Database Selection and Personal Application

DBM 380 Assignment Database Selection
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Write a 700- to 1,050-word informal paper using Microsoft® Word in
which you address the following:
• Accurately definethe terms "database system" and "relational database
architecture".
• In your Learning Team next week, you will have a defined application
for a database that you will construct together, but this week, think about
what you personally could use a database for in your personal life.
Choose a subject from your work/home/hobby that requires the keeping
of multiple records; e.g., music collections, sales records, inventory. You
will not be creating this database in this course, but will use the idea this
week to practice the skills required to take an idea into the planning of a
database.
o Completelydefine the objectives for the database application that
would provide a solution for your record keeping requirements.
o List the data specifications (must include a minimum of three entities
with attributes).
o List at least two constraints and assumptions for your solution.
o Describe at least two basic database functions that a spreadsheet
cannot perform.

o Accuratelyexplain why a relational database management system
would offer the most robust solution for your requirements.
Include two or three references.
Format your paper and citations using APA format.
Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.
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DBM 380 Assignment Week 1 Database
Recommendation
Database Recommendation
Instructions:
The first and most important database-related decisions are whether to
use a database at all and, if so, which database management system to
use and why. Today there are dozens of database management
systems available; however, some are better suited to specific business
environments and applications than others.
For this assignment, you will analyze a business scenario, compare the
pros and cons of different database models and products, and

recommend a specific product to meet the needs of the business
scenario. You will provide the rationale for your recommendation in
terms of the suitability and business benefit.
Download and read the Brewster Business Scenario document.
Write a 2-page high-level, non-technical recommendation to present to
the Brewster CEO.
In your recommendation:
• Analyze the company's current system.
• Describe the problems and challenges associated with the current
system.
• Explain the business benefit of moving from the current system to a
single, shared database.
• Compare and contrast at least four different database models,
including the relational database model, in the context of the company's
business environment.
• Suggest a specific RDBMS solution you believe would be most
Appropriate for the company.
• List the benefits the company could expect to gain from
implementing the recommended RDBMS.
Cite at least two references.
Format citations using APA format.

Submit your assignment.
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DBM 380 Assignment Week 2 Normalized Database
Design Assignment
Normalized Database Design Assignment
Instructions:
A relational database must be designed and normalized before it can
be created, populated with data, and used. Database design depends
on the business scenario(s) a database architect needs to model, but
all relational database designs benefit from being normalized.
Download and follow the instructions on the Normalized Database
Design document.
Note: For this assignment, you will be given a business scenario. If
you
make changes during the normalization process (and usually this is the
case) DBM 380 Assignment Week 2 Normalized Database Design
Assignment

you will update your ERD to reflect the changes. Later in this
course, you will be asked to implement the ERD from this week.
Submit your ERD and your normalized database design.
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DBM 380 Assignment Week 3 Create and Populate a
Database
Create and Populate a Database
Instructions:
Resources: "SQL CREATE DATABASE Statement," "SQL CREATE
TABLE Statement," "SQL PRIMARY KEY Constraint," "SQL
FOREIGN
KEY Constraint," and "SQL INSERT INTO Statement"
For this assignment, you will create the database you designed in Week
2.
Download the Create a Database document and follow the instructions.
Submit the database containing all the tables you created or a

Microsoft® Word file containing all the SQL statements used.
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DBM 380 Assignment Week 4 Select and Update Data in
Related Tables
Select and Update Data in Related Tables
Instructions:
Running reports on existing data and updating data records are very
common tasks in the industry.
For this assignment, you will begin with a database containing
severalpre-populated tables.
Download and unzip the Microsoft® Access® database (ZIP file)
available on the Cengage's website. (You may need to convert the
database depending on the version of Microsoft® Access® you are
using. To convert the database, follow Microsoft®'s Convert a Database
to the .accdb File Format instructions.)
Open the database in Microsoft® Access® and explore the tables it

contains by following this path:
/folderYouNameWhenYouUnzip/1305627482_526407/Student/Ch07-
Intro-to-SQL/Databases/Ch07_SaleCo.mdb
Note: If you have chosen not to use Microsoft® Access® in this course,
you will need to download the SQL statements for MySQL, Oracle®, or
SQLserver and run those statements against your RDBMS to create a
populated database.
Download the Select and Update Data in Related Tables document and
follow the instructions.
Your completed assignment will consist of one document and two
screenshots placed in one document (one screenshot showing the
results of the "before" SELECT statement and a second showing the
results of the "after" SELECT statement).
Submit your assignment.
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DBM 380 Assignment Week 5 Database Administrator

Database Administrator
Instructions:
Imagine that you have the educational background, skills, and abilities
to be a database administrator. The XYZ company recently announced
a vacancy for a database administrator position, and you are very
interested because XYZ is known as a high-paying employer that is
enjoyable to work for. Because a security breach at XYZ recently made
the news, XYZ's job posting has requested all applicants to include in
their cover letter a brief description of how he or she would approach
data security if awarded the position.
Research the qualifications necessary to obtain a database
administrator position.
Read "Cover Letter Workshop - Formatting and Organization"
fromPurdue Online Writing Lab
Write a 1- to 2-page cover letter briefly describing your (fictional)
database administrator-related qualifications and outlining the reasons
you believe you are the best candidate for the job. Your cover letter
must include:
• A description of your education and database-related work
experience
• Note: this description will likely not match your own actual

education and experience. You will need to research and include the
education and work experience appropriate to a successful candidate
for a database administrator position unless your own personal
background qualifies you for a database administrator position
• Your philosophy and approach to backing up relational data
• Your philosophy and several approaches to securing relational data
and a rationale for each approach
• Address your cover letter to Mr. Ben Smith, Director of Human
Resources.
Submit your cover letter.
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DBM 380 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
Reflect on the textbook readings. Using the search strings listed in the
Electronic Reserve Readings for Week one search for additional
information on database systems. What information would your provide
to an organization or your employer on why database systems should be
used?
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What limitations have you or someone you know encountered in the past
in using nonrelational structures (such as in a Microsoft®
Excel®
or Word
file) to store data? What were the advantages?
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DBM 380 Week 1 Individual Assignment Database
Environment Proposal (NEW)
DBM 380 Week 1 ASSIGNMENT
Individual: Database Environment Proposal
As one of the program outcomes for the Bachelor of Science in
Information Technology program, students must design and develop a
database using professional principles and standards.
Write a 1- to 2-page memo in which you complete the following:
· Choose a database application from the following:
o An appropriate database environment within your workplace.

o An Art Museum that needs to track the artwork, artists, and
locations where the art is displayed or stored within the museum.
o A similar environment that you have has some experience with
in the past.
o Analyze the database environment.
o Describe the problems and constraints.
o Describe the objectives of the database environment.
o Describe the scope and boundaries.
o List the data specifications (must include a minimum of three
entities with attributes).
Include 2 or 3 references.
Format your memo using the attached Memo Template.
Format citations using APA format.
Submit your assignment using the Assignment Files tab.
Note: The database chosen will be used in the Week Two through Five
Individual Assignments.
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DBM 380 Week 1 Individual Assignment DataBase Paper
(UOP Course)

Write a 350- to 700-word paper in which you do the following:
· Explain what database systems are and how they are used.
· Define database architecture. Consider Microsoft®
Access®
,
Microsoft®
SQL Server®
, Oracle®
, and IBM DB2®
software as possible
examples.
· Summarize your paper by describing the database systems in your
workplace, identifying which database systems and architecture they fall
under.
Include 2 to 4 references.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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Think of a situation where null value should be allowed and a situation
where it should not be allowed. What are the consequences of
inappropriate null settings?
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Why it is necessary to choose appropriate data types for each data
column?
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Design and ERD Creation (NEW)
Individual: Database Design and ERD Creation
The following assignment is based on the database environment
proposed in the Week One Individual Assignment.

Perform a logical design on the proposed database environment without
going through the full normalization process. Include the identification
of all entities and attributes associated with the environment.
Use a 2-page memo to document your logical design including the
process you went through.
Discuss the process you went through to select the appropriate data
types, primary and foreign keys, and other constraints that are necessary
to maintain the integrity of the database.
Create a detailed ERD using the data specifications from the logical
design. Use Microsoft® Visio® or another tool to create this diagram.
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Environment Paper (UOP Course)
Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper in which you complete the following:
· Choose a database environment from the following:
o An appropriate database environment within your workplace (must
be approved by your instructor)

o An Art Museum that needs to track the artwork, artists, and locations
where the art is displayed or stored within the museum
o Smith Consulting (Virtual Organization) – needs a database to track
their consulting staff, each staff member’s skill sets, and what projects
they are working on
· Analyze the database environment.
· Describe the problems and constraints.
· Describe the objectives of the database environment.
· Describe the scope and boundaries.
· List the data specifications (must include a minimum of three
entities with attributes).
Include 3 to 5 references.
Note. The database environment chosen will be used in the Weeks Three
and Four Individual Assignments.
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DBM 380 Week 2 Learning Team Sparkle Diamonds
Project

DBM 380 Week 2 Learning Team Sparkle Diamonds Project
Start working on your Learning Team Database and Presentation
outlined above with delivery in Week Four. Begin by analyzing the
requirements provided. Identify the tables, fields, field attributes, and
table relationships required.
Build a 1-page Entity Relationship Diagram that models the required
tables and relationships using Microsoft® Visio®, Lucidchart, or
another software tool of your choice. The table design and relationships
must support the following functionality:
♣ Customers – Each customer is assigned a unique customer number but
may have multiple locations to ship to. The sales team needs to be able
to select the customer and the location for preparing sales orders.
♣ Inventory Table – The sales team will want to query the inventory to
find diamonds that meet the following specifications of their customers:
♣ Cost – what SD has paid for the stone
♣ Price – what SD will sell the stone for
♣ Carat – weight
♣ Clarity – clarity scale for diamonds offered are IF, VVS1, VVS2,
VS1, VS2*
♣ Cut – cut scale for diamonds offered are Excellent, Very Good, Good

♣ Color – color scale for diamond offered are D, E, F, G, H, I, J*
♣ Order Table – The sales team will want to prepare a sales order for
existing customers and sell only diamonds that are in inventory. The
DBMS must be designed such that customers can purchase multiple
stones on one sales order.
*Diamond Scale Reference*
♣ Clarity:
♣ IF- Internally Flawless
♣ VVS1 – Very, very slightly included (pavilion)
♣ VVS2 – Very, very slightly included (crown)
♣ VS1 – Very slightly included (under 10X magnification)
♣ VS2 – Very slightly included (to the naked eye)
♣ Color:
♣ D, E, F – Colorless – color between D, E, and F diamonds can be
detected only by a gemologist in side by side comparisons, and rarely by
the untrained eye
♣ G, H, I, J, K – Near Colorless – diamonds color rated by a gemologist
Write a 175- to 350-word Status Update for your Learning Team using
Microsoft® Word describing the work you have completed this week.
The Status Update is a simple Microsoft® Word document that lets the
instructor know what the team has accomplished during the week.
Submit the ERD and Status Update to the Assignment Files tab

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DBM 380 Week 2 Team Assignment Service Request SR-
ht-003 Change Request 2 (UOP Course)
Begin working on Service Request SR-ht-003, due in Week Five, by
completing Change Request 2.
Create documentation for this project that summarizes the process for
using the entities and attributes for fleet truck maintenance. The Entities
and Attributes for Fleet Truck Maintenance can be found in the Huffman
Trucking Virtual Organization.
Submit a draft of your team’s documentation.
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A motor vehicle maintenance center wants to improve its services by
using database management systems (DBMS) and data mining. What
tables are needed in such a database and how can it help improve their
services?
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How do you select the primary key from the candidate keys? How do
foreign keys relate to candidate keys? Provide examples from either
your workplace or class assignments.
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Normalization (NEW)

Individual: Database Normalization
designed in the Week Two Individual Assignment.
Your database project must meet the following assessment requirements:
· Design a database using professional principles and standards.
· Provide a logical design of the database. As a part of the design,
normalize the database to the 3NF
· Use Microsoft Visio or another tool to create this diagram to
normalize the ERD to third normal form (3NF).
Submit the ERD to the appropriate Assignment Files tab.
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DBM 380 Week 3 Individual Assignment ERD Creation
Project (UOP Course)
The following assignment is based on the database environment chosen
and discussed in the Week Two Individual Assignment.
Use a Microsoft®
Visio®
diagram to create a detailed ERD using the data
specificationsnoted in the Week Two Individual Assignment. Make any
necessary changes provided in your faculty’s feedback.

Use a Microsoft®
Access®
database to create the preliminary database
tables, columns with data types, primary keys, and relationships.
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DBM 380 Week 3 Learning Team Tables and Status
Update (Contains Only Script)
DBM 380 Week 3 Learning Team: Tables and Status Update
Normalize your tables designed in Week Two.
Using the MySQL™ Workbench, or through a script, construct the
tables in MySQL™ from the logical database design from your
normalized ERD.
Populate each table with at least ten data records that would support the
user’s functional requirements.
Write a 175- to 350-word Status Update for your Learning Team using
Microsoft® Word describing the work you have completed this week.
The Status Update is a simple Microsoft® Word document that lets the
instructor know what the team has accomplished during the week.
Compress all your table files and your Status Update into a single ZIP
folder.
Submit your ZIP folder to the Assignment Files tab.

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ht-003 Change Request 3 (UOP Course)
Continue working on Service Request SR-ht-003, due in Week Five, by
completing Change Request 3.
Create documentation that explains the process of creating the entity-
relationship diagrams in the change request relative to this project.
Submit a draft of your team’s documentation
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In your own words, describe the nature and purpose of the normalization
process. Provide some examples from sources other than the readings.

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In what business database environments is denormalization appropriate
and why? What would denormalization specifically involve?
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Creation (NEW)
Individual: Database Creation
designed in the Week Three Individual Assignment.
· Create a database using professional principles and standards.

· Use a relational database software application to develop a
database implementing the logical design into a physical design.
· Use an Oracle® database to create the normalized physical
database including tables, columns with data types, primary keys,
constraints, etc.
· Create a minimum of ten rows of test data in each table.
Submit an .sql file with the scripts needed to create tables with keys and
to insert test rows, etc., into the tables and submit to the Assignment
Files tab.
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DBM 380 Week 4 Individual Assignment Normalization
of the ERD (UOP Course)
The following assignment is based on the database environment chosen
and created in the Week Three Individual Assignment.
Design and develop a database using professional principles and
standards.

· Provide a logical and physical design of the database.
· Use relational database software application to develop database.
· Provide an entity relationship diagram.
· Normalize the database.
· Generate and provide test data.
Use a Microsoft®
Visio®
diagram to normalize the ERD to third normal
form (3NF).
Use the Microsoft®
Access®
database created in Week Three to create a
minimum of 10 rows of test data in each table. Also, create at least one
query that joins two tables and returns values from both tables.
Note. Only the Microsoft®
Visio®
diagram must be normalized to the
3NF. The 3NF is not required for a Microsoft®
Access®
database.
Submit the ERD and final database to the appropriate Assignment link.
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DBM 380 Week 4 Learning Team MySQL™

DBM 380 Week 4 Learning Team: MySQL™
Complete work on your Learning Team Database.
Execute the following queries in the Diamond Broker database:
♣ Create an 1-page inventory list showing all the attributes for each
diamond in inventory (both in stock and not in stock)
♣ Show the total price and costs for all in stock inventory items
♣ Show a 1-page list of all diamonds that are in stock and have a carat
weight of over 1.0 carats
♣ Show a 1-page list of customer names and order numbers for those
customers that have placed an order in the past twelve months
♣ Show a 1-page list of all orders with customer name and include all
items that are on that order
Compress the output of the queries including all of the scripts to create
the database tables, to establish keys and constraints, to populate data
within the database, and queries into a single ZIP folder.
Submit your ZIP folder to the Assignment Files tab.
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DBM 380 Week 4 Team Assignment SR-ht-003 Change
Request 4 and 5 (UOP Course)

Continue working on Service Request SR-ht-003, due in Week Five, by
completing Change Requests 4 and 5.
Create documentation describing the principles and importance of
normalization in relation to this project and the process by which this
project was normalized.
Submit a draft of your team’s documentation to the Assignments link.
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Describe the advantages and disadvantages of DBMS-provided security.
Compare it to network or application security.
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Locate a hosted, distributed database service. Explore its features and
talk about your experiences. In what situations would an organization
consider using it?
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DBM 380 Week 5 Individual Assignment SQL Queries
(NEW)
Individual: SQL Queries
The following assignment is based on the database environment created
in the Week Four Individual Assignment.
Design and develop the below queries using professional principles and
standards:
· A set of SQL Statements that returns all rows and all data for each
table in your database.
· Two SQL Statements that return a subset of columns and a subset
of rows using the WHERE clause.

· Two SQL Statements that join two or more tables in one query.
Look for primary and foreign keys to help you determine join points.
Use the JOIN clause as a part of your queries.
Submit an .sql file with the scripts needed to create the required queries
and submit the file using the Assignment Files tab.
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DBM 380 Week 5 Learning Team Big Data
BM 380 Week 5 Learning Team: Big Data
The amount of data that large organizations must manage is vast. The
concepts of managing “big data” are much different than traditional
application databases (those similar to the diamond broker application,
for example).
Prepare a 5- to 6-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with
detailed speaker notes that answers the following:
♣ How do organizations like Amazon, Facebook, or Google manage
their “big data” systems?
♣ Explain the challenges these organizations face with managing these
large systems.
♣ Recommend tools and techniques these organizations could use to
help in the management of these systems.

♣ List the key functions that must be included in these tools.
Include at least three external sources as a part of your research.
Submit your presentation to the Assignment Files tab.
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ht-003 (UOP Course)
Finalize the project work for SR-ht-003 and Change Requests 2–5.
Compile all documentation from your Change request from Weeks Two
through Five.
Submit your team’s project work and documentation to your facilitator.
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