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In terms of database architecture, which component translates the query processor instructions into low-level file-system commands and is responsible for indexing the data?

In the relational algebra, compatible tables have the same _____.

During database design, an ER _____ and _____ are usually developed in parallel.

Which database role focuses on database storage, response times, and optimization?

In a relational database model, an attribute refers to which concept?

Which of the following is NOT one of the bases found in a DNA molecule?

In the fruit fly Drosophila, eye color is an X-linked trait, with the allele for red (R) dominant to the allele for white (r).  Which of the following is true of a cross in which the P generation is a white-eyed female crossed with a red-eyed male.  Feel free to use scratch paper.

Tay-Sachs disease is a rare recessive autosomal disease.  Jacob & Sarah are married and have a daughter.  None of the three of them have the disease, but both Jacob’s mother and Sarah’s father did have the disease. What is the probability that the couple’s daughter is a carrier for Tay-Sachs (i.e. heterozygous at the T-S locus)?  (Draw a pedigree on scratch paper if you wish, then select your answer from the choices below.)

What is the sequence of amino acids coded for by the mRNA sequence   AUG AGU UAU UGU ?  (Assume AUG is the first codon read.)