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DBM 380 Assignment Database Selection FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com Write a 700- to 1,050-word informal paper using Microsoft® Word in which you address the following: • Accurately definethe terms "database system" and "relational database architecture". • In your Learning Team next week, you will have a defined application for a database that you will construct together, but this week, think about what you personally could use a database for in your personal life. Choose a subject from your work/home/hobby that requires the keeping of multiple records; e.g., music collections, sales records, inventory. You will not be creating this database in this course, but

DBM 380 Entire Course (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com DBM 380 Week 1 Individual Assignment DataBase Paper (New) DBM 380 Week 1 DQ 1 (New) DBM 380 Week 1 DQ 2 (New) DBM 380 Week 2 Team Assignment Service Request SR-ht-003 Change Request 2 (New) DBM 380 Week 2 Individual Assignment Database Environment Paper (New) DBM 380 Week 2 DQ 1 (New) DBM 380 Week 2 DQ 2 (New) DBM 380 Week 3 Team Assignment Service Request SR-ht-003 Change Request 3 (New) DBM 380 Week 3 Individual Assignment ERD Creation Project (New) DBM 380 Week 3 DQ 1 (New) DBM 380 Week 3 DQ 2 (New) DBM 380 Week 4 Team Assignment SR-ht-003

DBM 380 Week 1 DQ 1 (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com Reflect on the textbook readings. Using the search strings listed in the Electronic Reserve Readings for Week one search for additional information on database systems. What information would your provide to an organization or your employer on why database systems should be used?

DBM 380 Week 1 DQ 2 (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com What limitations have you or someone you know encountered in the past in using nonrelational structures (such as in a Microsoft® Excel® or Word file) to store data? What were the advantages?

DBM 380 Week 1 Individual Assignment Database Environment Proposal (NEW) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com DBM 380 Week 1 ASSIGNMENT Individual: Database Environment Proposal As one of the program outcomes for the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology program, students must design and develop a database using professional principles and standards. Write a 1- to 2-page memo in which you complete the following: • Choose a database application from the following: o An appropriate database environment within your workplace. o An Art Museum that needs to track the artwork, artists, and locations where the art is displayed or stored within the museum. o A similar environment

DBM 380 Week 1 Individual Assignment DataBase Paper (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com Write a 350- to 700-word paper in which you do the following: Explain what database systems are and how they are used. Define database architecture. Consider Microsoft® Access®, Microsoft® SQL Server®, Oracle®, and IBM DB2® software as possible examples. Summarize your paper by describing the database systems in your workplace, identifying which database systems and architecture they fall under. Include 2 to 4 references. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

DBM 380 Week 2 DQ 1 (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com Think of a situation where null value should be allowed and a situation where it should not be allowed. What are the consequences of inappropriate null settings?

DBM 380 Week 2 DQ 2 (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com Why it is necessary to choose appropriate data types for each data column?

DBM 380 Week 2 Individual Assignment Database Design and ERD Creation (NEW) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com DBM 380 Week 2 ASSIGNMENT Individual: Database Design and ERD Creation The following assignment is based on the database environment proposed in the Week One Individual Assignment. Perform a logical design on the proposed database environment without going through the full normalization process. Include the identification of all entities and attributes associated with the environment. Use a 2-page memo to document your logical design including the process you went through. Discuss the process you went through to select the appropriate data types, primary and foreign keys, and other constraints that are necessary to maintain the integrity of the database. Create a detailed ERD using the data specifications from the logical design. Use Microsoft® Visio® or another tool to create this diagram.

DBM 380 Week 2 Individual Assignment Database Environment Paper (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper in which you complete the following: Choose a database environment from the following: An appropriate database environment within your workplace (must be approved by your instructor) An Art Museum that needs to track the artwork, artists, and locations where the art is displayed or stored within the museum Smith Consulting (Virtual Organization) – needs a database to track their consulting staff, each staff member’s skill sets, and what projects they are working on Analyze the database environment. Describe the problems and constraints. Describe the

DBM 380 Week 2 Team Assignment Service Request SR-ht-003 Change Request 2 (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com Begin working on Service Request SR-ht-003, due in Week Five, by completing Change Request 2. Create documentation for this project that summarizes the process for using the entities and attributes for fleet truck maintenance. The Entities and Attributes for Fleet Truck Maintenance can be found in the Huffman Trucking Virtual Organization. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Submit a draft of your team’s documentation.

DBM 380 Week 3 DQ 1 (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com A motor vehicle maintenance center wants to improve its services by using database management systems (DBMS) and data mining. What tables are needed in such a database and how can it help improve their services?

DBM 380 Week 3 DQ 2 (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com How do you select the primary key from the candidate keys? How do foreign keys relate to candidate keys? Provide examples from either your workplace or class assignments.

DBM 380 Week 3 Individual Assignment Database Normalization (NEW) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com DBM 380 Week 3 ASSIGNMENT Individual: Database Normalization The following assignment is based on the database environment designed in the Week Two Individual Assignment. Your database project must meet the following assessment requirements: • Design a database using professional principles and standards. • Provide a logical design of the database. As a part of the design, normalize the database to the 3NF • Use Microsoft Visio or another tool to create this diagram to normalize the ERD to third normal form (3NF). Submit the ERD to the appropriate Assignment Files tab.

DBM 380 Week 3 Individual Assignment ERD Creation Project (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com The following assignment is based on the database environment chosen and discussed in the Week Two Individual Assignment. Use a Microsoft® Visio® diagram to create a detailed ERD using the data specificationsnoted in the Week Two Individual Assignment. Make any necessary changes provided in your faculty’s feedback. Use a Microsoft® Access® database to create the preliminary database tables, columns with data types, primary keys, and relationships.

DBM 380 Week 3 Team Assignment Service Request SR-ht-003 Change Request 3 (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com Continue working on Service Request SR-ht-003, due in Week Five, by completing Change Request 3. Create documentation that explains the process of creating the entity-relationship diagrams in the change request relative to this project. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Submit a draft of your team’s documentation

DBM 380 Week 4 Individual Assignment Database Creation (NEW) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com DBM 380 Week 4 ASSIGNMENT Individual: Database Creation The following assignment is based on the database environment designed in the Week Three Individual Assignment. Your database project must meet the following assessment requirements: • Create a database using professional principles and standards. • Use a relational database software application to develop a database implementing the logical design into a physical design. • Use an Oracle® database to create the normalized physical database including tables, columns with data types, primary keys, constraints, etc. • Create a minimum of ten rows of test data in each table. Submit an .sql file with the scripts needed to create tables with keys and to insert test rows, etc., into the tables and submit to the Assignment Files tab.

DBM 380 Week 4 Individual Assignment Normalization of the ERD (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com The following assignment is based on the database environment chosen and created in the Week Three Individual Assignment. Your database project must meet the following assessment requirements: Design and develop a database using professional principles and standards. Provide a logical and physical design of the database. Use relational database software application to develop database. Provide an entity relationship diagram. Normalize the database. Generate and provide test data. Use a Microsoft® Visio® diagram to normalize the ERD to third normal form (3NF). Use the Microsoft®

DBM 380 Week 4 Team Assignment SR-ht-003 Change Request 4 and 5 (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com Continue working on Service Request SR-ht-003, due in Week Five, by completing Change Requests 4 and 5. Create documentation describing the principles and importance of normalization in relation to this project and the process by which this project was normalized. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Submit a draft of your team’s documentation to the Assignments link.

DBM 380 Week 5 Individual Assignment SQL Queries (NEW) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.dbm380aid.com DBM 380 Week 5 ASSIGNMENT Individual: SQL Queries The following assignment is based on the database environment created in the Week Four Individual Assignment. Design and develop the below queries using professional principles and standards: • A set of SQL Statements that returns all rows and all data for each table in your database. • Two SQL Statements that return a subset of columns and a subset of rows using the WHERE clause. • Two SQL Statements that join two or more tables in one query. Look for primary and foreign keys to help you determine join points. Use the JOIN clause as a part of your queries. Submit an .sql file with the scripts needed to create the required queries and submit the file using the Assignment Files tab.

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