Student ID Last Name First Name Gender Attendance Punctuality
P1 Adams Megan F 100% 96%
P2 Ali Raza M 95% 98%
P3 Jones Timothy M 89% 93%
P4 Smith Winston M 98% 97%
P5 Williams Sally F 87% 100%
1. State which of the fields is the most likely to be the primary key and explain and your
answer.
Student ID
2. At certain times during the year, a teacher run queries to find out if any students have low
levels of attendance, punctuality or both. State the Student ID of all records the would fit the
following criteria:
a. Attendance = 100
P1
b. Attendance <95 AND punctuality <95
P3
c. Attendance <95 OR punctuality <95
P3, P5
3. What criteria would be used to find all female students with 90% attendance
Gender, First Name, Last Name, Attendance
4. Explain what is meant by the term DBMS
A database management system (DBMS) is a collection of programs that enables you to
store, modify, and extract information from a database. There are many different types of
database management systems, ranging from small systems that run on personal computers
to huge systems that run on mainframes.
5. Give an example of how each of the following might be used in a register system at a
secondary school
a. Form
To input data about a student
b. Report
To display a certain kind of information about a student e.g. Age
c. Query
To display a certain kind of information about a student e.g. Age. But this is more user
friendly

Database questions

  • 1.
    Student ID LastName First Name Gender Attendance Punctuality P1 Adams Megan F 100% 96% P2 Ali Raza M 95% 98% P3 Jones Timothy M 89% 93% P4 Smith Winston M 98% 97% P5 Williams Sally F 87% 100% 1. State which of the fields is the most likely to be the primary key and explain and your answer. Student ID 2. At certain times during the year, a teacher run queries to find out if any students have low levels of attendance, punctuality or both. State the Student ID of all records the would fit the following criteria: a. Attendance = 100 P1 b. Attendance <95 AND punctuality <95 P3 c. Attendance <95 OR punctuality <95 P3, P5 3. What criteria would be used to find all female students with 90% attendance Gender, First Name, Last Name, Attendance 4. Explain what is meant by the term DBMS A database management system (DBMS) is a collection of programs that enables you to store, modify, and extract information from a database. There are many different types of database management systems, ranging from small systems that run on personal computers to huge systems that run on mainframes. 5. Give an example of how each of the following might be used in a register system at a secondary school
  • 2.
    a. Form To inputdata about a student b. Report To display a certain kind of information about a student e.g. Age c. Query To display a certain kind of information about a student e.g. Age. But this is more user friendly