In the Normalization Process,if You Find That Every Determinant in a Relation

question 20

Multiple Choice

In the normalization process,if you find that every determinant in a relation is a candidate key then you have determined that ________.

• A) the relation is well formed
• B) the relation needs to be broken into two or more new relations
• C) surrogate keys in the relation may not be correctly linked to other relations
• D) the relation needs to have foreign keys added in order to be correctly linked to other relations
• E) referential integrity constraints concerning the relation need to be established

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