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This document contains an exam for a database administration course. It includes multiple choice, matching, and short answer questions testing conceptual database design concepts such as entities, attributes, relationships and logical database design. Students are asked to identify question types, define database terms, and explain database modeling concepts.

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SATA TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS COLLEGE (STBC)

Sector: - ICT Year: II Level: - 4


Occupation: DBA Entry year: 2011 E.C
Unit of competence: - Physical Database Academic year:-2013 E.C
Requirements Max .Weight:-10%
Program: - Regular Time Allowed 30 Min
Instructor: - Tsega S.

NAME_______________________ ID.NO___________
Section_______

I. Choose the Best Answer For the Following Question.

1. Conceptual Database design is a process of building organized view of database


concepts and their relationships means identifying important entities,
relationships, attributes and constructing ERD/ERM.
2. The purpose of creating a conceptual data model is to establish entities,
their attributes, and relationships.
3. Any association between two entity types is called generalization.
4. A logical design is a conceptual, abstract design.
5. A Database Architecture is a representation of DBMS design.
6. A Database architecture where the presentation layer runs on a client (PC,
Mobile, Tablet, etc.), and data is stored on a server is called second tier
architecture.
7. Table is the most common and simplest form of data storage object in RDBMS.
8. Domain is a set of values from which attributes are taken.
9. Composite attribute is an attribute that can be divided in to sub parts.
10. Null attribute are attributes that cannot store unknown values or a values that do not exist.
11. Relationship is a connection among peoples.
12. Number of participating entities in relationship is called occurrence of
Relationship.
13. Relationship type where two entity types participate in one Relationship is
called ternary Relationship.

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14. Multiplicity is maximum number of possible relationship occurrences for an


entity participating in a given relationship type.
15. Many-to-Many Relationship exists when each record of the first table can be related to one or
more than one record of the second table and a single record of the second table can be
related to one or more than one record of the first table.

1. It is a collection of series of steps which are used in designing, creating, implementing,


and maintaining database system.
A. Database design C. Conceptual Design
B. Database Design Process D. All

2. It is a process of identifying important entities, relationships, and attributes.


A. Logical Database Design C. Physical Database Design

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B. Database Design D. Conceptual Database Design

3. A database is an organized collection of structured information, or data, typically stored


electronically in a computer system.

A. True B. False

4. What issues affect physical design?


A. Database Size C. DBMS Manufacturer
B. Database Usage D. All

5. It describes a database-specific implementation of the data model.


A. Conceptual Database design C. Physical Database design
B. Logical Database design D. Database design

6. It represents the way data base system is Presented, Processed, and Stored on particular
machine to end users.
A. One Tier Architecture C. Single Tier Architecture
B. Database Architecture D. A & B

7. The first step in Database design is?


A. Database design C. Physical Database design
B. Logical Database design D. Conceptual Database design

8. It is a process of translating conceptual design and ERM into a set of relations.


A. Physical Database design C. Logical Database design
B. Database design D. Conceptual Database design

9. It is the simplest architecture of Database in which the data base user, the client side
application program, server side application program, and Database system all
reside(located) on one machine called client machine.
A. One and Two Tier Architecture C. Three Tier Architecture
B. Two Tier Architecture D. Single Tier Architecture

10. It is software that is used to manage the database.

A. Database Management System C. Database System


B. Computer D. Database Design

11. Which one of the following is derived attribute?

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A. address C. age
B. gender D. ID

12. It is horizontal and vertical collection of cells.

A. table C. column
B. row D. none

13. It is a specification that defines a property/characteristics/ of an object or entity.

A. attribute of Entity C. domain of attribute


B. type of attribute D. all

14. It is an attribute which can not be divided in to sub parts.

A. simple attribute C. atomic attribute


B. Composite attribute D. A & C

15. An attribute which have more than one value at a time is called________.

A. single valued attribute C. atomic valued attribute


B. Composite valued attribute D. multi valued attribute

16. Which one of the following is Composite attribute?

C. name C. age
D. sex D. ID

Matching

A B

1. value A. data placing places or data holding


places
2. Attribute B. real-world thing (object)
3. Entity c. Characteristics or properties of an entity
4. Relationship D.The data that is placing inside data
banks
5. Cell E. association between two entities

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1. List and explain types of Participation.


2. If there are two entity type ‘Customer’ and ‘Account’ then each ‘Customer’ can have
more than one ‘Account’ but each ‘Account’ is held by only one ‘Customer’. What types
of Relationship is this.
3. What is key and list types of keys.
4. What is DBMS?
5. Define record and column?

Final exam (50%)

Answer Sheet

NAME_______________________ ID.NO___________ Section_______

Choose the Best Answer from the Given Alternatives (10%)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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