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Database Practice

The local DVD store is losing track of all of its DVDs, some have been lost and possibly some have

been stolen. As such, the owner has asked you to design and create a database to help her keep

track of her DVDs. Complete the theory section first and then in the practical section create a

database for the DVD store.

Section 1: Theory

Answer all questions.

1. Draw a line to match the data type with the data. [2 marks]

Short text £25 555.00

Number Johnny Depp

Currency 16/03/2009

Date 44

2. Mr Kent is a movie buff. He uses a database to store all the information about the movies he’s

bought. The table below shows the field names he uses.

Movie ID Movie name Movie type Released Length (mins) Cost

1 Green Hornet Action 31 May 2011 120 £12.00

[a]. In the table write the data type you would chose below each field name. Choose from the

following list: autonumber, short text, currency, number, date/time. [3 marks]

[b]. Mr Kent has decided to add some extra details to his database. Help him create four [4] new

fields for his database. Also add an appropriate data type for each new field. [4 marks]

Field name Data Type

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Section 1: Theory [Continued]
The local DVD store uses a card based system to store information about movies.
The table below shows a selection of the information that the store keeps on each movie.

Release Duration
Movie title Director Actor Actress Genre
Date (mins)

Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg Sam Neill Laura Dern 1993 127 Action

Science
Star Wars George Lucas Mark Hamill Carrie Fisher 1977 121
Fiction

Raiders of Steven Spielberg Harrison Ford Karen Allen 1981 115 Action

Spider-Man Sam Raimi Tobey Kirsten Dunst 2002 121 Action

Red Riding Catherine Amanda

Lukas Haas 2050 124 Horror
Hood Hardwicke Seyfried

Easy A Will Gluck Penn Badgley Emma Stone 2010 92 Comedy

Robert
Twilight Catherine Kristen 2008 122 Romance
Pattinson

Scott Pilgrim Mary Elizabeth

Edgar Wright Michael Cera 2010 112 Romance
vs. The World Winstead

Answer the questions below based on the table above. [1 mark each]

[Link] horizontal rows in a database are called; records  files  fields 

[Link] vertical columns in a database are called; records  files  fields 

3. How many fields are there in the database? ..........................................................................................

4. How many records are stored in the database? .....................................................................................

5. One item of data in the database looks incorrect.

i] Which item do you think it is? .................................................................................................................

ii] Explain your answer. ……………………………………………………………………………………………..........

6. How many of the movies were released in 2010? one  two  three 

7. Give the name of the actress who starred in ‘Easy A’ ..........................................................................

8. How many movies are greater than 120 minutes in duration? ...............................................................

9. Sometimes codes are used in databases to save time and space. For example Male [M] Female [F].
Write a code for the genre field in the space below.

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Section 2: Practical

Create an electronic database for the DVD store. Use the information from the

DVD store on page 3 to create a table, form, queries and report.

1. Table [4 marks]
Create a table based on the fields and data types in the table on page 3.
Remember to add a Movie ID field and a Primary key.
[save it as tblMovie]

2. Form [2 marks]
Create a form from your table. Add a sensible title to the Form.
[Save it as frmMovie]

3. Queries [1 mark each]

Create queries which can do the following;
[a]. Find all of the Action movies. [save it as qryAction]
[b]. Find all of the movies released in 2010. [save it as qry2010]
[c]. Find the movie directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 1993. [save it as qry1993]
[d]. Find the Romance movie directed by Catherine Hardwicke. [save it as qryRomance]

4. Reports [2 marks]
Create a report based on the first query you created above [Action movies].
[Save it as rptMovie]

5. Helpful Hints

1
Use Microsoft Access® to create the database.

Start with a blank database.

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Select the Create ribbon to find the
Forms, Reports and Queries groups. Select
the highlighted options as shown opposite.

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Score out of 30 Final Level

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