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What file extension does Access 2013 use for database files?
accdb
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What does RDBMS stand for?
relational database management system
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Where is the table name?
on the table tab
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How do you find the number of records in a table
the number of rows in a table
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How do you find the number of fields in a table?
the number of columns in a table
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What is a field value?
an entry in a table that is not a field heading
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Why is the table divided into fields?
helps organize, catagorize attributes, make querys
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What does the pencil icon beside a record indicate?
that record is being edited or addes
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Each table must have one field of a special type. What is the name of that type?
primary key
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What is an object? How many determine the number of objects in a database?
Objects could be tables, queries, forms, or reports. They are listed on the left under All Access Objects.
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What object contains the data?
The table(s)
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Can you change a field value using a a) query, b) form, c) report?
- a) query: yes
- b) form: yes
- c) report: no
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Where do you change field properties?
table's Design View
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What is the difference between a fields name and its caption property?
The caption is the way the field's heading is displayed.
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Describe one reason why data is placed in separate tables.
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What are 3 common field properties?
Description, Field Size, Format, Caption
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How do you create a new table?
Create/Tables/Table Design
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How do you assign a primary key?
In table Design View, right click on the field and choose Primary Key
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What are two ways of importing data?
EXTERNAL DATA/Import Text File or Import Excel
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How do you resize columns?
In DataSheet View, select all the fields, right click in one field, choose Field Widtt/Best Fit or double-click between the field names
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How do define a one-to-many 1:M relationship between two tables?
DATABASE TOOLS/Relationships/Add(or double-click) Tables/Close/connect a field in one table with a field in another table/check for one-to-many description at bottom of the Edit Relations window/choose Enforce Referential Integrity and Cascade Update Related Fields
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How do you create a report?
Click on the table on which the report is based/CREATE/REPORT
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How do you change the heading of a report?
double click on report heading and type new name
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How do you name a report?
Clicking SAVE or close(x) will bring up a Save As window to name the report.
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How do you create a Query?
CREATE/Query Wizard/Simple Query Wizard/choose Tables and required Fields/Next/add title(query name)/
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