Revision Worksheet
Revision Worksheet
2. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using relational database rather than a flat file
database.
3. A school is creating a database to store the details of students. The field in the database include
Student Id, First_Name, Family Name, Birth_Date, Full_Time, Test_Date, Unit, Score, result The
database below shows the students details.
When a new student joins the school they need to fill the form. Each student has a unique id
which uses a 10-digit number. For example, CIE1300520
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Name a suitable data type for the answers given to each of the fields in the
form. For
any numeric field, specify the type of number
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4. Describe the following:
a. Switch
b. Router
c. Bridge
d. Hub