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Database Design Section 9 Quiz

This document contains a quiz with 15 multiple choice questions about database design concepts including: - Mapping supertypes and subtypes and implementing foreign keys - Valid reasons for considering a subtype implementation - Types of constraints such as referential integrity and user-defined integrity - How entities become tables in a physical data model - Transforming conceptual models into physical models - Implementing many-to-many relationships using intersection tables

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Database Design Section 9 Quiz

This document contains a quiz with 15 multiple choice questions about database design concepts including: - Mapping supertypes and subtypes and implementing foreign keys - Valid reasons for considering a subtype implementation - Types of constraints such as referential integrity and user-defined integrity - How entities become tables in a physical data model - Transforming conceptual models into physical models - Implementing many-to-many relationships using intersection tables

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Database Design Section 9 Quiz

(Answer all questions in this section)

1. When mapping supertypes, relationships at the


supertype level transform as usual. Relationships at subtype level are
implemented as foreign keys, but the foreign key columns all become
mandatory. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points

True

False (*)

2. Which of the following is a valid reason for considering


a Subtype Implementation? Mark for Review
(1) Points

Most of the relationships are at the supertype level.

The resulting table will reside in a single database and be used by just
ONE user.

The common access paths for the supertypes are different.


Business functionality, business rules, access paths, and frequency of
access are all very different between the subtypes. (*)

3. The "Arc Implementation" is a synonym for what type


of implementation? Mark for Review
(1) Points

Supertype Implementation

Subtype Implementation

Cascade Implementation

Supertype and Subtype Implementation (*)

4. Foreign keys cannot be null when Mark for Review


(1) Points

It refers to another table

It refers to the same table

It contains three or more columns


It is part of a primary key (*)

5. The explanation below is an example of which


constraint type?
If the value in the balance column of the ACCOUNTS table is below
100, we must send a letter to the account owner which will require
extra programming to enforce. Mark for Review
(1) Points

User-defined integrity (*)

Entity integrity

Referential integrity

Column integrity

6. A table must have a primary key. True or False?


Mark for Review
(1) Points

True
False (*)

7. The explanation below is an example of which


constraint type?
The value in the dept_no column of the EMPLOYEES table must
match a value in the dept_no column in the DEPARTMENTS table.
Mark for Review
(1) Points

Referential integrity (*)

Column integrity

User-defined integrity

Entity integrity

8. In a physical data model, an entity becomes a


_____________. Mark for Review
(1) Points

Constraint

Column
Attribute

Table (*)

9. The conceptual model is transformed into a physical


model. The physical implementation will be a relational database. True
or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points

True (*)

False

10. In an Oracle database, why would 1_TABLE not work


as a table name? Mark for Review
(1) Points

There is no problem here. You can create a table called 1_TABLE.

TABLE is a reserved word.

The database does not understand all capital letters.


Object names must not start with a number. They must begin with a
letter. (*)

11. The Physical model is created by transforming which of the


following models? Mark for Review
(1) Points

Conceptual (*)

Table

Physical

Constraint

12. The Oracle Database can implement a many to many


relationship. You simply create two foreign keys between the two
tables. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points

True

False (*)
13. One-to-One relationships are transformed into Foreign
Keys in the tables created at either end of that relationship. True or
False? Mark for Review
(1) Points

True

False (*)

14. One-to-One relationships are transformed into Check


Constraints in the tables created at either end of that relationship.
True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points

True

False (*)

15. In a physical model, many to many relationships are


resolved via a structure called a(n): ________________ Mark for
Review
(1) Points

Subtype
Supertype

Intersection Table (*)

Intersection Entity

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