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  • Creating a read-only database is a task that is ________ assigned to beginning database professionals.


  • Options
  • A. always
  • B. commonly
  • C. seldom
  • D. never

  • Correct Answer
  • commonly 


  • Database Design Using Normalization problems


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    • 1. Needing to assess the validity of assumed referential integrity constraints on foreign keys is a(n) ________ of normalization.

    • Options
    • A. advantage
    • B. disadvantage
    • C. either an advantage or disadvantage
    • D. neither an advantage nor disadvantage
    • Discuss
    • 2. When assessing the table structure of an acquired set of tables with data, determining functional dependencies is (part of) the:

    • Options
    • A. first step.
    • B. second step.
    • C. third step.
    • D. fourth step.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Eliminating modification anomalies is a(n) ________ of normalization.

    • Options
    • A. advantage
    • B. disadvantage
    • C. either an advantage or disadvantage
    • D. neither an advantage nor disadvantage
    • Discuss
    • 4. When assessing the table structure of an acquired set of tables with data, determining foreign keys is (part of) the:

    • Options
    • A. first step.
    • B. second step.
    • C. third step.
    • D. fourth step.
    • Discuss
    • 5. When assessing the table structure of an acquired set of tables with data, accessing the validity of possible referential integrity constraints on foreign keys is (part of) the:

    • Options
    • A. first step.
    • B. second step.
    • C. third step.
    • D. fourth step.
    • Discuss
    • 6. Each answer below shows example data from a table. Which answer is an example of the multivalue, multicolumn problem?

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    • A. Three columns have the values 534-2435, 534-7867, and 546-2356 in the same row.
    • B. Three rows have the values Brown Small Chair, Small Chair Brown, and Small Brown Chair in the same column.
    • C. Three rows have the values Brown, NULL, and Blue in the same column.
    • D. One row has the value "He is interested in a Silver Porsche from the years 1978-1988" in a column.
    • Discuss
    • 7. For a number of reasons, normalizations is not often an advantage for a(n) ________ database.

    • Options
    • A. read-only
    • B. updateable
    • C. either a read-only or an updateable
    • D. None of the above is correct.
    • Discuss
    • 8. Using the SQL GROUP BY phrase with a SELECT statement can help detect which of the following problems?

    • Options
    • A. The multivalue, multicolumn problem
    • B. The inconsistent values problem
    • C. The missing values problem
    • D. The general-purpose remarks column problem
    • Discuss
    • 9. Most of the time, modification anomalies are serious enough that tables should be normalized into:

    • Options
    • A. 1NF.
    • B. 2NF.
    • C. 3NF.
    • D. BCNF.
    • Discuss
    • 10. If a table has been normalized so that all determinants are candidate keys, then that table is in:

    • Options
    • A. 1NF.
    • B. 2NF.
    • C. 3NF.
    • D. BCNF.
    • Discuss


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