Chapter 2 MIS 533 Pre-Check

A property or characteristic of an entity type that is of interest to the organization is called a(n): Group of answer choices attribute. coexisting entity .relationship. cross-function.

attribute

A ________ defines or constrains some aspect of the business. Group of answer choices business constraint business structure business control business rule

business rule

A ________ specifies the number of instances of one entity that can be associated with each instance of another entity. Group of answer choices degree cardinality constraint counter constraint limit

cardinality constraint

An attribute that can be broken down into smaller parts is called a(n) ________ attribute. Group of answer choices associative simple composite complex

composite

The logical representation of an organization's data is called a(n): Group of answer choices database model. entity-relationship model. relationship systems design. database entity diagram.

entity-relationship model

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a good business rule? Group of answer choices Declarative Atomic Inconsistent Expressible

inconsistent

The number of entity types that participate in a Unary relationship is: Group of answer choices zero. one. two. three.

one

Which of the following is an entity that exists independently of other entity types? Group of answer choices Codependent Weak Strong Variant

strong

The most common types of entities are: Group of answer choices strong entities. weak entities. associative entities .smush entities.

strong entities

A simultaneous relationship among the instances of three entity types is called a ________ relationship.

ternary