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The purpose of this assignment is to develop skills

Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines

Unit Code

BN204

Unit Title

Database Technologies

Term, Year

T1, 2018

Assessment Type

Assignment 1

Assessment Title

Managing Data in Databases

Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping)

The purpose of this assignment is to develop skills in managing data in databases and to gain understanding of data model development and implementation using a commercially available database management system development tool.

On completion of this assignment students will be able to:

a. Describe issues related to the integrity and security of database (DB) systems.

b. Make an informed and critical assessment of database management systems (DBMS).

c. Develop data models and implement DB systems.

Weight

70 Marks + 30 Marks for the quiz

Total Marks

15% of total assessment for the unit

Word limit

No specific word limit

Due Date

Lab class week 8

Description of this assignment:

This assignment consists of two parts:

Part A: An online quiz Assignment 1, which includes 30 questions. Quiz will cover basic concepts of the relational data models. Students may have 3 attempts at this quiz. The system will keep the highest grade.

Part B: Write SQL Queries to extract data from data tables and 2 questions on database concepts.

Submission Guidelines

  • All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date. Write your answers in this document underneath the question and save as

BN204_T1_2018_Assigment1_your_name.doc”.

  • The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2.5 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings.

  • Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style.

Extension

  • If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration Application must be submitted directly to the School’s Administration Officer, in Melbourne on Level 6 or in Sydney on Level 7. You must submit this application three working days prior to the due date of the assignment. Further information is available at:

http://www.mit.edu.au/aboutmit/institutepublications/policiesproceduresandguidelines/specialconsiderationdeferment

Academic Misconduct

Assignment Description

Answer All Questions (Part A and Part B)

Part A: (30 Marks)

Paste below the summary of your Moodle Assignment 1 quiz. The quiz will be open after week 5

Part B: (70 Marks)

  1. The snapshot of MovieDB database structure is given below. MovieDB is a database that keeps track of information about the movies, directors, and stars (i.e. actors and actresses) in a video store.

You are working as an IT specialist in this organisation and are required to extract information from this database by executing SQL queries according to the instructions given below.

The primary keys are marked with the key symbol in the following snapshot of MovieDB database shown in figure 1.

Figure 1: Snapshot of the MovieDB database structure

Description of the schema

actor – stores details of the actors in the database MovieDB

director – stores details of the directors

movie – keeps track of movie details

genres – stores movie categories, such as action, horror, adventure, drama, romance, comedy

  1. First you need to create the above database structure on MS Access and populate all the tables with suitable data (at least 3 records per table) using the following SQL statement or data sheet view in MS Access.

INSERT into TableName

VALUES (“..”,”..”,…..)

(10 Marks)

  1. Write SQL queries (do not use QBE) for the following questions and execute the queries after creating the above database on MS Access. Include screen shots of the outputs and all SQL statements you used to answer following questions

(3 marks for each screen shot & remaining marks for the SQL query)

    1. Display details of all movie titles released after 2017. Your result set should be sorted on descending order of the mov_title.

(5 Marks)

    1. List titles of all horror movies.

(Hint: Join movie and movie_genres and gen_title should be “horror”)

(5 Marks)

    1. Display movie title, year released of all movies and names of directors who directed them.

(Hint: you need to join 3 tables; movie, director, movie_direction tables)

(10 Marks)

    1. List titles of movies directed by “James Cameron”.

(10 Marks)

    1. Create a new table named “JamesCameron_MOVIES” that includes titles of movies directed by “James Cameron”.

(5 Marks)

    1. Find actors playing in movies directed by “James Cameron”.

(3 Marks)

    1. Assume that you want to count how many movies were released after 2017. Write a query to find the number.

(2 Marks)

    1. Determine the Functional Dependencies that exist in the following Order table.

Order (OrderNum, OrderDate, Customer_No, Customer_Name, Customer_contactNo, ItemNum, Description, NumOrdered, QuotedPrice)

(5 Marks)

    1. Normalize the above relation to 3rd normal form, ensuring that the resulting relations are dependency-preserving and specify the primary keys in the normalized relations by underlining them.

(3 Marks)

    1. An agency called WorkForce supplies part-time staff to hotels throughout Australia. The table shown below lists the time spent by agency staff working at two hotels. The Emp_ID is unique for each employee.
Emp_ID Contract_No HoursAssigned

PerWeek

Hotel_contact_No HotelNo HotelLocation
1177567 MIT1009 17 045566790 H12 Ringwood
1256788 MIT10010 20 056678954 H40 Melbourne CBD
2246769 MIT10011 30 045566790 H12 Ringwood
2254678 MIT10012 30 056678954 H40 Melbourne CBD
3758956 MIT10013 25 045566790 H12 Ringwood
4237890 MIT10014 36 056678954 H40 Melbourne CBD

Provide examples of insertion and deletion anomalies that may occur in the above table.

(2 Marks)

    1. A data warehouse (DW) is a collection of corporate information and data derived from operational systems and external data sources. Research more about this topic and find out benefits of using a Data Warehouse for business.

(5 Marks)

    1. Assume that you have been appointed as a database developer in an organisation. Explain briefly, what will be your key responsibilities in the role of a database developer.

(2 Marks)

    1. Explore the job listings advertised online and find out the skills you need to become a database developer.

(3 Marks)

Marking criteria:

Marks are allocated for each part as below.

Section

Description of the section

Marks

QUIZ (30 MARKS)

  1. Assignment 1 Quiz

Issues related to integrity of database

30

REPORT

(70 MARKS)

  1. Question 1

Query writing Skills- Develop data models and implement DB systems.

50

  1. Question 2`

Issues related to integrity of database

10

  1. Question 3

Make an informed and critical assessment of database management systems (DBMS)

10

Total marks for the Report

70

TOTAL

100

Marking Rubric for Assignment 1 –Part B: Total Marks 70

Grade/

Mark

Excellent

100%

Very Good

80%

Good

60%

Satisfactory

40%

Unsatisfactory

0%-20%

Q1

Query writing

Skills

50 marks

Evidence of accurate and well-

written queries

100%

Evidence of good query writing skills.

80%

Generally relevant.

60%

Displayed reasonable query writing skills.

40%

Demonstrated little evidence of understanding the topic.

0-20%

Q2 Issues related to integrity of database

10 marks

Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically.

100%

Demonstrated the ability to think critically.

80%

Demonstrated reasonable ability to think.

60%

Demonstrated some ability to think critically but not complete.

40%

Did not demonstrate the ability to think critically.

0-20%.

Q3 Make an informed and critical assessment of database management systems concepts(DBMS)

10 marks

Demonstrated excellent knowledge on database management systems concepts and applications.

100%

Demonstrated good knowledge on database management systems concepts and applications.

80%

Demonstrated reasonable knowledge on database management systems concepts and applications.

60%

Demonstrated some knowledge on database management systems concepts and applications.

40%

Did not demonstrate knowledge on database management systems concepts and applications.

0-20%



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