3. Use Microsoft Access or similar database software to create a DBMS for the imaginary company called TopText Publishing, which is described in Case in Point 9.1. Add several sample records to each...

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Extracted text: 3. Use Microsoft Access or similar database software to create a DBMS for the imaginary company called TopText Publishing, which is described in Case in Point 9.1. Add several sample records to each table and report to the class on your progress. 4. Suppose you work in IT, and the sales team needs answers to three specific ques- tions. The data might be stored physically in seven tables. You know how to cre- ate Microsoft Access queries, but to learn more about database logic and design, you decide to study Figure 9-32, and then pretend to tell the database how to find the answers, step by step: a. Did any customers receive service after 5/4/2015? If so who were they? b. Did technician Marie Johnson put in more than six hours of labor on any ser- vice calls? If so, which ones? c. Were any parts used on service calls in Washington? If so, what were the part numbers, descriptions, and quantities? 5. Visit the bookstore at your school or in your area. Interview the manager or store employees to learn more about the business and the entities that are in- volved in bookstore operations. Remember that an entity is a person, place, thing, or event that affects an information system. Draw an ERD, including car- dinality, which describes the bookstore's operations. SO