Lesson 5: Database Fundamentals
Week of Mon, Oct 5 · Tech+ domain 5: Database Fundamentals (13% of the exam) · runs ahead of INT-1010 Module 7 (Databases) · week of Oct 12
Take Meerk's quiz for Lesson 5
This week's items
- Read Lesson 5 notesread
- Lesson 5 mastery quizgate · 85% first try
Due the week it opens — same standard as PGCC. Weekly gates are completed in class.
Know these cold
- Table → records (rows) → fields (columns). Primary key identifies the row; foreign key links tables.
- SQL: SELECT reads, INSERT adds, UPDATE changes, DELETE removes.
- Indexes make searches fast. A DBMS (MySQL, Access) manages databases.
- Relational (tables) vs non-relational (key-value, document).
Meerk's quiz — open the Lesson 5 gate
10 questions, no time limit. 85% on your first attempt in a 24-hour window opens the gate. Retakes inside the window are practice — they help you learn, they don't count. Work alone; the point is to know it, not to have seen it.