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If the primary key of a table is clumsy because it has too many attributes and is replaced by a new, single
attribute key, ____.
b. it should replace the old primary key where it was used as a foreign key for one-to-many relationships
c. it should replace the old primary key where it was used as a foreign key for many-to-many
relationships
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QUESTION 2
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QUESTION 3
Taking application priorities into account in physical database design is important because ____.
a. a modification to a table that s designed to help the performance of one application may hinder the
performance of another application
b. application priorities determine the relative status and rank of the application owners in the
organization
c. the current priority of an application can affect database performance in the future
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QUESTION 4
In terms of time, rotational delay in a disk device takes on average roughly _____.
a. no time
d. one revolution
e. two revolutions
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QUESTION 5
Application data requirements that enter into the physical database design process include ____.
b. the frequency with which applications that utilize particular tables are run
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QUESTION 6
In a magnetic disk device, the reason for storing data on a cylinder-wise basis is _____.
a. to avoid scratching the recording surfaces which would result in lost data
d. because cylinders are the most stable of the disk device features
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QUESTION 7
All of the following are factors affecting application and database performance, except ____.
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QUESTION 8
In the clustering files physical database design technique, ____ are clustered near each other on a disk.
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QUESTION 9
Which of the following is true regarding indexed sequential files and B+-trees?
c. Only a file with a simple linear index can be an indexed sequential file.
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QUESTION 10
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QUESTION 11
The advantage of using the substituting foreign keys physical database design technique is that it is
designed to ____.
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QUESTION 12
a. The hashing algorithm may direct more than one record to the same location.
b. The number of record storage locations allocated is typically much fewer than the maximum number
possible based on the range of values of the key field.
c. The same hashing algorithm is used for both record insertions and record retrievals.
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QUESTION 13
Which of the following is a potential problem caused by adding too many indexes to a relational
database?
a. Too many indexes can slow the performance of the database when there is a large amount of direct
retrieval activity.
b. Updating the indexes when the data is updated can slow down queries executing at the same time.
c. Maintaining the security of the database can be adversely affected by the presence of a large number
of indexes.
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QUESTION 14
a. subsets of the most heavily accessed portions of existing tables can be copied and created as new
tables
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QUESTION 15
Consider Table A on the one side of a one-to-many relationship and Table B on the many side of the
relationship. In the storing derived data physical database design technique, the best place to store the
derived data from Table B is ____.
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QUESTION 16
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QUESTION 17
The term for the relationship that recognizes that some kinds of entities can really be subdivided into
smaller, more specific groups is ____.
a. generalization/specialization
b. aggregation
c. binary one-to-many
d. binary many-to-many
e. polymorphism
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QUESTION 18
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QUESTION 19
b. it prevents application code outside of the encapsulated object from modifying the object s data
d. operations are stored in the database together with the data they operate on
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QUESTION 20
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QUESTION 21
a. row
b. string
c. hierarchy
d. closed loop
e. linked list
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QUESTION 22
The objects that describe similar entities are known collectively as a(n) ____.
a. file
b. class
c. UML diagram
d. OODBMS
e. operation
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QUESTION 23
a. an environment in which separate relational and object-oriented DBMSs pass data to each other
b. a legacy DBMS
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QUESTION 24
An object ____.
c. includes an entity s attributes plus methods or operations which can operate on the attribute values
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QUESTION 25
a. polygraphism
b. polygenesism
c. polytrophism
d. polychromism
e. polymorphism