Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions

question 70

Multiple Choice

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions
Case 9-2
Latham works in the logistics department for a large city bus system.  As routes are changed, Latham accesses the internal database to ensure all records are accurate.  The Bus Route System database includes a one-to-many relationship between the Bus Number and the Bus Routes with Bus ID as the common field.  This allows the two tables to be joined to create a query based on data from both tables:  Bus Number and Bus Routes.
-The relationship between the Bus Number and Bus Routes tables is one-to-many which means that each Bus Number record is related to ____ Bus Routes record(s) .

• A)at most one
• B)at least one
• C)exactly one
• D)zero, one, or more

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