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DB211 - Unit 4 Assignment A

United Helpers tracks volunteers, tasks, packing lists, packages, and items. Volunteers are assigned to tasks, which may require multiple volunteers. Tasks have attributes like a code, description, type and status. Packing tasks use packing lists, which specify package contents. Packages are created by tasks and assigned an ID and date. Packages contain items in specified quantities, though ideal quantities may differ from actual amounts. Items have attributes like descriptions and quantities on hand.

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DB211 - Unit 4 Assignment A

United Helpers tracks volunteers, tasks, packing lists, packages, and items. Volunteers are assigned to tasks, which may require multiple volunteers. Tasks have attributes like a code, description, type and status. Packing tasks use packing lists, which specify package contents. Packages are created by tasks and assigned an ID and date. Packages contain items in specified quantities, though ideal quantities may differ from actual amounts. Items have attributes like descriptions and quantities on hand.

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DB211 Database Design ()

Instructor:
Unit 4, Assignment A
Student:
Assignment Instructions:
Solve Chapter 4 Problem 7 / Page 144.
For information on how to use Visio to construct your ERD, please see Unit 4 Instructional Videos (you can
also find them in Unit 3). Submit your assignment file using the link above (due Sunday of this unit, 40 points)
Assignment (Completed work and answers in RED text):
7. United Helpers is a nonprofit organization that provides aid to people after natural disasters. Based on the
following brief description of operations, create the appropriate fully labeled Crows Foot ERD.

Volunteers carry out the tasks of the organization. The name, address, and telephone number are tracked
for each volunteer. Each volunteer may be assigned to several tasks, and some tasks require many
volunteers. A volunteer might be in the system without having been assigned a task yet. It is possible to
have tasks that no one has been assigned. When a volunteer is assigned to a task, the system should track
the start time and end time of that assignment.

Each task has a task code, task description, task type, and task status. For example, there may be a task
with task code 101, a description of answer the telephone, a type of recurring, and a status of
ongoing. Another task might have a code of 102, a description of prepare 5,000 packages of basic
medical supplies, a type of packing, and a status of open.

For all tasks of type packing, there is a packing list that specifies the contents of the packages. There
are many packing lists to produce different packages, such as basic medical packages, child-care
packages, and food packages. Each packing list has an ID number, a packing list name, and a packing
list description, which describes the items that should make up the package. Every packing task is
associated with only one packing list. A packing list may not be associated with any tasks, or it may be
associated with many tasks. Tasks that are not packing tasks are not associated with any packing list.

Packing tasks result in the creation of packages. Each individual package of supplies produced by the
organization is tracked, and each package is assigned an ID number. The date the package was created
and its total weight are recorded. A given package is associated with only one task. Some tasks (such as
answer the phones) will not produce any packages, while other tasks (such as prepare 5,000 packages
of basic medical supplies) will be associated with many packages.

The packing list describes the ideal contents of each package, but it is not always possible to include the
ideal number of each item. Therefore, the actual items included in each package should be tracked. A
package can contain many different items, and a given item can be used in many different packages.

Each item that the organization provides has an item ID number, item description, item value, and item
quantity on hand stored in the system. Along with tracking the actual items that are placed in each
package, the quantity of each item placed in the package must be tracked as well. For example, a
packing list may state that basic medical packages should include 100 bandages, 4 bottles of iodine, and

4 bottles of hydrogen peroxide. However, because of the limited supply of items, a given package may
include only 10 bandages, 1 bottle of iodine, and no hydrogen peroxide. The fact that the package
includes bandages and iodine needs to be recorded along with the quantity of each item included. It is
possible for the organization to have items that have not been included in any package yet, but every
package will contain at least one item.

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