Chapter 3- Exam 1

Question 1

A special-purpose UML notation representing the relationship between two classes that are often considered together, such as when a sports league is made up of a collection of teams

Answer 1

Aggregation relationship

53

Question 2

UML symbol that depicts the relationship between two classes; it is modeled as a solid line that connects two classes in a model

Answer 2

Association

51

Question 3

Data elements that describe instances in a class, very much like fields in a database table

Answer 3

Attributes

52, 60

Question 4

Succinct statements of constraints on business processes; they provide the logic that guides the behavior of the business in specific situations

Answer 4

Business rule

57

Question 5

See multiplicities

Answer 5

Cardinalities

60

Question 6

Any separate identifiable collection of things (objects) about which the organization wants to collect and store information. ________ can represent organization resources (e.g. trucks, machines, buildings, cash, investments), persons (e.g. customers, employees), events (e.g. sales, purchases, cash disbursements, cash receipts), and conceptual structures (e.g. accounts, product categories, budgets). ________ are typically implemented as tables in a relational database, where individual instances of the class are represented as rows in the table

Answer 6

Class

50

Question 7

Structure models prepared using UML notation

Answer 7

Class diagrams

50

Question 8

A special-purpose UML notation representing the relationship between two classes that are often considered together, similar to aggregation relationships, except that in ________ ________ , one class cannot exist without the other, such as a book and the chapters that compose the book.

Answer 8

Composition relationship

53

Question 9

Optional or mandatory guidance about how a process should perform in certain situations

Answer 9

Constraints

52

Question 10

A graphic representation of the conceptual contents of databases; ______ _________ support communication about database contents between users and designers of the database

Answer 10

Data models 
(50)

Question 11

The people, things, and events in the domain of interest; in UML notation, _________ are modeled as classes

Answer 11

Entities

60

Question 12

Attribute that allows database tables to be linked together; ________ ________ are the primary keys of other tables placed in the current table to support the link between the two tables

Answer 12

Foreign key (FK)
(53)

Question 13

A special-purpose UML symbol that supports grouping of things that share common characteristics; it reduces redundancy because the shared characteristics need only be modeled once

Answer 13

Generalization relationship

53

Question 14

UML symbols that describe the minimum and maximum number of times an instance of one class can be associated with instances of another class for a specific association between those two classes; they indicate whether the two classes are part of one-to-one, one-to-many, or many-to-many relationships

Answer 14

Multiplicities

60

Question 15

An attribute or a combination of attributes that uniquely identifies an instance of a class in a data model or a specific row in a table

Answer 15

Primary key (PK)
(52)

Question 16

The business purpose for the association between two classes or two database tables; see association

Answer 16

Relationship

60

Question 17

A conceptual depiction of a database, such as a UML class model or an entity-relationship model

Answer 17

Structure model 
(50)