COURSE:€¦ · Web viewUNIT: E Database COMPETENCY: 007 Use database software using traditional and alternative input methods. OBJECTIVE: 007.01 Explain database fundamentals

COURSE: Digital Communication Systems

UNIT: E Database

COMPETENCY: 007 Use database software using traditional and alternative input methods.

OBJECTIVE: 007.01 Explain database fundamentals.

ACTIVITIES RESOURCES

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Use the classic example of the filing cabinet to introduce the need for electronic databases. Explain to students that data entry in databases can be performed in several ways. (i.e. dictation, keyboard, mouse, scanners, PDAs.)

Activity Use the PowerPoint presentation to provide the information needed for this competency. This can be done electronically with a data projector, or you may choose to print each slide on a transparency. It is recommended that you give the students a copy of the PowerPoint handouts for their notes.

Slide Show E701Handout E701-01Databases

Activity Give the students the handout entitled Database Vocabulary. This is an excellent resource for students learning basic terminology.

Handout E701-02Database Vocabulary

Activity Give the students the activity entitled Database Uses. Activity and KeyE701-03Database Uses

Quiz Give the students the activity entitled Check Your Understanding. This activity can be used as an in-class activity or quiz.

Quiz and KeyE701-04Check Your Understanding

Activity Allow students to search the web for forms to input data. Explain to them that the information entered is being submitted to a database on a server. Allow students to input data via keyboard into these forms.

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DatabaseUse database software using traditional and alternative input methods.

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Handout E701-01

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Handout E701-02

Database VocabularyAscending — Sorting data in alphabetical order from A-Z or numerical order from 0-9.

Comparison Operators — Symbols used in search criteria. (>, <, =, >=, <=, <>)

Connectors — Words such as AND, OR and NOT that join certain conditions together when performing a search.

Currency — A numeric type which add a $ sign to number.

Database - An organized collection of information.

Database Management System — Software that allows the computer to create a database; add, change, and delete data in the database; sort the data; retrieve the data; and create forms and reports using the data in the database.

Date data — Entries in a database that are formatted for data in a particular style. (i.e. 04/15/03 or April 16, 2003)

Descending — Sorting data the opposite of ascending order. (Z-A & 9-0)

Entry — Data that is keyed into a field.

Field — A category of information in a database.

File — A group of related records.

Filter/Query/Search — A method to find specific data within a database that meets certain criteria.

Form view — A method of viewing or inputting data that displays only one record at a time.

List view — A method of viewing or inputting data that displays several records at a time.

Numeric data — Entries in a database that are formatted for numbers and can be used in a calculation.

Primary key — The field selected as a unique identifier for the database.

Primary sort — The first field that a database is sorted on.

Record — A group of fields related to one topic.

Sort - To arrange data in alphabetical or numerical order.

Text data — Entries in a database that represent text; such as, phone numbers, names, colors.


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Handout E701-03

Database Uses

Directions: Read the following statements place a check mark on the items that would require the use of database software.

_____1. To complete the payroll for a business.

_____2. To type a memorandum to the employees in the office.

_____3. To keep a list of friends and family addresses to mail Christmas cards.

_____4. To update patient information at a hospital.

_____5. To maintain a grade book for students.

_____6. To delete a customer from the telephone book.

_____7. To arrange an inventory list in alphabetical order.

_____8. To generate a report from student data.

_____9. To type a report for a history class.

_____10. To create a slide for a presentation in math class.


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Quiz E701-04

Check Your Understanding

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1. _____Databases can contain both text and numeric data.

2. _____The most widely used database view to input data is the List View.

3. _____A collection of database records is known as an entry.

4. _____A record is a collection of related fields.

5. _____A query is used to arrange data in ascending order.

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6. __________Another name for a category of information used in a database.

7. __________A database view that displays only one record on the screen.

8. __________A database view that displays several records on the screen.

9. __________To arrange data.

10. __________A type of sort that arranges data from A-Z.

11. __________A type of sort that arranges data from 10-1.

12. __________The field that is used as an unique identifier.

13. __________A type of sort that is performed after the primary sort is defined.

14. __________A name given to a field in the database.

15. __________Operators, such as (<, >, =), that are used to define the search criteria.

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4.COURSE: Digital Communication Systems

UNIT: E Database

COMPETENCY: 007 Use database software using traditional and alternative input methods

OBJECTIVE: 007.02 Create, sort, edit, and query a database


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Use a variety of input devices to enter data. (i.e. speech recognition software, keyboard, mouse, web forms)

Internet for web forms

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Demonstrate the software techniques to edit a database (i.e. adding fields and records).

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Demonstrate the software techniques to sort and query/filter a database.

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Activity Give the students the Identify Database Components activity. The activity will help reinforce their understanding of database parts and sorting.

Activity and KeyE702-01Identify Database Components

Activity Give the students the Top Ten Greatest Albums Database activity. Students should input the data using various methods. Emphasis should be placed upon entering the data with accuracy—future queries depend upon data accuracy.

Activity E702-02Top Ten Greatest Albums Database www.rockonthenet.com

Activity Give the students the Editing/Sorting a Database-Top Ten Greatest Albums activity. The students should write their answers to the sorts on the handout provided.

Activity and KeyE702-03Editing/Sorting a Database

Activity Give the students the Searching a Database-Top Ten Greatest Albums activity. The students should write their answers to the searches on the handout provided.

Activity and KeyE702-04Searching a Database

Activity Give the students the Award Winning Books Database activity. Students should input the data using various methods. Emphasis should be placed upon entering the data with accuracy—future queries depend upon data accuracy.

Activity E702-05Award Winning Books Database


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Activity Give the students the Sorting a Database - Award Winning Books activity. The students should write their answers to the sorts on the handout provided.

Activity and KeyE702-06Sorting a Database

Activity Give the students the Searching a Database -Award Winning Books activity. The students should write their answers to the queries on the handout provided

Activity and KeyE702-07Searching a Database

Activity Give the students the Database Form Activity. The students should load the file name E702, located on the DCS curriculum CD. You many wish to copy this file to their PCs prior to the activity. Microsoft Access should be used to open the file. The students should use voice recognition software to dictate the data given.

Activity and KeyE702-08Database FormMicrosoft AccessVoice Recognition Software


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Activity E702-01

Identify Database Components

Directions: Using the database below, fill in the blanks with the correct answer or database term.

Last Name First Name Employee Number

Hours Worked

Rate of Pay Gross Pay

Smith Stacy 001 40 5.00 200.00Carter Sherrell 002 30 7.00 210.00Allen Donald 003 25 10.00 250.00

__________1. How many fields are in the database?

__________2. How many records are in the database?

__________3. How should the data in the “First Name” field be formatted?

__________4. How should the data in the “Hours Worked” field be formatted?

__________5. How should the data in the “Employee Number” field be formatted?

__________6. How should the data in the “Rate of Pay” field be formatted?

__________7. How is the data in the “Last Name” field sorted?

__________8. How is the data in the “Rate of Pay field sorted?

__________9. How should the data in the “Gross Pay” field be formatted?

__________10. What fields will be used to compute the value of “Gross Pay.”

__________11. Which field could be used as the primary key in this database.


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Activity E702-02

Top Ten Greatest Albums Database

Directions: In this exercise, you will create a database of the Top 10 Greatest Albums. Note that many of the fields contain text, while others may contain a number. You will need to designate what kind of fields are in this database as you create the fields. Enter the data accurately and check your work. It is very important that all words and numbers are keyed correctly. Save this file as “Albums,” as you will be using it at a later date. Print the database upon completion.

Album Artist No. Albums Sold

Their Greatest Hits: 1971-1975

Eagles, The 28,000,000

Thriller Jackson, Michael 26,000,000The Wall Pink Floyd 23,000,000Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin 22,000,000Greatest Hits, Volumes 1 and 2 (1973-1985)

Joel, Billy 21,000,000

The Beatles (The White Album)

Beatles, The 19,000,000

Back in Black AC/DC 19,000,000Come On Over Twain, Shania 19,000,000Rumors Fleetwood Mac 19,000,000The Bodyguard (Soundtrack)

Houston, Whitney 17,000,000


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Activity E702-03

Editing/Sorting a DatabaseTop Ten Greatest Albums

Directions: Retrieve the database called “Albums.” Demonstrate your understanding of editing and sorting a computerized database by answering the questions below.

Editing a Database

1. Add the following records to the database.

Boston Boston 16,000,000No Fences Brooks, Garth 16,000,000Jagged Little Pill Morissette, Alanis 16,000,000Cracked Rear View Hootie & The Blowfish 16,000,000The Beatles 1967-1970 Beatles, The 16,000,000Hotel California Eagles, The 16,000,000Appetite for Destruction Guns N’ Roses 15,000,000Greatest Hits John, Elton 15,000,000Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd 15,000,000Born In The U.S.A. Springsteen, Bruce 15,000,000

2. Add a “Rank” field to the database before the “Album” field. Input the data in the “Rank” field based upon the number of albums sold. (i.e. 1,2,3, etc.)

3. Print the database.

Sorting a Database

1. Sort the database in alphabetical order by “Artist.”

List the first 3 artists: _______________________________________________

2. Sort the database to determine the artist(s) with the lowest number of albums sold.

List the artist(s): ___________________________________________________

3. Sort the database to determine the artist(s) with the highest number of albums sold.

List the artist(s): ___________________________________________________


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Activity E702-04

Searching a DatabaseTop Ten Greatest Albums

Directions: Retrieve the database called “Albums.” Demonstrate your understanding of searching a database by answering the questions below.

Simple searches—Search the database and find the record(s) that match the criteria in each question. List the field and the criterion that you used to find your answer. Use the example below as a guide.

Same Question: How many albums sold 19 million?Field: No. Album Sold Criterion: =19,000,000 Answer: 4

1. Query/Filter the database to find the artist that performed the “Thriller” album.

Field: Criterion: Answer:

2. Query/Filter the database to find the artist that sold 21 million albums.


3. Query/Filter the database to find the artist(s) that sold more than 20 million albums.


4. Query/Filter the database to find the album(s) that sold at least 25 million.


5. Query/Filter the database on the artist “Eagles, The” to determine how many times they appear on the Top Twenty chart.



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6. Query/Filter the database to find the album that sold 17 million copies.


7. Query/Filter the database to find how many total albums were sold for Garth Brooks.


8. What was the name of the Album found above?____________________________

9. Query/Filter the database to find the artist(s) who sold at least 17 million but no more than 20 million.


10. How many albums sold 16 million?



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Activity E702-05

Award Winning Books Database

Directions: In this exercise, you will create a database of the following award winning books. Note that many of the fields contain text, while others may contain a number or a date. You will need to designate what kind of fields are in this database as you create the fields. Enter the data accurately and check you work. It is very important that all words and numbers are keyed correctly. Save this file as “Booklist,” as you will be using it at a later date.

Title Author Publisher Pages Type Award YearThe Stone Diaries

Shields, Carol

Viking 361 Fiction Pulitzer 1995

Walk Two Moons

Creech, Sharon

Harper Collins

280 Fiction Newbery 1995

Breathing Lessons

Tyler, Anne

Knopf 327 Fiction Pulitzer 1989

Number The Stars

Lowry, Lois

Dell 137 Fiction Newbery 1990

The Making of The Atomic Bomb

Rhodes, Richard

Simon & Schuster

886 Nonfiction Pulitzer 1988

Rabbit At Rest Updike, John

Random House

512 Fiction Pulitzer 1991

The Shipping News

Proulx, Annie

Scribner 337 Fiction Pulitzer 1994

Lincoln: A Photobiography

Freedman, Russ

Clarion 150 Nonfiction Newbery 1988

The Mambo King Plays Songs of Love

Hijuelos, Oscar

Farrar 407 Fiction Pulitzer 1990

Lonesome Dove McMurty, Larry

Simon & Schuster


A Bright, Shining Lie

Sheehan, Neil

Random House

861 Nonfiction Pulitzer 1989

Maniac McGee Spinelli, Jerry

Harper Collins

184 Fiction Newbery 1991

A Thousand Acres

Smiley, Jane

Throndike 621 Fiction Pulitzer 1992

The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil

Yeargin, Daniel

Simon & Schuster



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Activity E702-06

Sorting a DatabaseAward Winning Books

Directions: Retrieve the database called “Booklist.” Demonstrate your understanding of sorting a computerized database by answering the questions below.

1. How many records are in this database? _______________________________________

2. Which fields are text fields? _________________________________________________

3. Which fields are number fields?______________________________________________

Sort the records by Title in ascending order and answer the following questions:

4. What is the name of the book in the last record in this database? _________________________

5. Who is the publisher of the book that is the second record? _________________________

6. Who is the author of the book in the first record?________________________________

Sort the records by Author in ascending order and answer the following questions:

7. Who is the author of the book in the first record?________________________________

8. Who is the author listed in the next to the last record? ____________________________

9. What year was the book published in the second record? __________________________

Sort the database by Pages in descending order and answer the following questions:

10. What is the title of the book with the greatest number of pages? _________________________

11. What award did the book with the least number of pages win? _________________________

12. What year was the book with the second most number of pages published? _________________________

Sort the database by Publisher in ascending order and answer the following questions:

13. Who is the author of the third book listed? _____________________________________


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14. What award did the last book listed win? _______________________________________

Sort the database by Year in descending order and answer the following questions:

15. What year was the most recent book published? _________________________________

16. Who published the oldest book on the list? _____________________________________

Read the following questions carefully to determine how to sort the database to find the correct answers.

17. Who is the publisher of the most recent Pulitzer Prize winner? ________________________________________________________________________

What field(s) did you sort?__________________________________________________What order did you sort? ___________________________________________________

18. Who wrote the first Newbery Award winning book? _____________________________


19. Which publisher appears the most in this database? ______________________________


20. How many non-fiction books won Newbery Awards? ____________________________



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Activity E702-07

Searching a DatabaseAward Winning Books

Directions: Retrieve the database called “Booklist.” Demonstrate your understanding of searching a database by answering the questions below.

Simple searches—Search the database and find the record(s) that match the criteria in each question. List the field and the criterion that you used to find your answer. Use the example below as a guide.

Same Question: How many books were written in 1993?Field: Year Criterion: =1993 Answer: 3

1 Who is the Publisher of the book with 327 pages?Field: Criterion: Answer:

2 How many book have Simon & Schuster publised on this list?Field: Criterion: Answer:

3 What is the title of the book that won the Newbery Award in 1991?Field: Criterion: Answer:

4 Who wrote the book Breathing Lesson?Field: Criterion: Answer:

5 How many Pulitzer Prize winning books have more than 500 pages?Field: Criterion: Answer:

6 How many Pulitzer Prizes have been awarded to Nonfiction books on this list?Field: Criterion: Answer:

7 List all of the Pulitzer Prize winning books under 500 pages below.Field: Criterion: Answer: Field: Criterion: Answer:

8 How many books were written after 1993?Field: Criterion: Answer:

9 How many books were written before 1993?Field: Criterion: Answer:


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10 Who is the publisher of Richard Rhodes' book?Field: Criterion: Answer:

11 How many books have the word "The" in the title?Field: Criterion: Answer:

12 In what year did Lois Lowry write her Newbery Award winning book?Field: Criterion: Answer:

13 What award has been won by books published by Harper Collins?Field: Criterion: Answer:

14 Of all the books published in 1990, which has the most pages?Field: Criterion: Answer:


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Activity E702-08

Database Activity

Directions: Using the form entitled “E702,” located on the DCS curriculum CD, input the following data using speech recognition software.

Last First Address City State Zip Position Parents Grade AgeSmith John 435 East Street Washington NC 28546 OF Jim Smith 5 11

Tuner Chris 125 Ridge Road Winston-Salem

NC 28592 IF Lisa and Michael Weston

4 10

Petteway William 1256 Hwy. 41 Trenton NC 28573 P Lavonne Petteway

6 13

Mobley James 753 Williams Lane

Raleigh NC 28518 P Chris and Sally Mobley

5 12

Stroud Carrie 698 Macy Ave. Jacksonville NC 28540 C Debbie Stroud

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