C175 Objective Assessment Practice Test,100% CORRECT

1. The Entity-Relationship (E-R) model is . a. a diagramming technique that describes record structures (i.e. the fields that make up the records of a file) b. an alternative to indexing and hashing as a means for providing direct access in files c. a diagramming technique that describes entities, their attributes, and the relationships between them d. an alternative to file design in which attributes are used instead of fields e. a diagramming technique that relates entities to each other, attributes to each other, and relationships to each other Ans: c Response: See page 20 2. An association between entities is a(n) . a. entity type b. entity occurence c. record d. attribute e. relationship Ans: e Response: See page 20 3. A binary relationship is a relationship between two . a. entity types b. attribute types c. associations d. files e. cardinalities Ans: a Response: See page 20 4. The term “binary” in binary relationship indicates that the relationship is between a. two halves of an entity type C175 b. two entity types c. two divisions of an entity’s attributes d. two attributes e. two relationships Ans: b Response: See page 20 5. The cardinality of a relationship is . a. The minimum number of entities that can be involved in the relationship. b. The maximum number of entities that can be involved in the relationship. c. The minimum number of attributes that can be in the entity types in a relationship. d. The maximum number of attributes that can be in the entity types in a relationship. e. The minimum number of associations that can be involved in the relationship. Ans: b Response: See page 23 6. The modality of a relationship is . a. The minimum number of entities that can be involved in the relationship. b. The maximum number of entities that can be involved in the relationship. c. The minimum number of attributes that can be in the entity types in a relationship. d. The maximum number of attributes that can be in the entity types in a relationship. e. The minimum number of associations that can be involved in the relationship. Ans: a Response: See page 24 7. A one-to-one binary relationship . a. involves a single entity type b. involves two entity types c. allows an occurrence of one entity type to be associated with several occurrences of another entity type d. allows an occurrence of one entity type to be associated with several occurrences of another entity type and vice versa e. restricts the number of attributes that an entity has Ans: b Response: See page 23 C175 8. A one-to-many binary relationship allows an occurrence of the entity type on the “one side” of the relationship to be associated with . a. a single occurrence of the same entity type b. multiple occurrences of the same entity type c. a single occurrence of the entity type on the “many side” of the relationship d. multiple occurrences of the entity type on the “many side” of the relationship e. multiple occurrences of the entity type on the “one side” of the relationship Ans: d Response: See page 23 9. A many-to-many binary relationship allows an occurrence of one entity type to be associated with . a. a single occurrence of the same entity type b. multiple occurrences of the same entity type c. a single occurrence of another entity type d. multiple occurrences of another entity type e. multiple occurrences of three entity types Ans: d Response: See page 24 10. A business school’s faculty parking lot has assigned parking spaces. Each professor is entitled to one parking space. This is an example of a relationship. a. one-to-one binary b. one-to-many binary c. many-to-many binary d. one-to-one unary e. one-to-many unary Ans: a Response: See page 24 11. Each building on a university campus has several faculty offices. Each professor has one office. The relationship between campus buildings and professors is a relationship. a. one-to-one binary b. one-to-many binary c. many-to-many binary d. one-to-one unary e. one-to-many unary Ans: b C175 Response: See page 24 12. In a university, the relationship between courses and their sections can best be described as a relationship. a. one-to-one binary b. one-to-many binary c. many-to-many binary d. one-to-one unary e. one-to-many unary Ans: b Response: See page 24 13. In a university setting, the relationship between students and the professors who have been their instructors is a relationship. a. one-to-one binary b. one-to-many binary c. many-to-many binary d. one-to-one unary e. one-to-many unary Ans: b Response: See page 24 14. Intersection data . a. is an attribute of the entity on the “one side” of a one-to-many relationship b. is an attribute of the entity on the “many side” of a one-to-many relationship c. describes the relationship between two entities in a many-to-many relationship d. describes one of the entities in a many-to-many relationship e. describes one of the entities in a ternary relationship Ans: c Response: See page 25 15. Each student at a university takes many courses; each course is taken by many students. The semester that a student took a course and the grade that the student received in the course is called data. a. index b. key c. pointer d. direct access e. intersection C175 Ans: e Response: See page 25 16. An associative entity is an alternate way of expressing a(n) . a. one-to-one binary relationship b. one-to-many binary relationship c. many-to-many binary relationship d. entity that has no attributes other than the unique identifier or key e. entity that has no unique identifiers or keys Ans: c Response: See page 27 17. Depending on the attributes and circumstances present, the unique identifier of an associative entity could be any of the following, except . a. the combination of the unique identifiers of the entities in the many-to-many relationship consisting of exactly one field from each entity b. the combination of the unique identifiers of the entities in the many-to-many relationship consisting of several fields c. the combination of the unique identifiers of the entities in the many-to-many relationship plus one or more additional fields that express times or dates d. a single field that is associated with the associative entity and provides unique values e. a unique combination of fields from one of the two entities in the many-to-many relationship Ans: e Response: See page 28 18. A one-to-one unary relationship . a. involves a single entity type b. involves two entity types c. allows an occurrence of one entity type to be associated with several occurrences of another entity type d. allows an occurrence of one entity type to be associated with several occurrences of another entity type and vice versa e. allows an occurrence of one entity type to be associated with several occurrences of the same entity type Ans: a Response: See page 28 C175 19. A one-to-many unary relationship allows an occurrence of the entity type on the “one side” of the relationship to be associated with . a. a single occurrence of the same entity type b. multiple occurrences of the same entity type c. a single occurrence of the different entity type on the “many side” of the relationship d. multiple occurrences of the different entity type on the “many side” of the relationship e. multiple occurrences of the different entity type on the “one side” of the relationship Ans: b Response: See page 29 20. A many-to-many unary relationship allows an occurrence of one entity type to be associated with . a. a single occurrence of the same entity type b. multiple occurrences of the same entity type c. a single occurrence of another entity type d. multiple occurrences of another entity type e. multiple occurrences of three entity types Ans: b Response: See page 29 21. A ternary relationship allows an occurrence of one entity type to be associated with . a. a single occurrence of the same entity type b. multiple occurrences of the same entity type c. a single occurrence of only one other entity type d. multiple occurrences of only one other entity type e. multiple occurrences of two other entity types Ans: e Response: See page 31 22. In a university setting, each student is paired with another student for the purpose of getting assignments and turning in work for the other if he is out of school for any reason. This is a relationship. a. one-to-one binary b. one-to-many binary c. many-to-many binary C175 d. one-to-one unary e. one-to-many unary Ans: d Response: See page 29 23. In a university setting, every professor reports to another professor who is the department chair. This is a relationship. a. one-to-one binary b. one-to-many binary c. many-to-many binary d. one-to-one unary e. one-to-many unary Ans: e Response: See page 29 24. A university wants to keep track of which professor taught which subject to which student. This is a relationship. a. one-to-many unary b. many-to-many unary c. one-to-many binary d. many-to-many binary e. ternary Ans: e Response: See page 31 25. A dependent entity . a. is the same as an associative entity b. can only exist as part of a many-to-many binary relationship c. can only be present if the entity it depends on is present d. requires intersection data if it is part of a many-to-many binary relationship e. requires intersection data if it is part of a ternary relationship Ans: c Response: See page 32 True/False C175 1. The Entity-Relationship (E-R) model is designed to diagram entity types that are independent of each other. Ans: False Response: See Page 20 2. The Entity-Relationship (E-R) model is designed to diagram entity types and the relationships between them. Ans: True Response: See Page 20 3. A binary relationship is one in which each entity occurrence is associated with exactly two other entity occurrences. Ans: False Response: See Page 20 4. A binary relationship is a relationship between two entity types. Ans: True Response: See Page 20 5. A one-to-one binary relationship involves a single entity type. Ans: False Response: See Page 23 6. A one-to-one binary relationship associates one occurrence of an entity type with one occurrence of another entity type. Ans: True Response: See Page 23 7. The cardinality of a relationship is the maximum number of entity occurrences that can be involved in it. Ans: True Response: See Page 23 C175 8. The cardinality of a relationship is the maximum number of entity types that can be involved in it. Ans: False Response: See Page 23 9. In a one-to-many binary relationship an occurrence of one entity type can be associated with many occurrences of the same entity type. Ans: False Response: See Page 24 10. In a one-to-many binary relationship an occurrence of one entity type can be associated with many occurrences of another entity type. Ans: True Response: See Page 24 11. In a one-to-many binary relationship an occurrence of one entity type can be associated with many occurrences of another entity type while each occurrence of the second entity can be associated with only one occurrence of the first. Ans: True Response: See Page 24 12. In a many-to-many binary relationship an occurrence of one entity type can be associated with many occurrences of another entity type while each occurrence of the second entity type can be associated with only one occurrence of the first. Ans: False Response: See Page 24 13. In a many-to-many binary relationship an occurrence of one entity type can be associated with many occurrences of another entity type while each occurrence of the second entity type can be associated with many occurrences of the first. Ans: True Response: See Page 24 C175 14. The modality of a relationship is the minimum number of entity occurrences that can be involved in a relationship. Ans: True Response: See Page 24 15. Intersection data describes the many-to-many relationship between two entities. Ans: True Response: See Page 25 16. Intersection data is associated with one of the two entities in a many-to-many relationship. Ans: False Response: See Page 25 17. An associative entity is an alternate way of describing a one-to-one binary relationship. Ans: False Response: See Page 27 18. An associative entity is an alternate way of describing a many-to-many binary relationship. Ans: True Response: See Page 27 19. It is possible to have a many-to-many binary relationship without intersection data. Ans: True Response: See Page 27 20. It is not necessary to have an associative entity describe a many-to-many binary relationship if there is not intersection data. Ans: False Response: See Page 27 C175 21. A one-to-one unary relationship involves a single entity type. Ans: True Response: See Page 28 22. A one-to-one unary relationship associates one occurrence of an entity type with one occurrence of another entity type. Ans: False Response: See Page 28 23. In a one-to-many unary relationship an occurrence of one entity type can be associated with many occurrences of the same entity type. Ans: True Response: See Page 29 24. In a one-to-many unary relationship an occurrence of one entity type can be associated with many occurrences of another entity type while each occurrence of the second entity can be associated with only one occurrence of the first. Ans: False Response: See Page 29 25. In a many-to-many unary relationship an occurrence of one entity type can be associated with many occurrences of another entity type while each occurrence of the second entity type can be associated with only one occurrence of the first. Ans: False Response: See Page 29 26. In a many-to-many unary relationship an occurrence of one entity type can be associated with many occurrences of another entity type while each occurrence of the second entity type can be associated with many occurrences of the first. Ans: False Response: See Page 29 C175 27. In a many-to-many unary relationship an occurrence of one entity type can be associated with many occurrences of the same entity type. Ans: True Response: See Page 29 28. A ternary relationship involves three different entity types. Ans: True Response: See Page 31 29. In a ternary relationship, an occurrence of one entity type is associated with exactly three occurrences of another entity type. Ans: False Response: See Page 31 30. A dependent entity would be of no use to a business environment if the entity that it depends on is no longer of use. Ans: True Response: See Page 32 Problems 1. Draw an entity-relationship diagram that describesthe following business environment. Central Zoo wants to maintain information about its animals, the enclosures in which they live, and its zookeepers and the servicesthey perform for the animals. In addition, Central Zoo has a program by which people can be sponsor of animals. Central Zoo wants to track its sponsors, their dependents, and associated data. Each animal has a unique animal number, species, name (Jumbo, Fred, etc.), gender, country of birth, and weight. Enclosures have a unique enclosure number, type (cage, fenced field, etc.), location, size, and date built. An animal can live in only one enclosure. An enclosure can have several animals in it or it can be currently empty. A zookeeper has a unique employee number, employee name, title, and year hired. Some zookeeperssupervise other zookeepers. Every animal has been cared for by at least one and generally many zookeepers; each zookeeper has cared for at least one and generally many animals. Each time a zookeeper performs a specific, significant service for an animal the service type, date, and time are recorded. C175 A sponsor sponsors at least one and possibly several animals. An animal may have several sponsors or none. Asponsor has a unique sponsor number, a name, address, and telephone number. For each animal that a particular sponsor sponsors, the zoo wants to track the annual sponsorship contribution and renewal date. In addition, Central Zoo wants to keep track of each sponsor’s dependents, keeping their name, relationship to the sponsor, and date of birth. A sponsor may have several dependents or none. A dependent is associated with exactly one sponsor. 2. Draw an entity-relationship diagram that describesthe following business environment. C175 Grand Travel Airlines has to keep track of its flight and airplane history. A flight is uniquely identified by the combination of a flight number and a date. In addition, every flight has an actual departure time and an actual arrival time. Every passenger who has flown on Grand Travel has a unique passenger number plus their name, address, and telephone number. For a particular passenger who has taken a particul