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A2 Computer Science 4.10 Databases

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a database?
a)
A piece of software to do calculations
b)
A device to load information onto the computer.
c)
A structured collection of information
d)
A calculator
2.
Which of the following describes a relational database?
a)
Access
b)
A database that has a table
c)
There are two or more tables that are linked using the primary keys
d)
There are more than one table that have duplicate data
3.
One specific piece of information about a person or thing is called:
a)
Field
b)
File
c)
Record
d)
Table
4.

A collection of fields and records in a specific category

a)

Record

b)

Table

c)

Field

5.

The best data type to choose for date of birth would be

a)

Number

b)

Date/Time

c)

Text

d)

Currency

6.

The best data type to choose for a memberID would be

a)

Number

b)

Date/Time

c)

Text

d)

Currency

7.

Which of the following would be used to uniquely identify a record?

a)

Validation

b)

Data type

c)

Primary key

d)

Field size

8.

For A Relational Database, which of these statements defines an " attribute" ?

a)

A structure where all the data in a database is stored

b)

A value defined to hold a specific type of data, such as dates, numeric, or textual data.

c)

A request for data or information from a database.

d)

A value that uniquely identifies each record in the table.

e)

A value relating to an entity that we wish to store.

9.

For A Relational Database, which of these statements defines a "primary key" ?

a)

A structure where all the data in a database is stored

b)

A value defined to hold a specific type of data, such as dates, numeric, or textual data.

c)

A request for data or information from a database.

d)

A value that uniquely identifies each record in the table.

e)

A value relating to an entity that we wish to store.

10.

For A Relational Database, which of these statements defines a "Table" ?

a)

A structure where all the data in a database is stored

b)

A value defined to hold a specific type of data, such as dates, numeric, or textual data.

c)

A request for data or information from a database.

d)

A value that uniquely identifies each record in the table.

e)

A value relating to an entity that we wish to store.

11.

An entity...

a)

A thing about which data is to be stored

b)

a characteristics or other information

c)

Values used to communicate data

d)

Used to sort results of a query

12.

What is the name of this relationship?

a)

many to many

b)

one to one

c)

one to many

d)

many to one

13.

Which of these relationships should not be present following normalisation?

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

What is required for a database scheme to be in 1st normal form?

a)

must not contain any repeating attribute, no repeating groups

b)

have no partial key dependencies

c)

have no non-key dependencies

15.

What is required for a database scheme to be in 2nd normal form?

a)

must not contain any repeating attribute, no repeating groups

b)

have no partial key dependencies

c)

have no non-key dependencies

16.

What is required for a database scheme to be in 3nd normal form?

a)

must not contain any repeating attribute, no repeating groups

b)

have no partial key dependencies

c)

have no non-key dependencies