Q.1.

Denormalized tables are in BCNF.

Q.2.

Most of the time, modification anomalies cause problems that are severe enough that a table should be normalized into BCNF.

Q.3.

Read-only databases are ________ updated.

Q.4.

When assessing the table structure of an acquired set of tables with data, determining foreign keys is (part of) the:

Q.5.

Each answer below shows example data from a table. Which answer is an example of the missing values problem?

Q.6.

One common design problem when designing a database from existing data is the use of a general-purpose remarks column in the received data.

Q.7.

Needing to using more complicated SQL in database applications is a(n) ________ of normalization.

Q.8.

We use the SQL construct COUNT(*) to count the number of rows in a table.

Q.9.

We can eliminate modification anomalies with proper normalization that results in tables in BCNF.

Q.10.

Proper normalization eliminates duplicated data.

Q.11.

When building a database from an existing set of tables, we still need to consider normalization principles.

Q.12.

We have normalized a table into BCNF if all candidate keys are determinants.

Q.13.

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

Q.14.

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

Q.15.

Each answer below shows example data from a table. Which answer is an example of the general-purpose remarks column problem?

Q.16.

When assessing the table structure of an acquired set of tables with data, determining functional dependencies is (part of) the:

Q.17.

One common design problem when designing a database from existing data is the presence of missing values, called blank values, in received data.

Q.18.

Normalization requires programmers to write more complex SQL.

Q.19.

Eliminating modification anomalies is a(n) ________ of normalization.

Q.20.

Multivalued dependencies should ________ be eliminated.