Quiz 1 - Part 2 Flashcards
Abstraction of a real-world object or event
Model
Simple representations of complex real-world data structures
Data models
represents data structures and their characteristics, relations, constraints, transformations, and other constructs with the purpose of supporting a specific problem domain
Data Models
Iterative and progressive process of creating a specific data model for a determined problem domain
Data modeling
An implementation-ready data model should contain a description of the data structure that will store…
the end-user data
An implementation-ready data model should contain a set of enforceable rules to guarantee…
the integrity of the data
An implementation-ready data model should contain a data manipulation methodology to support …
the real-world data transformations.
Importance: Data models are a …. tool
communication
Importance: Data models give an overall….
view of the database
Importance: Data models organize… for various users
data
Importance: Data models are an abstraction for the creation of g…. d…..
good database
Unique and distinct object used to collect and store data
Entity
A person, place, thing or event about which data will be collected and stored
Entity
Characteristic of an entity
Attribute
Describes an association among entities
Relationship
Set of rules to ensure data integrity
Constraint
Brief, precise, and unambiguous description of a policy, procedure, or principle
Business Rule
Business Rules enable defining the basic…
building blocks
Describe main and distinguishing characteristics of the data
Business Rule
Business rules must be rendered in …. and must be kept….
writing/ up to date
Business rules sometimes are … to the organization
external
Business rules must be easy to u…. and widely d…..
understand / disseminated
Business rules describe characteristics of the data as …. by the company
view
Company managers, policy makers, department managers, written documentation and direct interview with end users are…
sources of business rules
Business rules help standardize…
company’s view of data
Business rules create …. between users and designers
communications tool
Business rules allow designer to understand the … , …. , …. of data, and …. processes
nature/role/scope/business
Business rules allow designer to develop appropriate r….. participation rules and c….
relationship/ constrains
Business rules allow designer to create an accurate….
data model
Nouns translate into…
entities
Verb translate into… among entities
relationship
Relationships are b…
bidirectional
Conceptual organization of the entire database as viewed by the database administrator (whole database)
Schema
Portion of the database seen by the application programs that produce the desired information from the data within the database (part of database)
Subschema