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Test yourself p262

1. A relational database stores and provides access to data points that are related to
each other
2. Same data has to be entered multiple times, leads to inefficiency and danger of
inconsistencies
3. A primary key is a field that ensures that every record is unique
4. A foreign key is a field added to a table to create a link between tables. The foreign
key is always a primary key from the other table that you want to make a link
5. Yes
6. Firebase generates automatic primary keys that are unique
7. ERD entity relationship diagram
8. ERDs are useful for clarifying the nature of relationships between entities in a
relational database. They are very useful during the design stage.

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