Database System Concepts
Database System Concepts
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780078022159
Author: Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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2- Use Lucidchart to create a Crow’s Foot notation ERD to support the following business
operations:
a. A friend of yours has opened Professional Electronics and Repairs (PEAR) to repair
smartphones, laptops, tablets, and MP3 players. She wants you to create a database to
help her run her business.
b. When a customer brings a device to PEAR for repair, data must be recorded about the
customer, the device, and the repair. The customer’s name, address, and a contact
phone number must be recorded (if the customer has used the shop before, the
information already in the system for the customer is verified as being current). For the
device to be repaired, the type of device, model, and serial number are recorded (or
verified if the device is already in the system). Only customers who have brought devices
into PEAR for repair will be included in this system.
c. Because a customer might sell an older device to someone else who then brings the
device to PEAR for repair, it is possible for a device to be brought in for repair by more
than one customer. However, each repair is associated with only one customer. When a
customer brings in a device to be fixed, it is referred to as a repair request, or just
“repair,” for short. Each repair request is given a reference number, which is recorded in
the system along with the date of the request, and a description of the problem(s) that
the customer wants fixed. It is possible for a device to be brought to the shop for repair
many different times, and only devices that are brought in for repair are recorded in the
system. Each repair request is for the repair of one and only one device. If a customer
needs multiple devices fixed, then each device will require its own repair request.
d. There are a limited number of repair services that PEAR can perform. For each repair
service, there is a service ID number, description, and charge. “Charge” is how much the
customer is charged for the shop to perform the service, including any parts used. The
actual repair of a device is the performance of the services necessary to address the
problems described by the customer. Completing a repair request may require the
performance of many services. Each service can be performed many different times
during the repair of different devices, but each service will be performed only once
during a given repair request.
e. All repairs eventually require the performance of at least one service, but which services
will be required may not be known at the time the repair request is made. It is possible
for services to be available at PEAR but that have never been required in performing any
repair.
f. Some services involve only labor activities and no parts are required, but most services
require the replacement of one or more parts. The quantity of each part required in the
performance of each service should also be recorded. For each part, the part number,
part description, quantity in stock, and cost is recorded in the system. The cost indicated
is the amount that PEAR pays for the part. Some parts may be used in more than one
service, but each part is required for at least one service. 

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