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IS 410 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026 Agile Software Development - Answers An approach to database and software that empahsizes "individual and interactions over processes and tools, working softwares over comprehensive documentation, customer collaboration over contract negotiation, nad respnose to change over following a plan" Database - Answers An organized collection of logically related data Data - Answers Stored representations of objects and events that have meaning and importance in the user's enviornment Information - Answers Data that have been processed in such a way as to increase the knowledge of the person who uses the data Metadata - Answers Data that describes the properties or characteristics of end-user data and the context of those data Database Application - Answers An application program (or set of related programs) that is used to perform a series of database activities (create, read, update, and delete) on behalf of database users Data Model - Answers Graphical systems used to capture the nature and relationships among data Entity - Answers A person, place, object, event, or concept in the user environment about which the organization wishes to maintain data Relational database - Answers A database that represents data as a collection of tables in which all data relationships are represented by common values in related tables Database Management System - Answers a software system that is used to create, maintain, and provide controlled access to user databases Data Independence - Answers The separation of data descriptions from the application program that uses the data User View - Answers A logical description of some portion of the database that is required by a user to perform some task Constraint - Answers A rule that cannot be violated by database users Computer-aided software engineering - Answers Software tools that provide automated support for some portion of the systems development process Repository - Answers A centralized knowledge base of all data definitions, data relationships, screen and report formats, and other system components Enterprise data modeling - Answers The first step in database development, in which the scope and general contents of organizational databases are specified Systems Development Life Cycle - Answers The traditional methodology used to develop, maintain, and replace information systems Conceptual Schema - Answers A detailed, technology-independent specification of the overall structure of organizational data Logical Schema - Answers The representation of database for a particular data management technology Physical Schema - Answers Specifications for how data from a logical schema are stored in a computer's secondary memory by a database management system Prototyping - Answers An iterative process of systems development in which requirements are converted to a working system that is continually revised through close work between analysts and users Project - Answers A planned undertaking of related activities to reach an objective that has a beginning and an end Enterprise Resource Planning - Answers A business management system that integrates all functions of the enterprise, such as manufacturing, sales, finance, marketing, inventory, accounting, and human resources. Are software applications that provide the data necessary for the enterprise to examine and manage its activities Data warehouse - Answers an integrated decision support database whose content is derived from the various operational databases Entity-Relationship Model - Answers A logical representation of the data for an organization or for a business area, using entities for categories of data and relationships for associations between entities Entity-Relationship diagram - Answers a graphical representation of a entity- relationship model Business Rule - Answers A statement that defines or constrains some aspect of the business. It's intended to assert business structure or to control or influence the behavior of the business Term - Answers A word or phrase that has a specific meaning for the business Fact - Answers An association between two or more terms Entity Type - Answers A collection of entities that share common properties or characteristics Entity Instance - Answers A single occurrence of an entity type Strong entity type - Answers An entity that exists independently of other entity types Weak entity type - Answers An entity type whose existence depends on some other entity type Identifying owner - Answers The entity type on which the weak entity type depends Identifying relationship - Answers The relationship between a weak entity type and its owner Attribute - Answers A property or characteristic of an entity or relationship type that is of interest to the organization Required attribute - Answers An attribute that must have a value for every entity (or relationship) instance with which it is associated Optional attribute - Answers An attribute that may not have a value for every entity (or relationship) instance with which it is associated Composite Attribute - Answers An attribute that has meaningful component parts (attributes) Simple (atomic) attribute - Answers An attribute that cannot be broken down into smaller components that are meaningful to the organization Multivalued attribute - Answers an attribute that may take on more than one value for a given entity instance Derived attribute - Answers An attribute whose values can be calculated from related attribute values Identifier - Answers An attribute whose value distinguishes instances of an entity type Composite Identifier - Answers An identifier that consists of a composite attribute Relationship type - Answers A meaningful association between entity types Relationship instance - Answers An association between entity instances where each relationship instance associates exactly one entity instance from each participating entity type Associative Entity - Answers An entity type that associates the instances of one or