This page is about the skill Relational Databases, which is one of more than 40 technical skills you can assess on Alooba. The Relational Databases skillis mainly about understanding core concepts in relational databases. Participants will need to demonstrate knowledge of things like types of database objects (tables, views, functions, procedures and triggers), importing and exporting data from databases, understanding how tables relate to each other through keys, understanding the concept of normalisation, understanding star and snowflake schema, understanding how to ensure data integrity through data types, constraints etc.
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The Relational Databases skill assesses knowledge of topics like Atomicity, Cardinality, Concurrency Control, Constraints, Data Structures, Entity Relationship Diagrams, Federated Data Source, Hashing Data, Indices, Keys, Locks, Normalization, ORM, Partitioning, Query Optimisation, Transactions & Views.
Relational Databases is a commonly assessed skill for roles such as Software Engineers, Data Engineers, DBA & SQL Developers.
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Relational Databases can be assessed through the Concepts & Knowledge test & Free Response test. The Free Response Test includes different answer options like written responses, video answers and diagram answers.
Yes, you can add your own Relational Databases questions via the question bank.
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