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Question 11. Read-only databases are ________ updated.
  1.    always
  2.    commonly
  3.    seldom
  4.    never
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Answer: Option D. -> never
Question 12. Needing to assess the validity of assumed referential integrity constraints on foreign keys is a(n) ________ of normalization.
  1.    advantage
  2.    disadvantage
  3.    either an advantage or disadvantage
  4.    neither an advantage nor disadvantage
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Answer: Option D. -> neither an advantage nor disadvantage
Question 13. Normalization ________ data duplication.
  1.    eliminates
  2.    reduces
  3.    increases
  4.    maximizes
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Answer: Option A. -> eliminates
Question 14. When building a database from an existing set of tables, we may safely assume that referential integrity constraints have been enforced on the data we are given.
  1.    True
  2.    False
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Answer: Option B. -> False
Question 15. Most of the time, modification anomalies cause problems that are severe enough that a table should be normalized into BCNF.
  1.    True
  2.    False
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Answer: Option A. -> True
Question 16. We have normalized a table into BCNF if all candidate keys are determinants.
  1.    True
  2.    False
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Answer: Option B. -> False
Question 17. We use the SQL construct COLUMNS(*) to determine the number and type of columns in a table.
  1.    True
  2.    False
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Answer: Option B. -> False
Question 18. One common design problem when designing a database from existing data is the use of a single cell in one column to store multiple values of an attribute.
  1.    True
  2.    False
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Answer: Option B. -> False
Question 19. In all cases, normalization into BCNF is desirable.
  1.    True
  2.    False
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Answer: Option B. -> False
Question 20. Denormalized tables are in BCNF.
  1.    True
  2.    False
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Answer: Option B. -> False

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