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1 Bobby and Kim are discussing databases.

(a) Bobby tells Kim that a file-based approach is usually better than a relational database.

Explain why Bobby is incorrect.

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(b) Bobby has a shop that sells products to customers. His database will store data about his
customers, their payment details, orders and the products he sells. Customers will have login
details to access their accounts. The database will update customers’ payment and login
details without keeping any historical records.

(i) Give one example of each of the following relationships from Bobby’s database.

one-to-one

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one-to-many

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many-to-many

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(ii) Tick (3) one box to identify the relationship that cannot be directly implemented in a
normalised relational database.

Relationship Tick (3)

one-to-one

one-to-many

many-to-many
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(iii) Bobby wants to name his database SHOPORDERS.

Write a Data Definition Language (DDL) statement to define a new database with the
name SHOPORDERS.

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(c) A database has a data dictionary.

Give three items that are stored in a data dictionary.

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8 Tick (3) one box in each row to identify the logic gate that each statement describes.

Statement AND NAND NOR XOR OR

The output is 1 only when both inputs are 1

The output is 1 only when both inputs are different

The output is 1 only when both inputs are 0

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2 Raj owns houses that other people rent from him. He has a database that stores details about
the people who rent houses, and the houses they rent. The database, HOUSE_RENTALS, has the
following structure:

CUSTOMER(CustomerID, FirstName, LastName, DateOfBirth, Email)

HOUSE(HouseID, HouseNumber, Road, Town, Bedrooms, Bathrooms)
RENTAL(RentalID, CustomerID, HouseID, MonthlyCost, DepositPaid)

(a) Give the definition of the following database terms, using an example from the database
HOUSE_RENTALS for each definition.

Term Definition and example

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(b) Tick (3) one box to identify whether the database HOUSE_RENTALS is in Third Normal Form
(3NF) or not in 3NF.
Justify your choice using one or more examples from the database HOUSE_RENTALS.

In 3NF

Not in 3NF

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(c) Example data from the table RENTAL are given:

RentalID CustomerID HouseID MonthlyCost DepositPaid

1 22 15B5L 1000.00 Yes
2 13 3F 687.00 No
3 1 12AB 550.00 Yes
4 3 37 444.50 Yes

(i) Complete the following Data Definition Language (DDL) statement to define the table
RENTAL.

CREATE ...................................... ...................................... (

RentalID INTEGER NOT NULL,

CustomerID INTEGER NOT NULL,

HouseID ...................................... (5) NOT NULL,

MonthlyCost ...................................... NOT NULL,

DepositPaid BOOLEAN NOT NULL,

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(ii) Write a Data Manipulation Language (DML) script to return the first name and last name
of all customers who have not paid their deposit.

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