2-2
What type of relationship is expressed with the phrase "Employee manages Store"?
1:1
What type of relationship is expressed with the phrase "Painter paints Painting"?
1:M
The object-oriented model ________.
Adds semantic content
The network database models have ________.
An owner/member relationship that promotes database integrity
A(n) ________ model is independent of both hardware and software.
Conceptual
The _____ model presents a global view of the entire database.
Conceptual
What is the name for the most current version of the ERD?
Crow's Foot Notation
The most widely used conceptual model is the ________ model.
ER
One of the advantages of a relational data model is ________.
Easier Database Design
As a general rule, a noun in a business rule will translate into a(n) ________ in the model.
Entity
In response to the increasing complexity of applications, two new data models emerged: the object-oriented data model and the ________ relational data model.
Extended
Which model represents the end users' view of the data environment?
External
A specific representation of an external view is known as a(n) ________.
External Schema
Which data model contains the least semantics?
Hierarchical
Classes are organized as a class ________.
Hierarchy
The ________ model adapts a conceptual model to a specific DBMS.
Internal
What type of relationship is expressed with the phrase "Student takes Class"?
M:N
In the OO data model, a class ________ represents a real-world action such as finding a selected PERSON's name.
Method
What model requires the most detail in its internal model?
Network
In the object-oriented data model (OODM), both data and their relationships are contained in a single structure known as a(n) ________.
Object
Which model operates at the lowest level of abstraction?
Physical
When you can change the physical model without affecting the internal model, you have ________.
Physical Independence
How is an entity represented in an ERD?
Rectangle
From an end-user perspective, any SQL-based relational database application involves three parts: a user interface, a set of tables stored in the database, and the ________.
SQL Engines
Within the network model, the ________ is the conceptual organization of the entire database as viewed by the database administrator.
Schema
A ________ is the equivalent of a file system's record type.
Segment
The hierarchical model depicts a(n) ________ of one-to-many relationships.
Set
For most relational database software, the query language is ________.
Structured Query Language (SQL)
A relational database is a collection of ________.
Tables
What modern development gave the use of complex objects a boost?
The Internet
The hierarchical database model is based on a ________.
Tree sturcture
XML databases have emerged to address the need to manage ________ data within the native XML format.
Unstructured
Which data model was developed most recently?
XML
A way of classifying data models is by degree of ________.
abstraction
A(n) ________ of the overall database design is required to overcome the fact that data are viewed in different ways by different people.
blueprint
A(n) ________ is a brief, precise, and unambiguous description of a policy, procedure, or principle within a specific organization.
business rule
The basic building blocks of all data models are entities, attributes, relationships, and ________.
constraints
A CUSTOMER ________ would be described by attributes such as customer last name, customer first name, customer phone, customer address, and customer credit limit.
entity
Traditionally, database designers relied on ________ to help them develop a good design.
good judgment
Database models can be grouped into two categories: conceptual models and ________ models.
implementation
A relation is a matrix consisting of a series of row and column ________.
insections
Each row in the relational table is known as an entity ________.
instance
What is the fastest and most direct source of business rules?
interview with end users
Data models were developed to ________.
model real-world objects or events
Which data model contains the most semantics?
object-oriented
The hierarchical database model depicts a set of ________ relationships.
one-to-many
The ERDM is primarily geared to business applications, while the OODM tends to focus on ________ applications.
very specialized engineering and scientific