Database bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Collection of related data.

   Item

   Database

2. Clue

   Software that manages it.

   Item

   DBMS

3. Clue

   Describes content and format.

   Item

   Dictionary

4. Clue

   Lists tables and their fields.

   Item

   Catalog

5. Clue

   Same fact stored twice.

   Item

   Redundancy

6. Clue

   Attributes that pin a row.

   Item

   Superkey

7. Clue

   Minimal identifying key.

   Item

   Candidate

8. Clue

   The chosen unique identifier.

   Item

   Primary key

9. Clue

   Documents, graphs, key value.

   Item

   NoSQL

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation