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Whether or not an attribute is required is determined during the database modeling phase.

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To represent an IS-A relationship in a relational database design,the IS-A relationship must be converted into a HAS-A relationship.

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Write the database table design to represent the data model below,including tables,the proper placement of the foreign key,and referential integrity constraint. Write the database table design to represent the data model below,including tables,the proper placement of the foreign key,and referential integrity constraint.

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STUDENT (StudentID,StuN...

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To represent a 1:N relationship in a relational database design,an intersection table is created.

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To represent a one-to-many relationship in a relational database design,________.


A) the key of the child is placed as a foreign key into the parent
B) the key of the parent is placed as a foreign key into the child
C) an intersection table must be created
D) the key of the table on the "many" side is placed in the table on the "one" side

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The ideal primary key is short,numeric,and fixed.

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What is an association relationship and how does it differ from an N:M relationship?

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An association relationship is very simi...

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The values of a surrogate key have no meaning to the users.

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In 1:N relationships,the table on the "many" side is called the child.

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A surrogate key is appropriate when the primary key of a table contains a lengthy text field.

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To represent an N:M relationship in a relational database design,an intersection table is created.

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When the parent entity is required (M)in a relationship,every row of the child table must have a valid,non-null value of the foreign key.

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When transforming an extended E-R model into a relational database design,recursive relationships are treated fundamentally the same as other HAS-A relationships.

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When transforming an ID-dependent E-R data model relationship into a relational database design and the parent entity has a surrogate primary key and the child entity has a data identifier,then the primary key of the child table should be ________.


A) the parent's surrogate key + the child's data key
B) the parent's surrogate key + a surrogate key in the child
C) either A or B will work,but method A is preferable
D) either A or B will work,but method B is preferable

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Which of the following is not true about a NULL attribute?


A) On insertion,entering the data for that field is optional.
B) It is an important property of an attribute.
C) It must have a default value specified.
D) A primary key can't be NULL.

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When representing a 1:1 relationship in a relational database design,________.


A) the key of each table must be placed as foreign keys into the other
B) the key of either table may be placed as a foreign key into the other
C) the key of both tables must be the same
D) the intersection table gets the key from both relations

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All identifying relationships are 1:N.

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In many-to-many relationships in a relational database design,________.


A) the key of the child is placed as a foreign key into the parent
B) the key of the parent is placed as a foreign key into the child
C) the keys of both tables are placed in a third table
D) the keys of both entity tables are placed in each other

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To represent a one-to-many relationship in a relational database design,the key of the child table is placed as a foreign key into the other table.

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When the child entity is required (M)in a relationship,there needs to be at least one child row for each parent row at all times.

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