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TMA Instruction TMA: TMA2/CIT843
Matric Number: NOU147214829
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CIT843 - Introduction to Database Management Systems
TMA Calendar Dr Oyebanji Omotayo (ooyebanji@noun.edu.ng )
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Message Board 1 Before image is

Quick Info a copy of data

Instructor Message a copy of table

Quiz Note table before operation

A copy of the table record (or page) of data before it was changed by the transaction
Quiz Tip - 1

Quix Tip - 2 2 What is a rollback?

Undo any partially completed transactions (ones in progress when the crash occurred) by applying the before images
to the database
undo database
database before image
Undo any partially completed transactions (ones in progress when the crash occurred) by applying the images to the
database

3 After image in the context of database security is

A copy of the table record (or page) of data after it was changed by the transaction
A copy of the table record (or page) of data before it was changed by the transaction
A copy of the table record (or page) of data after the transaction
A copy of the table record (or page) of event after it was changed by the transaction

4 How would you ensure database security at design level?

set standards
simplicity
You should decide the privilege for each group of users
You should decide each group of users

5 SQL stands for

Structured Query Language

Standard Query Language
Structured Query Logic
Standard Query Logic

6 Lost Update problem

relates to concurrent reads and updates to data in a system where readers do not block writers
relates to reads and updates to data in a system where readers do not block writers
relates to concurrent reads or updates to data in a system where readers do not block writers
relates to concurrent reads and updates to data in a system where readers do block writers

7 Dirty read is when

Activity 1 (A1) reads an entity from the system of record and then updates the system of record but does commit the
change
Activity 1 (A1) reads an entity from the system of record and then retrieves the system of record but does not commit
the change
Activity 1 (A1) reads an entity from the system of record and then updates the system of record but does not commit
the change
Activity 1 (A1) reads an entity from the system of record and then updates the system of record but does not

8 A short-hand notation for describing a functional dependency is:

R.x —>; R.y

R.x —>; R:y

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R:x —>; R.y
R.x —> R.y

9 ODBC stands for

Open Database Connectivity

Open Database Connect
Open Data Connectivity
Open Datapool Connectivity

10 Normalization is essentially a --- step process that puts data into tabular form

three
two
one
four

11 The --- operator retrieves a subset of columns from a table

project
select
join
update

12 The join operator horizontally combines (concatenates) data from one row of a table with rows from another or the
same table when certain criteria are

not met
met
not equal
equal

13 The --- normal form requires that all columns in a relational table are dependent only upon the primary key

third
second
fourth
first

14 A relational table, by definition, is in --- normal form

first
second
third
fourth

15 A DBMS can provide

views
multiple views of data
multiple views of items
multiple views of things

16 Connectivity of a relationship

describes the mapping of associated entity instances in the relationship

describes the associated entity instances in the relationship
describes the mapping of associated entity
associated entity instances in the relationship

17 What is cardinality of a relationship?

the actual number of related occurences for each of the two entities
the actual number of related occurences for each of the entities
the actual number of occurences for each of the two entities
the actual number of related occurences

18 Queries are very useful tools when it comes to databases and they are often called by the user, in Access, through a -

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form
table
file
view

19 Database architecture is

the set of specifications, rules and processes that dictate how data is stored in a database and how data is processed
by components of a system
the set of specifications, rules and processes that dictate how data is stored in a database and how data is
determined by components of a system
the set of specifications, rules and processes that dictate how data is stored in a database and how data is accessed
by components of anybody
the set of specifications, rules and processes that dictate how data is stored in a database and how data is accessed
by components of a system

20 There are --- components in application logic

two
three
four
five

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