1. _____________ can help us detect poor E-R design.

a) Database Design Process

b) E-R Design Process

c) Relational scheme

d) Functional dependencies

2. "If a multivalued dependency holds and is not implied by the

corresponding functional dependency, it usually arises from one of the
following sources."
a) A many-to-many relationship set

b) A multivalued attribute of an entity set

d) Both A many-to-many relationship set and A multivalued attribute of an entity set

3. Which of the following has each related entity set has its own schema
and there is an additional schema for the relationship set.
a) A many-to-many relationship set
b) A multivalued attribute of an entity set

d) All of the mentioned

4. An entity set that does not have sufficient attributes to form a primary
key is termed a __________________
c) Weak entity set

5. The (a)_________of one table can appear as the (b)_________ in

another table to which it is linked.
A. (a) primary key – (b) foreign key
B. (a) primary key – (b) secondary key

C. (a) supper key – (b) primary key

6. "The relational model supports several relational algebra functions,

including: (select all options)"
A. SELECT, B. PROJECT, D. INTERSECT, E. UNION, D. DIFFERENCE, F. PRODUCT, G.
DIVIDE, I. JOIN
C. ADDITION, D. DIFFERENCE, F. PRODUCT, G. DIVIDE, H. MULTIPLE
7. In the context of a database table, the statement “A determines B”
indicates that knowing the value of attribute A means that the value of
attribute B can be looked up. This term is suitable for which description?
A. Determination
B. Functional dependence.

8. PROJECT in relational algebra, an operator used to select a subset of

columns.
A. True
B. False

9. In relational algebra, SELECT is an operator used to select a subset

of ________. Also known as RESTRICT.
A. Rows
B. Collumns
C. Both rows & collums.

10. Which of following statement is correct?

* Câu này bị lỗi mất đề.
A. 1) is denoted for PROJECT , 2) is denoted for DIFFERENCE

B. 1) is denoted for DIFFERENCE, 2) is denoted for PRODUCT

C. 1) is denoted for PROJECT, 2) is denoted for SELECT

D. 1) is denoted for SELECT, 2) is denoted for PROJECT

11. Suppose the 1:M relationship between COURSE and CLASS is

defined as:
COURSE (CRS_CODE, DEPT_CODE, CRS_DESCRIPTION,
CRS_CREDIT)
CLASS (CLASS_CODE, CRS_CODE, CLASS_SECTION,
CLASS_TIME, ROOM_CODE, PROF_NUM)
Which relationship exists between COURSE and CLASS?
A. Weak relationship.
B. Strong relation ship.

C. Can not speciffy

12. Which relationship exist between the same entity set (A relationship
found within a single entity type)?
A. Mandatory relationship

D. Recursive relationship.

13. Given the figure below. Which statements are correct?

A. An employee can be both administrator and professor., C. Some employees are not administrator
and not professor.
B. An employee is only administrator or professor.

C. Some employees are not administrator and not professor.

14. When is the surrogate key used? (select all options)

A. There is no natural key.,
C. The selected candidate key has embedded semantic contents.,
D. When the selected candidate key is too long or cumbersome.
E. None of others.

15. In addition to removing undesirable characteristics, normalization

also eliminates ___ anomalies.
A. Insert

B. Update

C. Delete

D. All of the above

16. A common approach to normalization is to ___ the larger table into

smaller tables and link them together by using relationships.
D. Divide

17. Redundancy is reduced in a database table by using the ___ form.

B. Normal
C. Special

18. When a relation contains an atomic value, it is a ___ relation.

A. 1NF
B. 2NF

D. BCNF

19. When a relation is in 2NF and there is ___, it is in 3NF.

A. Transition Dependency

B. No Transition Dependency

20. Non-prime attributes cannot be transitively dependent, so the relation

must have the ___ normal form.
A. First

B. Second

C. Third