Post on 16-Jul-2015
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Quiz About
Entity Relationship
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Question 1
An entity isA. A real physical “thing”
that is specific to a particular database management system
C. A “thing” which has either a real physical existence (e.g. a car or a student) or a conceptual existence (e.g. a course)
B. A real physical “thing” or a conceptual “thing” that is specific to a particular database management system
D. Any physical “thing” that exists in the real world
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Question 2
The symbol represents a
A. A one to one relation
C. A many to many
relation
B. A many to one
relation
D. A one to many
relation
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A. A student can own
many cars and a car
can be owned by
many students
C. A car can be owned
by many students
B. That a student can
own 0,1 or more
cars
D. A student cannot
own a car
Question 3
The graphic indicates
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Question 4
The symbol represents
A. An entity
C. An attribute
B. A record
D. A relation
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Question 5
An instance is
A. Any particular entity
C. An attribute of an
entity
B. A particular
occurrence of an
entity (e.g. Tom is
an instance of the
entity STUDENT)
D. A special type of
relation
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Question 6
The ER model is meant to
A. Enable detailed
descriptions of data
query processing
C. Enable low level
descriptions of data
B. Replace relational
design
D. Be close to a users
perception of the
data
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Question 7
This graphic
A. Indicates that
many students can
attend many
courses
C. Indicates that there
is a missing entity
B. Indicates that
students have to
attend more than one
course
D. Indicates that
students attend
courses
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Which of the following statements best
describes the function of an entity relation
model
A. An ER model is concerned primarily with a logical view of the data and secondly with the physical implementation
C. An ER model provides a view of the logic of the data and not the physical implementation
B. An ER model is concerned primarily with a physical implementation of the data and secondly with the logical view
D. An ER model is entirely concerned with modeling the physical implementation
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Key
• 1) D
• 2) D
• 3) B
• 4) A
• 5) B
• 6) D
• 7) C