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Please prove detailly answer for all the questions blew, thank you so much. (1) ( File Structures ) Consider the File Structure for the XYZ

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(1) ( File Structures )

Consider the File Structure for the XYZ Company Project Management data given below. Then, respond to each of the following questions related to the structure.

ProjectCode

ProjectManager

MgrTelephone

MgrLocation

ProjBidPrice

31-205A

Sami A. Allen

773-555-1216

2900 S. Federal St. Chicago, IL 60616

$46,000

37-403B

Cecily D. Worth

773-555-1217

27 Beckley Rd. Battle Creek, MI 49015

$1,342,000

33-906T

Daisy B. Burns

773-555-8821

2543 W. Foster Ave. Chicago, IL 60625

$847,320

29-107D

Alice M. Zane

773-555-1219

7202 Harrison Ave. Rockford, IL 61112

$1,449,000

21-929A

Dean P. Pence

773-555-2222

6302 N. Northwest Hwy. Chicago, IL 60631

$903,117

41-386C

Cecily D. Worth

773-555-1217

27 Beckley Rd. Battle Creek, MI 49015

$1,805,000

26-903C

Sami A. Allen

773-555-1216

123 Lane St. Chicago, IL 60616

$78,081

29-227A

Cecily D. Worth

773-555-1217

27 Beckley Rd. Battle Creek, MI 49015

$2,550,273

(a) If the XYZ Company wishes to display a listing of the Project Codes alphabetically by the right - most character, what problem(s), if any, would you encounter?

Would it make any sense to solve this problem by altering the file structure?

(b) What problem would you encounter if you desire to produce a listing by state? How would you solve this problem by altering the file structure?

(c) If you wanted to produce a listing of the file contents by last name, area code, city, state or zip code, how would you alter the file structure?

(d) What data redundancies do you detect? How could those redundancies lead to anomalies?

(e) The ProjBidPrice column, in the given table, appears to have a wide range of values. An XYZ Company database clerk suggests splitting the Project Management data into two file structures, as this may make it easier to search for values in this column. What issues, if any, could be resolved by proceeding with the clerks suggestions? What issues, if any, could be resolved by proceeding with the clerks suggestions?

(2) ( Database File Structures: Data Redundancy )

Consider the File Structure for the ABC Company Project Management data given below. Then, respond to each of the following questions related to the structure.

ProjectNum

ProjectName

EmpNum

EmpName

JobCode

Job_Chg_Hour

Proj_Hours

Emp_Phone

1001

Thunder

121

Daisy B. Burns

AB

80.00

14.2

773-555-1216

1001

Thunder

217

Alice M. Zane

CD

65.00

15.7

773-555-1216

1002

Chicago

821

Dean P. Pence

BD

95.00

14.4

773-555-1231

1002

Chicago

219

Cecily D. Worth

CD

80.00

17.2

773-555-1217

1003

Archimedes

222

Sami A. Allen

EH

65.00

24.9

773-555-8821

1003

Archimedes

121

Cecily D. Worth

AB

95.00

37.8

773-555-1219

1003

Archimedes

516

Denny T. Li

HW

80.00

22.2

773-555-2222

1004

Emerald

355

Danny T. Li

UG

65.00

19.7

773-555-2222

1005

Diamond

217

Alice M. Zane

CD

80.00

19.5

773-555-1216

1005

Diamond

222

Sami A. Allen

BD

95.00

22.3

773-555-8821

(a) List and discuss two additional fields that could or should appear on the above table structure.

(b) Identify and discuss the serious data redundancy problems exhibited by the file structure shown in the given data sheet.

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