ECDL ADVANCED – MODULE 5
SYLLABUS 2
SAMPLE TEST AM5.7
The following sample test for Module AM5, Database, Advanced Level, is based on
analysing a database. In the test amongst other things you are asked to change the design
properties of specific fields, design advanced queries to extract data, perform calculations
on the data using various functions and import and export data.
Marks
Tasks
1.
Open the file called answerfile.doc from your learner drive
Enter your name in the space provided
Use this document to record your answers to the relevant questions
1.1
Which one of the following is SQL used for?
a. Designing Tables
2.5
marks
b. Designing Creating Forms
c. Creating Queries
d. Designing Macros
Enter a, b, c, or d in answerfile.doc in the space for question 1.1
1.2 Which one of the following is the main function of a Customer
Relationship Management System?
2.5
marks
a. Updating company information on a website
b. Fee planning for customers
c. Storing and retrieving client information
d. Ordering products for a client
Enter a, b, c, or d in answerfile.doc in the space for question 1.2
Save and close your document keeping the same filename answerfile.doc
2.
Open the Sailing Holidays database from your Candidate Disk.
Open the Companies table
Create a lookup for the SalesPerson field that will allow a selection of values
in the Name field of the Sales Team table.
5 marks
Accept default settings
Save and close the Companies table.
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3.
Open the Details table
Create a validation rule that will force newly entered departure dates to be
after 31/12/2006.
Create the following validation text message Bookings must be from
1/1/2007. Save and close the Details table.
4.
Link the boat types spreadsheet on your learner drive into the Sailing
Holidays database as a new table called Boats
5 marks
5.
Edit the relationship between the Details and Departs tables to apply
referential integrity.
3 marks
Also ensure automatic updates.
2 marks
Save and close the relationship window
6.
Open the Insurance query.
Modify the join between the tables to show ALL records from the Details
5 marks
table and ONLY and only records from the Ins Costs table where joined fields
are equal.
Save and close the Insurance query.
7.
Create a new query called Bookings that will append the records from the
Booking table to the Details table.
5 marks
Run the query
Save and close the Bookings query.
8.
Open the South Query
5 marks
Modify the query to show only destinations SOT with duration of 7.
Save the resulting query output as a separate table called Southampton
within the Sailing Holidays database.
Run the query
Save and close the South query
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9.
Open the Compare query
Modify its design to show a comparison of the holiday durations by destination.
5 marks
Show the Destination in rows and the Duration in columns.
Run the query
Save and close the Compare query
10.
Open the Days query.
Add an expression named Duration that will calculate the number of days of
the holiday.
5 marks
Run the query
Save and close the Days query
11.
Create a new query called Cheap Ins based on the Ins Costs table that will
display the Company, Insurance Type and 14 Day price fields.
3 marks
Modify the query so that it will only show the 3 lowest holiday prices
2 marks
Save and close the Cheap Ins query
12.
Open the Dates query.
2 marks
Add criterion under the Travel Type field with the prompt:
Enter travel type
2 marks
Add a criterion under the Company field with the prompt:
Enter travel company
Run query to check that 3 records are returned for all land based travel type
and using company NS.
1 mark
Save and close the Dates query
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13. Open the New form.
Using only the Port field from the Destination table create a list control box
that will allow the user to select a destination town. Position the destination list
control box immediately below the Travel Type control box in the detail
section of the form.
3 marks
Add a label caption Destination to the list control box.
2 marks
Save and close the New form.
14. Open the form and set the tab order to work in the following sequence.
5 marks
Destination
Travel Type
Company
Departure Date
Duration
No of Persons
Save and close the Information form
15. Create a macro that will close the Hol Dur form and open the Information
form.
5 marks
Accept default settings
Save the macro as GoInfo
16. Open the Travel Type report.
5 marks
Modify the report so that each type of travel is displayed on a separate page.
Save and close the Travel Type report
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17. Create an unmatched query called no record that will display ALL fields of
ALL records in the Old data table that do not have a matching record in the
Previous table.
5 marks
Run the query
Save and close the no record query
18.
Create a query called same type that will display travel code and
accommodation of ALL records in the unused table that have duplicate field
values for travel type.
5 marks
Run the query
Save and close the same type query
19. Open the Hol Type report
5 marks
Use a menu command to insert the current date and time to display in the
footer of each Travel Type group.
Accept default settings
Save and close the Hol Type report
20.
Open the Insurance Discounts report
5 marks
In the detail section format the Discount Price control to display with a £
sign and two decimal places.
Save and close the Insurance Discounts report
Save and close ALL open objects and close the database application
Total Marks 100
This is the end of the test.
If you have time, check the work you have done.
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