What is an advantage of a relational database compared to a flat-file database?
In DBMS software referential integrity ensures that
What is the minimum number of tables possible in a relational DBMS?
Below are the Movies and Sales table of a relational database:
Dexter has created the following SQL query:
SELECT tblMovies.Title, tblMovies.Genre, tblSales.CopiesFROM tblMovies, tblSalesWHERE tblMovies.MovieID = tblSales.MovieID
How many records will be returned by the query?
Which of the following correctly describes a foreign key in the entity-relationship (ER) diagram?
Antron is a commodities trader for a regional bank. He often places customer orders for precious metal futures contracts. Then shortly after placing a customer order, he will place a significantly larger order on the other side of the trade for his personal account. So for example, when a customer order is a “sell” order, Antron places a much larger “buy” order from his personal account. Typically, Antron’s orders for his personal account are placed slightly lower than best price, reducing the likelihood of his order being filled immediately. As soon as the customer order is executed, Antron cancels his personal trade order. Antron’s actions are
Corrales manages a hedge fund that seeks out investment opportunities in developing markets. Using assets of the fund’s investors, the fund hires local companies to serve as “sub-advisers” to explore and obtain promising investment opportunities and navigate local laws and regulation. The sub-advisers often have very limited experience as financial consultants or advisers but do have close relationships and connections with local high-ranking government officials. The payments made by Corrales, through the sub-advisers, often cover substantial “deal fees” and other expenses that facilitate governmental support of each investment. Corrales does not require the local business partners to provide details of their activities or what specific expenses are covered by the fees. Corrales reports these expenditures to fund investors as operating expenses necessary to the success of the investment. Over several years, the hedge fund is very successful producing an 18% annual rate of return for its investors. Did Corrales actions violate the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct?
Kapadia is a trader for a asset management company that manages several large global mutual funds. Kapadia executes the equity buy-and-sell orders for the portfolio managers of one of the company’s mutual funds. He has discretion to execute the orders at any time during the day depending on market conditions. Prior to executing the orders, Kapadia contacts several close friends and relatives to provide them with information on what securities are set to be traded by the mutual fund. In turn, they make trades that mirror the imminent trades to be executed by Kapadia on behalf of the mutual fund. Kapadia’s actions are
Meyers Associates is an investment firm providing both advisory and investment banking services. One of Meyers investment banking clients, IWEB (which manufactures and markets data storage products and cloud-based software), wants to raise its stock price to facilitate a private offering, for which it will be using Meyers as its placement agent. George works for Meyers Associates as an investment adviser. To assist IWEB with its plans, George solicits several of his advisory clients to buy IWEB stock, and at the same time solicits other clients to sell IWEB stock, frequently effecting matched orders among his customers. For a 10-day period, these trades represented 48% of the total market volume of IWEB, and the price of the stock increased from $0.12 to $0.19 and then stabilized at $0.18 for the next several days. George’s actions are
Hwang is the founder and lead portfolio manager of Tiger Asia Partners (TAP) and Park is a trader for the firm. TAP is participating in private placements for both Bank of China and China Construction Bank stock, and the placement agents shared confidential information with Hwang and Park about both companies. In the days prior to the private placement, Hwang directed Park to make short sales in each stock. TAP earned $16.2 million by using the discounted private placement shares they received to cover the short sales. Park’s actions were