A Table in Second Normal Form Should Be Improved to Third

question 5

Multiple Choice

A table in second normal form should be improved to third normal form because _____.

• A) its determinants can cause update anomalies
• B) its candidate keys can cause update anomalies
• C) this reduces the number of relations in the database
• D) this eliminates repeating groups that waste space

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