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Databases have significantly impacted businesses by allowing them to collect and store large amounts of data that can be used for important decisions. A database contains related records organized in tables that can be linked through common fields, with each record having a unique identifier. Data modeling involves designing the structure and organization of a database before it is built.

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Chapter - 7 Study Guide

Databases have significantly impacted businesses by allowing them to collect and store large amounts of data that can be used for important decisions. A database contains related records organized in tables that can be linked through common fields, with each record having a unique identifier. Data modeling involves designing the structure and organization of a database before it is built.

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Chapter 7

1. Explain the impact of databases on businesses.

2. To link records from one table with records of another table, the tables must have at least one field in common, and that
field must be a _____ field for one of the tables.

3. _____ helps the users know what they can find and analyze in the data warehouse.

4. In the _____ phase of data warehousing, specialists compare the data in the data warehouses with the original data to
confirm completeness.

5. A ____ is the general logical structure in which records are stored within a database and the method used to establish
relationships among the records.

6. When building a new database, users must first build a _____.

7. In the context of data management, _____ refers to all the occurrences sharing the same types of data.

8. A challenge with traditional file storage is _____.

9. The combined storage of both data and the procedures that manipulate the data within an object is referred to as _____.

10. A collection of related records, such as all the records of a college’s students, is called a(n) _____.

11. Many organizations have found that if they accumulate _____, they can use it for important management decisions,
such as researching market trends or tracking down fraud.

12. There are two overall approaches to maintaining data: the traditional file approach—which has no mechanism for
tagging, retrieving, and manipulating data—and the _____, which does have this mechanism.

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13. In relational database, a record or row is called a _____.

14. A(n) _____ is the field by which records in a table are uniquely identified.

15. Transactional data is copied into a_____, which is a separate data repository.

16. _____ should first be done to decide which data should be collected and how it should be organized.

17. The smallest piece of data is called a _____.

18. _____ are entered to manipulate data, including adding, deleting, and updating data.

19. If _____ need to be used as one large data warehouse, special software tools can unify them and make them appear as
one large data warehouse.

20. The lack of a _____ in Big Data can make data collected from nontraditional sources a challenge to analyze.

21. A repeated field that links records between two tables, is a primary key in one table, and a(n) _____ in the other field.

22. A(n) _____ is unique if the value (content) in that field appears only in one record.

23. In the _____ phase of transferring data from a transactional database to a data warehouse, the builders create the files
from transactional databases and save them on the server that will hold the data warehouse.

24. A(n) _____ is created “on the fly” as a result of a query and exists only for the duration the user wishes to view it or to
create a paper report from it.

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25. _____ involves high volumes of data compiled from traditional, ordinary business activities, as well as newer,
nontraditional sources.

26. In the _____ phase, specialists ensure that all data is consistent.

27. A(n) _____ includes a description of a database's structure, the names and sizes of the fields, and details such as which
field is a primary key.

28. The conceptual blueprint of a database is called a(n) _____.

29. Online databases that are used with web browsers _____.

30. In the _____ phase of transferring data from a transactional database to a data warehouse, specialists “cleanse” the
data and modify it into a form that allows insertion into the data warehouse.

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