CIT201 Mod 2 and 3
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| T or F - When using text data as criteria, you must enter the text data in quotation marks. | F - Access will add the quotation marks automatically
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| Wildcard ? | Represents any one character
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| Wildcard * | Represents any number of characters
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| T or F - J* used as text data criteria will match the following: Johnstown, Jonestown, Jamestown | T
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| T or F - MA?? will match all of the following MA88, MAeh, MA777 | F - It will only match MA88 and MAeh.
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| Parameter Query | Query that asks for input whenever it is used
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| What must be used to enclose the prompt of a parameter query? | [] - square brackets
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| T or F - To use a number as criteria, you may enter $4,000 for example. | F - You must enter only numbers in the field, no special characters like a $ or ,
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| What are the comparison operators? | >, <, >=, <=, NOT
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| compound criteria | Criteria that must satisfy more than one criterion and is created using AND and OR
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| AND operator | Special criteria that involves a range of values in a single field
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| BETWEEN operator | Special criteria that allows you to select values in a given range
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| IN operator | Special criteria that allows you to select a list of values
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| Sort | Allows you to order the records in a certain order
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| Major key | Also called the Primary sort key and must be to the left when ordering the fields
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| Minor key | Also call the secondary sort key and must be to the right when ordering the fields
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| Property Sheet | Window containing various properties of the object
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| Top Values Query | Allows you to show on a specified number or percentage of records and can be accomplished by using the Return box on the Design tab
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| Join | Necessary to find records in two separate tables, must have identical values in matching fields. Also called an inner join.
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| export | copy tables or queries from an Access database to another application, such as Excel.
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| Delimited file | Each record is on a separate line and the fields are separated by a special character called a delimiter.
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| Individual record calculation | Adding the values on fields for one record
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| Group calculation | Adding all the values in a particular field for all of the records
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| List at least 3 Access built-in statistics | COUNT, SUM, AVG, MAX, MIN, STDEV, VAR, FIRST, and LAST
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| Grouping | Creating groups of records that share some common characteristic.
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| Crosstab Query | A query that calculates a statistic for data that is grouped by two different types of information.
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| Split form | Form that allows you to simultaneously view both simple form and datasheet views of the data.
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| Filter | Allows you to show records that satisfy criterion, not just a single record like Find. Four types of filters: Filter by Selection, Common Filters, Filter by Form, and Advanced Filter/Sort
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| Toggle Filter button | Toggles between filtered and unfiltered displays of the records in the table
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| Lookup field | Allows user to select from a list of values when updating the contents of the field
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| Multivalued field | Field that can contain more than 1 value
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| Action query | Allows you to add, delete, or change data in multiple rows of a table. Examples : Update query, Append query, Delete Query, and Make-table query.
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| Update query | Allows you to make the same change to all records that meet some defined criteria.
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| Delete query | Allows you to delete all records that meet some defined criteria.
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| Append query | Add the results of a query to an existing table
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| Make-table query | Add query results to a new table
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| Validation Rules | Rules a user must follow when entering data that ensures the entry of valid data
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| Validation text | Message that appears if a user attempts to violate a validation rule
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| Default value | Value displayed in a field before the user begins entering data
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| Format | Affects the way data is displayed in a field
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| Format symbol | Special symbol entered in the fields Format property box.
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| > | Format symbol that will change lowercase letters to uppercase when used with the Short Text data type.
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| Referential Integrity | Property that ensures that the value in a foreign key must match that of another table's primary key
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| Foreign key | Field in a field in one table whose values are required to match the primary key of another table
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