Case 9-2 ​Emily Is Functioning with Her Customer, Anna, on the Design

question 76

Multiple Choice

Case 9-2
​Emily is functioning with her customer, Anna, on the design of a new database. She describes to Anna that key fields are utilized to access, coordinate, and preserve the data records.
-Emily tells Anna that a primary key is a field or combination of fields that individually and minimally recognizes a specific entity. She mentions that there may be an option of fields or field combinations to use as the primary key. Which of the following is the term used for a feasible primary key?

• A) Candidate key
• B) Ancillary key
• C) Foreign key
• D) Multifaceted key

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