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  • A foreign key is which of the following?


  • Options
  • A. Any attribute
  • B. The same thing as a primary key
  • C. An attribute that serves as the primary key of another relation
  • D. An attribute that serves no purpose

  • Correct Answer
  • An attribute that serves as the primary key of another relation 


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    • 1. When mapping a many-to-many unary relationship into a relation which of the following is true?

    • Options
    • A. One relation is created.
    • B. Two relations are created.
    • C. Three relations are created.
    • D. Four relations are created.
    • Discuss
    • 2. If no multivalued attributes exist in a relation, then the relation is in what normal form?

    • Options
    • A. First normal form
    • B. Second normal form
    • C. Third normal form
    • D. Fourth normal form
    • Discuss
    • 3. A relationship is which of the following?

    • Options
    • A. A person, place, or thing
    • B. Property or characteristic of an entity
    • C. Link between entities
    • D. Weak entity
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following conditions should exist if you want to convert a relationship to an associative entity?

    • Options
    • A. Some of the relationships for the participating entities are "many".
    • B. The resulting associative entity has an independent meaning.
    • C. The resulting associative entity has no attributes.
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. A rectangle represents which of the following in an ERD?

    • Options
    • A. Attribute
    • B. Entity
    • C. Optional One
    • D. Relationship
    • Discuss
    • 6. A primary key is which of the following?

    • Options
    • A. Any attribute
    • B. An attribute that uniquely identifies each row
    • C. An attribute that uniquely identifies each column
    • D. A derived attribute
    • Discuss
    • 7. Relations are:

    • Options
    • A. two-dimensional tables.
    • B. three-dimensional tables.
    • C. four-dimensional tables.
    • D. five-dimensional tables.
    • Discuss
    • 8. A relation has which of the following properties?

    • Options
    • A. Each row is not unique.
    • B. Attributes can have the same name within a given table.
    • C. Each relation has a unique name.
    • D. The order of the columns is significant.
    • Discuss
    • 9. When mapping a binary many-to-many relationship into a relation which of the following is true?

    • Options
    • A. One relation is created.
    • B. Two relations are created.
    • C. Three relations are created.
    • D. Four relations are created.
    • Discuss
    • 10. The entity integrity rule states that:

    • Options
    • A. no primary key attribute may be null.
    • B. no primary key can be composite.
    • C. no primary key may be unique.
    • D. no primary key may be equal to a value in a foreign key.
    • Discuss


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