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- Question
Most of the time, modification anomalies are serious enough that tables should be normalized into:
Options- A. 1NF.
- B. 2NF.
- C. 3NF.
- D. BCNF.
- Correct Answer
- BCNF.
- 1. 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
- 2. 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
- 3. Each answer below shows example data from a table. Which answer is an example of the multivalue, multicolumn problem?
Options- 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
- 4. Creating a read-only database is a task that is ________ assigned to beginning database professionals.
Options- A. always
- B. commonly
- C. seldom
- D. never Discuss
- 5. 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
- 6. 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
- 7. When assessing the table structure of an acquired set of tables with data, counting the number of table rows is (part of) the:
Options- A. first step.
- B. second step.
- C. third step.
- D. fourth step. Discuss
- 8. Each answer below shows example data from a table. Which answer is an example of the missing values problem?
Options- 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
- 9. Which constraint requires that the binary relationship indicate all combinations that must appear in the ternary relationship?
Options- A. MUST COVER
- B. MUST NOT
- C. Both of the above.
- D. None of the above is correct. Discuss
- 10. A unique, DBMS-supplied identifier used as the primary key of a relation is called a(n):
Options- A. primary key.
- B. foreign key.
- C. composite key.
- D. surrogate key. Discuss
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Correct Answer: The inconsistent values problem
Correct Answer: read-only
Correct Answer: Three columns have the values 534-2435, 534-7867, and 546-2356 in the same row.
Correct Answer: commonly
Correct Answer: neither an advantage nor disadvantage
Correct Answer: BCNF.
Correct Answer: first step.
Correct Answer: Three rows have the values Brown, NULL, and Blue in the same column.
Correct Answer: MUST COVER
Correct Answer: surrogate key.
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