on)
A. Obtain the ENTITY-ENTITY matrix and ENTITY-ATTRIBUTE
matrix
B. Develop an E/R model of the database

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