Database Design and Management Assessment-3 (TECH1400) Assignment Help

Subject Code: 

TECH1400

Subject Name: 

Database Design and Management

Assessment Title: 

Demonstration and plan – Part I

Assessment Type: 

Individual

Word Count: 200 Words (+/-10%)

Weighting: 

30 %

Total Marks: 

100

Submission: 

MyKBS

Due Date: 

Week 9



Your Task 

This demonstration assessment is to be completed individually. 

– You will be given a database schema, data, and a scenario. 

– You are to carefully analyse the database, ensuring you understand the stored data. – You must write an SQL query for each question below. 

– You must also answer the additional question at the end of the assessment. 

– Once completed, you must submit your .sql file to Turnitin.

 

Assessment Description 

University of Australia (UoA) is a university with 24 departments located all across Australia. These  departments act as the work-space for each student and employee, with a total of 20,000 employees working at UoA. 

You have been hired by UoA as a Database Administrator to do some data retrieval on their database. You  have been given the database schema and data, as seen below. 

Employees(EmployeeID, DepartmentID, SalaryID, Title,  EmployeeFirstName , EmployeeLastName, Gender, yearHired,  birthyear, PerformanceBonus) 

Departments(DepartmentID, DepartmentName, Location) 

SalaryClass(SalaryID, Salary)

DepartmentEmployee(EmployeeID, DepartmentID

A member of the leadership team at UoA, Chris Taverly, is interested in the data stored in this database  and has asked you a variety of questions. As there are thousands of rows of data in this database, it is not  possible to find answers to these questions by eye. You are asked to use MySQL to find the answers to the questions below.  

Data Files 

Once found on MyKBS, you must download the following files:  

Assessment_Database.sql 

Assessment_Employee_Data.sql  

Assessment_Data.sql

Assessment Instructions  

As an individual, you must download the database and data files and load them into MySQL. Once loaded, you must develop queries for the following questions: 

Note: You should include a comment above each query, specifying which question you are  answering. 

Question 1: Show the first five thousand employees in the employees table (10 marks) Question 2: Display all employee first names in alphabetical order (10 marks) 

Question 3: Show employees who have worked at the University the shortest amount of time (20 marks) Question 4: Display the names of all employees whose age is a palindrome (20 marks) 

Question 5: Write a query to display all male and female employees who were not born in 1993 and who  will not receive a performance bonus (20 marks) 

Question 6: Is there anything in this database that you would improve? If no, explain why. If yes, what  would you change and why? (200 words) You must include this in your .sql file as a comment) (20 marks)

Important Study Information 

Academic Integrity Policy 

KBS values academic integrity. All students must understand the meaning and consequences of  cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the Academic Integrity and Conduct Policy. 

What is academic integrity and misconduct? 

What are the penalties for academic misconduct? 

What are the late penalties? 

How can I appeal my grade? 

 

Word Limits for Written Assessments 

Submissions that exceed the word limit by more than 10% will cease to be marked from the point at  which that limit is exceeded. 

Study Assistance 

Students may seek study assistance from their local Academic Learning Advisor or refer to the  resources on the MyKBS Academic Success Centre page. Click here for this information

Assessment Marking Guide 

Question 1 

Criterion 

0 marks 

2.5 marks 

5 marks 

7.5 marks 

10 marks

Demonstrated how to  show the first five  thousand employees  in the employees  table.

Mainly inaccurate  

demonstration or no  attempt has been  

made.

Partial demonstration of  one case with errors and inconsistencies.

Partial demonstration of  one case with no errors  and inconsistencies.

Partial demonstration of  both cases with minor  errors and  

inconsistencies.

Complete  

demonstration without  errors.

Question 2 

Criterion 

0 marks 

2.5 marks 

5 marks 

7.5 marks 

10 marks

Demonstrated how to  display all employee  first names in  

alphabetical order.

Mainly inaccurate  

demonstration or no  attempt has been  

made.

Partial demonstration of  one case with errors and inconsistencies.

Partial demonstration of  one case with no errors  and inconsistencies.

Partial demonstration of  both cases with minor  errors and  

inconsistencies.

Complete  

demonstration without  errors.

Question 3

Criterion 

0 marks 

5 marks 

10 marks 

15 marks 

20 marks

Demonstrated how to  show employees who  have worked at the  University the shortest amount of time.

Mainly inaccurate  

demonstration or no  attempt has been  

made.

Partial demonstration of  one case with errors and inconsistencies.

Partial demonstration of  one case with no errors  and inconsistencies.

Partial demonstration of  both cases with minor  errors and  

inconsistencies.

Complete  

demonstration without  errors.

Question 4 

Criterion 

0 marks 

5 marks 

10 marks 

15 marks 

20 marks

Demonstrated how to  display the names of  all employees whose  age is a palindrome.

Mainly inaccurate  

demonstration or no  attempt has been  

made.

Partial demonstration of  one case with errors and inconsistencies.

Partial demonstration of  one case with no errors  and inconsistencies.

Partial demonstration of  both cases with minor  errors and  

inconsistencies.

Complete  

demonstration without  errors.

Question 5 

Criterion 

0 marks 

5 marks 

10 marks 

15 marks 

20 marks

Demonstrated how to  write a query to  

display all male and  female employees who were not born in 1993  and who will not  

receive a performance  bonus.

Mainly inaccurate  

demonstration or no  attempt has been  

made.

Partial demonstration of  one case with errors and inconsistencies.

Partial demonstration of  one case with no errors  and inconsistencies.

Partial demonstration of  both cases with minor  errors and  

inconsistencies.

Complete  

demonstration without  errors.

Question 6

Criterion 

0 marks 

5 marks 

10 marks 

15 marks 

20 marks

Provided justification  on whether the  

database needs to be  improved or not. 

No justification provided on whether the  

database needs to be  improved.

Poor justification  

provided on whether the database needs to be  improved.

Some justification  

provided on whether the database needs to be  improved.

Good justification  

provided on whether the  database needs to be  improved.

Excellent justification  provided on whether the  database needs to be  improved, including a  technical explanation.