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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The project team at University of Kentucky is moving forward with the new Student Grading System. The information system will have three external entities, with the following data flows:

Entity

Data flow from the Entity

Data flow to the Entity

 

Student

Tasks Submission

Graded Tasks

Student Records System

Online attendance

Final Grade

Instructor

Grading Parameters

Grade Report

Moreover, the respective information system will have four subsystems:

  • Establish Gradebook,
  • Assign Final Grade,
  • Grade Student Work
  • Produce Grade Report, and a data store called Gradebook.

The data flows are as follows:

Data Flow

From

To

 

Class Roster

Student Records System Entity

Establish Gradebook Process

Final Grade

Assign Final Grade Process

Student Records System Entity

Final Grade

Assign Final Grade Process

Gradebook Data Store

Grading Details

Gradebook Data Store

Assign Final Grade Process

Submitted Work

Student Entity

Grade Student Work   Process

Graded Work

Grade Student Work   Process

Student Entity

Student Grade

Grade Student Work   Process

Gradebook Data Store

Class Gradebook

Establish Gradebook Process

Gradebook Data Store

Grading Parameters

Instructor Entity

Establish Gradebook Process

Class Detail

Gradebook Data Store

Produce Grade Report Process

Grade Report

Produce Grade Report Process

Instructor Entity

  1. Draw a context diagram for the new Student Grading System.
  2. Draw a diagram 0 DFD that shows the four subsystems, the data store and the data flows.
  3. Explain the relationship between a context diagram and diagram 0 level DFD, and which symbol is not used in a context diagram?
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