1. Databases – Exam questions
Candidates should be able to:
a. describe the terms typically used in relational database terminology: tables, primary keys, fields, records, relationships, foreign keys, duplicate data, referential integrity, entity, attribute, explaining the role and purpose of each;
b. identify tables, records, fields, primary keys and foreign keys, and interpret and create entity relationship diagrams for a given scenario;
c. identify the characteristics of data in unnormalised (0NF), first normal form (INF), second normal form (2NF) and third normal form (3NF);
d. describe the advantages and disadvantages of normalisation;
e. describe the components of a data dictionary;
f. select appropriate data types for a given set of data, and explain the advantages and disadvantages of alternative data types;
g. describe dynamic and static parameter queries and simple and complex queries and explain when and how they might be used, giving examples of use.

2. a. describe the terms typically used in relational database terminology: tables, primary keys, fields, records, relationships, foreign keys, duplicate data, referential integrity, entity, attribute, explaining the role and purpose of each;

3. Jan 2012

5. Jan 2012

7. Jan 2013

9. Jan 2013

11. June 2015

13. b. identify tables, records, fields, primary keys and foreign keys, and interpret and create entity relationship diagrams for a given scenario;

14. Jan 2012

16. Jun 2012

18. June 2013

20. June 2015

22. c. identify the characteristics of data in unnormalised (0NF), first normal form (INF), second normal form (2NF) and third normal form (3NF);

23. June 2012

25. June 2013

27. d. describe the advantages and disadvantages of normalisation;

28. Jan 2012

30. e. describe the components of a data dictionary;

31. Jan 2012

33. June 2014

35. f. select appropriate data types for a given set of data, and explain the advantages and disadvantages of alternative data types;

36. Jun 2012

38. Jan 2013

40. Jan 2013

42. June 2013

44. June 2014

46. June 2015

48. g. describe dynamic and static parameter queries and simple and complex queries and explain when and how they might be used, giving examples of use.

49. Jun 2012

51. June 2013

53. June 2014

55. June 2015