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Problem: DBMS Components
Question A. Explain the main differences between a file processing system and a database system.
Question B. What is a DBMS? Briefly describe the components of a DBMS.
Question C. Describe a primary key, candidate key, secondary key, foreign key, and common field.
Question D. What are entity-relationship diagrams and how are they used? What symbol is used to represent an entity in an ERD? What symbol is used for a relationship? What is cardinality, and what symbols do you use in the crow's foot notation method?
Question E. What are data warehousing and data mining? Are the terms related?
Question F. What is the criterion for a table design to be in first normal form? How do you convert an unnormalized design to 1NF?
Question G. What are the criteria for a table design to be in second normal form? How do you convert a 1NF design to 2NF?
Question H. What are the criteria for a table design to be in third normal form? How do you convert a 2NF design to 3NF?
Question I. Explain the difference between a logical record and a physical record.
Question J. How would a specific date, such as September 1, 2011, be represented as an absolute date?