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WGU C175/D426 DATA MANAGEMENT FOUNDATIONS OA EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 2 LATEST VERSIONS 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (100% CORRECT AND VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ $30.49   Add to cart

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WGU C175/D426 DATA MANAGEMENT FOUNDATIONS OA EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 2 LATEST VERSIONS 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (100% CORRECT AND VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ VERSION A What does modality refer to? How does it appear on ER diagram? - ANSWERRefers to the MINI...

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WGU C175/D426 DATA MANAGEMENT FOUNDATIONS OA EXAM
2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 2 LATEST VERSIONS 300
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (100% CORRECT AND VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+




VERSION A



What does modality refer to? How does it appear on ER diagram? - ANSWER-

Refers to the MINIMUM number of times an instance in one entity can be
associated with instance of another entity (minima)
Appears as a 0 or 1 on the relationship line, next to cardinality

Define: Referential Integrity - ANSWER- Requires that ALL foreign key values
must either be fully NULL or match some primary key value

4 Ways Referential Integrity can be violated: - ANSWER- 1. Primary key is
updated
2. Foreign key is updated
3. Row containing primary key is DELETED
4. Row containing foreign key is INSERTED

4 Actions to Correct Referential Integrity Violation: - ANSWER- 1. RESTRICT -
rejects an insert, update, or delete
2. SET NULL - sets invalid foreign keys to null
3. SET DEFAULT - sets invalid foreign keys to a default primary value
4. CASCADE - propagates primary key changes to foreign keys

What is an important aspect to referential integrity? - ANSWER- reference to data
in one relation is based on values in another relation

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,What is a broad definition of data? - ANSWER- Raw facts captured on printed or
digital media

What are data? - ANSWER- Facts that are collected and stored in a database
system

What is a determining characteristic of unstructured data? - ANSWER- It does not
follow a data model

What is true about flat files? - ANSWER- - They contain no internal hierarchical
organization

How were data retrieved before database management systems? - ANSWER-
Sequentially from simple files

What is an attribute or group of attributes that uniquely identify a tuple in a
relation? - ANSWER- Primary Key

What is necessary for a primary key in one relation of a database to match with its
corresponding foreign key in another relation of the same database? - ANSWER- A
domain of values

What uniquely identifies each entity in a collection of entities but is not the
primary key? - ANSWER- Alternate Key

What is the term for a set of columns in a table that can uniquely identify any
record in that table without referring to other data? - ANSWER- Candidate Key

What happens to the original data in database indexing? - ANSWER- It is copied
to the index

Why are indexes created in a physical database design? - ANSWER- To retrieve
data DIRECTLY using a pointer

Why is an index created on a database column? - ANSWER- To optimize data
retrievals

Define: Functional Dependency - ANSWER- Each value of a column relates to at
MOST one value of another column

,Dependence of one column on another

, What term is used to describe: a value of one particular attribute associated with a
specific single value of another attribute? - ANSWER- Functional Dependency

Rules/Appearance of First Normal Form - ANSWER- - All non-key columns
depend on primary key
- Each table cell contains one value
- A table with no duplicate rows

Rules/Appearance of Second Normal Form - ANSWER- - When all non-key
columns depend on the WHOLE primary key
- Must be in 1NF
- Non-key column can not depend on just one part of a composite key - a single
primary key is automatically in 2NF

Rules/Appearance of Third Normal Form - ANSWER- - All non-key columns
depend ONLY on the primary key
- Tables are totally free of data redundancy

What are the 4 ways that operational and analytical databases differ? - ANSWER-
- Volat ility
- Detail
- Scope
- History

Define: Volatility; How it applies to Operational? Analytical? - ANSWER- -
Database updates in real time
- Operational Data is Volatile
- Analytical Data is NOT Volatile

Define: Detail; How it applies to operational and analytical DB? - ANSWER- - A
database that keeps record of individual transactions; line items
- Operational: Detailed
- Analytical: Detailed

Define: Scope; How it applies to operational and analytical DB? - ANSWER- -
How far a database can reach
Operational: incompatible


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