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When an entity class has a relationship with itself it is called a?It is possible for an entity to have a relationship with itself; for example, an entity Staff could have a relationship with itself, as one member of staff could supervise other staff. This is known as a recursive or involute relationship, and would be represented in an entity-relationship diagram as shown below.
Which of the following is the term for the number of entities involved in a relationship?Cardinality: The number of times an entity of an entity set participates in a relationship set is known as cardinality.
What indicates whether or not an instance of one entity must participate in a relationship with another entity?An entity's minimum cardinality in a relationship indicates the number of entity instances that must participate in the relationship. An entity's minimum cardinality in a relationship indicates whether or not an entity must participate in the relationship.
What is a representation of the content relationships and constraints of the data needed to support the system requirements?The representation of the content, relationships, and constraints of the data needed to support the system requirements is the: data model.
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