UMBC              Spring 2006
CMSC461        Database Management Systems

Homework1 -- Due beginning of class on 22nd of February.
All homeworks should be done independently.

Reading assignment : Ch6 (5th edition) or Ch2 (4th edition) (you may skip the section on UML)

Construct an E-R diagram for the following enterprises.

1. On-line bookstore (like Amazon.com)
2. On-line auction site (like ebay)
3. A car insurance company
4. Department of motor vehicles

Note : develop your design incrementally. Don't make it too simplistic but at the same time, do not generate a highly detailed model either. It is enough if each application contains about 5-10 entity sets and about half as many relationship sets. Take a look at the following
ER diagrams.