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What is a primary key?

a field (or group of fields) that uniquely identifies a given entity in a table

Which of the following illustrates the primary concepts of the relational database model?

entities, attributes, keys, and relationships

Which of the following stores information about a person, place, thing, transaction, or event, and is usually referred to as a table?

entity

What is the role of a foreign key?

It is a primary key of one table that appears as an attribute in another table and acts to provide a logical relationship between the two tables.

What is the primary problem with redundant information?

It is difficult to determine which values are the most current., It is often inconsistent, It is difficult to determine which values are the most accurate.

What are rules that enforce basic and fundamental information-based constraints?

relational integrity constraint

What is one of the biggest pitfalls associated with real-time information?

It continually changes

Which of the following lists include all of the five characteristics common to high-quality information?

accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, and uniqueness

What compiles all of the metadata about the data elements in the data model?

data dictionary

Which of the following is true in regard to the elimination of redundant information?

improves information quality

What is a technique for documenting the entities and relationships in a database environment?

entity-relationship diagram

What is a collection of related data elements?

record

What expresses the specific number of instances in an entity?

cardinality

What occurs between two entities in which an instance of one entity can be related to many instances of a related entity?

one-to-many relationship

What is a characteristic of a table?

field

What is composed of rows and columns that represent an entity?

Table

What is a primary key?

a field that uniquely identifies a given record in a table

What is a foreign key?

a primary key of one table that appears as an attribute in another table and acts to provide a logical relationship between the two tables

What occurs between two entities in which an instance of one entity can be related to only one instance of a related entity?

one-to-one relationship

What occurs when two entities can be related to each other in many instances?

many-to-many relationship

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What are the primary concepts of a relational database model?

In a relational database, all data is held in tables, which are made up of rows and columns. Each table has one or more columns, and each column is assigned a specific datatype, such as an integer number, a sequence of characters (for text), or a date.

What is primary key in relational DBMS quizlet?

A primary key is a field in a table which is unique and enables you to identify every record in that table.

What is an example of a relational database quizlet?

For example, SQLite is a relational database management system. SQLite contains the most minimal set of SQL commands which are the same across all RDBMSs.

What is a relational database quizlet?

Relational Database. A database consisting of more than two related tables. The relationship between the tables is created by placing a primary key of the primary in to the secondary table. Database Tables.