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Database Normalization

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Normalisation is:

a)

Removing all necessary data from a database

b)

Organising a database to remove repeated entries and increase the accuracy of the data

c)

Putting fields from different tables into one big database

2.

A relation is in 1NF if it doesn't contain any ____________?

a)

Determinants

b)

Repeating groups

c)

Null values in primary key fields

d)

Functional dependencies

3.

A table is in 2NF if the table is in 1NF and what other condition is met?

a)

There are no functional dependencies.

b)

There are no null values in primary key fields.

c)

There are no repeating groups.

d)

There are no attributes that are not functionally dependent on the relation's primary key.

4.

What is a foreign key?

a)

A unique identifier in a database

b)

A primary key of one table that appears in another table

c)

A field that should not be in a table and needs removing

5.

Which of the following statements fully describes data in 2NF:

a)

When any repeating fields have been removed and the table is given a primary key

b)

When all repeating entries of data are removed and the fields in each table are directly related to the primary key and no fields are present that are not related to each other

c)

When all the fields in each table are directly related to the primary key

6.

A table where all attributes are dependent on the primary key and are independent of each other, and no row contains two or more multi valued facts about an entity, is said to be in ____.

a)

1NF

b)

2NF

c)

3NF

d)

4NF

7.

Problems in Relational Data Model are :

a)

Anomalies

b)

Information Redundancy

c)

None of the above

8.

Information Redundancy is Duplication of data due to storing the same data multiple times.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

"Constraint between two attributes or two sets of attributes."


The above statement is referring to :

a)

Functional Dependecies

b)

Transitive Dependencies