Part -1:
1. What is a DBMS? Include in your response a description of the components of a DBMS.
2. What are entity-relationship diagrams, and how are they used? Include a description of the symbols used for entities, relationships and cardinality.
3. What is data warehousing and data mining? Are the terms related?
Part -2:
Select one of the following topics for discussion:
1. Suppose you want to demonstrate an ERD to someone who has never seen one. Provide a scenario from everyday life that lends itself to an ERD (not from the text!)
o Research the steps necessary to create an ERD and summarize them as if you were explaining them to someone.
o Utilizing those steps, create an ERD that reflects your example.
o In your responses to other students' postings, comment on whether or not you understood the explanation, and whether or not the drawing accurately reflects the example.
o Cite your sources.
Discuss the ethical issues to consider when planning a database. For example, should personal data, such as medical information be stored in the same DBMS that manages employee salary and benefits data?
o Find sources that support your discussion and include the ideas in your post.