Reference no: EM132231414
1. If you need to make changes to a database and you aren't very confident that you will get it right, what is a good thing to do first?
Back up the database
Compact and repair the database
Encrypt the database
Print all all the data in the database
2. To add a predefined table to an existing database, you should use which of the following?
Application part
Blank desktop database
Custom web app
Database template
3. Which of the following would make a good primary key in a table from a real estate database?
House Number
Street Address
Zip Code
None of the above
4. If the real estate company is working on a short term project and needs to find out all real estate agents that have sold houses in Greenwich, CT, what database object in Access would they use?
Table
Query
Form
Report
5. The real estate company has an existing database for their residential property sales and agents. It has tables for agents, property details, and sales transactions. They are getting ready to expand into commercial properties and are planning what additional tables they need to add to the database. Would you recommend creating new tables for the expansion or using existing tables? Explain the things you consider to make this decision.
6. The real estate company company mentioned in the previous question is also thinking about moving their open house schedule from a paper calender to their database. Would you recommend creating new tables for the open house data or using existing tables? Explain the things you consider to make this decision.
7. In the real estate company they have a database to store information about their real estate agents and property listings. How would you describe the relationship between agents and property listings - one-to-one, one-to-many, or many-to-many? Explain why you chose that relationship.
8. In your own words, what is a primary key and why is it important to a database?