Information Management 342 Exam 1
Questions and Answers UTK
Project - Answer-A temporary endeavor to produce a unique product or service
Project Management - Answer-Application of knowledge, skills, tools & techniques to project activities
to meet project requirements
Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - Answer-A model made up of planning, analysis, design,
implementation, and maintenance processes.
Project Lifecycle - Answer-1)Project Initiation
2)Project Planning
3)Project Execution
4)Project Closure
Project Initiation - Answer-Identify the problem and setting up the definition
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) - Answer-A logical, hierarchical, organized task list
-tasks<-all should be actionable or starts with a verb
, -deliverable-focused (milestones)
Conceptual Design - Answer-1)Determine user requirements
2)Determine business rules
3)Build conceptual data model (ERD)
ERD - Answer-Identifies the people, places, objects, things, events, or concepts, their characteristics &
relationships for an organization or business area
Entity - Answer-A collection of persons , places, objects, events, concepts (a table),
Entity Instance - Answer-A single occurrence of an entity type
Attribute - Answer-property or characteristic of an entity
What should an entity be? - Answer--An object that will have many instances in the database.
-An object that will be composed of multiple attributes
-An object that we are trying to model
What is not an entity? - Answer--A user of the database
-An output of the database system
Types of Entities - Answer-Strong and Weak
Weak Entity - Answer-Can't stand by itself
-needs a relationship with a strong
Questions and Answers UTK
Project - Answer-A temporary endeavor to produce a unique product or service
Project Management - Answer-Application of knowledge, skills, tools & techniques to project activities
to meet project requirements
Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - Answer-A model made up of planning, analysis, design,
implementation, and maintenance processes.
Project Lifecycle - Answer-1)Project Initiation
2)Project Planning
3)Project Execution
4)Project Closure
Project Initiation - Answer-Identify the problem and setting up the definition
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) - Answer-A logical, hierarchical, organized task list
-tasks<-all should be actionable or starts with a verb
, -deliverable-focused (milestones)
Conceptual Design - Answer-1)Determine user requirements
2)Determine business rules
3)Build conceptual data model (ERD)
ERD - Answer-Identifies the people, places, objects, things, events, or concepts, their characteristics &
relationships for an organization or business area
Entity - Answer-A collection of persons , places, objects, events, concepts (a table),
Entity Instance - Answer-A single occurrence of an entity type
Attribute - Answer-property or characteristic of an entity
What should an entity be? - Answer--An object that will have many instances in the database.
-An object that will be composed of multiple attributes
-An object that we are trying to model
What is not an entity? - Answer--A user of the database
-An output of the database system
Types of Entities - Answer-Strong and Weak
Weak Entity - Answer-Can't stand by itself
-needs a relationship with a strong
