SET-4 DBMS MCQ

1. What is normalization in DBMS?

A) Reducing redundancy in data
B) Increasing redundancy in data
C) Deleting unnecessary data
D) Increasing complexity in data structure
2. Which of the following is the main objective of normalization?
A) To improve query performance
B) To eliminate data redundancy and inconsistency
C) To make data more complex
D) To store more data in the database
3. Which normal form is associated with the concept of removing partial dependency?
A) First Normal Form (1NF)
B) Second Normal Form (2NF)
C) Third Normal Form (3NF)
D) Boyce-Codd Normal Form (BCNF)
4. Which of the following is a property of a table in 1NF?
A) No repeating groups or arrays
B) No partial dependency
C) No transitive dependency
D) No multivalued dependency
5. Which of the following normal forms does not allow partial dependency?
A) First Normal Form (1NF)
B) Second Normal Form (2NF)
C) Third Normal Form (3NF)
D) Boyce-Codd Normal Form (BCNF)
6. Which of the following is true about a relation in BCNF?
A) It is in 1NF, 2NF, and 3NF
B) It has no partial dependency
C) Every determinant is a candidate key
D) It may contain transitive dependency
7. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a relation in 3NF?
A) It is in 2NF
B) It has no transitive dependency
C) It has no partial dependency
D) It has a primary key
8. Which normal form is also known as the "lossless join" property?
A) First Normal Form (1NF)
B) Second Normal Form (2NF)
C) Third Normal Form (3NF)
D) Boyce-Codd Normal Form (BCNF)
9. In which normal form are multivalued dependencies removed?
A) First Normal Form (1NF)
B) Second Normal Form (2NF)
C) Third Normal Form (3NF)
D) Fourth Normal Form (4NF)
10. What does the 1NF require for a relation?
A) No multivalued attributes
B) Each column must contain atomic values
C) No functional dependencies
D) No transitive dependencies
Answer: B) Each column must contain atomic values
11. Which of the following describes a transitive dependency?
A) A dependency where a non-prime attribute depends on another non-prime attribute
B) A dependency where a primary key depends on a non-prime attribute
C) A dependency where a non-prime attribute depends on the primary key
D) A dependency where one primary key is dependent on another primary key
12. Which of the following is removed in 4NF?
A) Partial Dependency
B) Transitive Dependency
C) Multivalued Dependency
D) Functional Dependency
13. Which normal form is based on removing transitive dependencies?
A) First Normal Form (1NF)
B) Second Normal Form (2NF)
C) Third Normal Form (3NF)
D) Fourth Normal Form (4NF)
14. What is a candidate key?
A) A key that uniquely identifies a record
B) A key that is a candidate for a primary key
C) A key that exists in a relational database
D) A combination of foreign keys
15. Which of the following is true about 2NF?
A) It does not have any partial dependency
B) It does not have any transitive dependency
C) It does not have any multivalued dependency
D) It has no functional dependency
16. Which normal form is associated with removing multivalued dependencies?
A) First Normal Form (1NF)
B) Second Normal Form (2NF)
C) Third Normal Form (3NF)
D) Fourth Normal Form (4NF)
17. Which dependency is eliminated in 3NF?
A) Multivalued Dependency
B) Partial Dependency
C) Transitive Dependency
D) Functional Dependency
18. Which of the following is a condition for a relation to be in 2NF?
A) It must be in 1NF and must not have partial dependency
B) It must be in 3NF
C) It must not have any transitive dependency
D) It must have a primary key and a candidate key
19. Which of the following is not required in 3NF?
A) The relation should be in 2NF
B) It must not have any transitive dependency
C) Every non-prime attribute must depend only on candidate keys
D) The relation must have a primary key
20. Which of the following statements is true regarding Boyce-Codd Normal Form (BCNF)?
A) Every determinant is a candidate key
B) There is no transitive dependency
C) The relation is always in 1NF, 2NF, and 3NF
D) It removes multivalued dependency
21. What is the primary goal of normalization?
A) To decrease the number of tables
B) To reduce redundancy and improve data integrity
C) To simplify SQL queries
D) To combine multiple tables into one
22. Which of the following normal forms removes partial dependency?
A) 1NF
B) 2NF
C) 3NF
D) BCNF
23. Which type of dependency is eliminated by 3NF?
A) Multivalued Dependency
B) Transitive Dependency
C) Partial Dependency
D) Functional Dependency
24. Which of the following is a non-trivial functional dependency?
A) A → B
B) A → A
C) B → A
D) A → C
25. What is a primary key in a relational database?
A) A set of columns that uniquely identifies a record
B) A non-nullable column in a table
C) A foreign key linking tables together
D) A column used for sorting records
26. In 1NF, which of the following is required?
A) No partial dependencies
B) No multivalued attributes
C) No transitive dependencies
D) No foreign keys
27. What does a partial dependency mean?
A) A non-prime attribute depends on another non-prime attribute
B) A non-prime attribute depends on the whole primary key
C) A non-prime attribute depends on part of the primary key
D) A non-prime attribute depends on a candidate key
28. Which of the following is a violation of 2NF?
A) A non-prime attribute depending on part of the primary key
B) A non-prime attribute depending on the whole primary key
C) A non-prime attribute depending on a candidate key
D) A non-prime attribute depending on another non-prime attribute
29. Which of the following is a feature of a relation in BCNF?
A) It has no partial dependency
B) It has no transitive dependency
C) Every determinant is a candidate key
D) Every attribute depends on a foreign key
30. What does a "lossless join" property in a decomposition mean?
A) The decomposition preserves the original information
B) Data is lost when joining decomposed relations
C) The relations cannot be joined back
D) The decomposition is unnecessary
31. Which of the following is not a candidate key?
A) A key that uniquely identifies a record
B) A set of attributes that can uniquely identify records
C) A set of attributes that can only identify records partially
D) A set of attributes that can identify records with minimal redundancy
32. What does a foreign key represent in a relational database?
A) A key that is used to identify records uniquely within a table
B) A key that links two tables together
C) A key that is always unique across all tables
D) A key used for enforcing constraints within a table
33. Which of the following is a rule for the relation to be in Boyce-Codd Normal Form (BCNF)?
A) Every determinant in the relation must be a candidate key
B) The relation must be in 2NF
C) The relation must have a primary key
D) The relation must have only one candidate key
34. What does it mean if a database is in 2NF but not in 3NF?
A) There are transitive dependencies in the database
B) There are partial dependencies in the database
C) There are no dependencies between non-prime attributes
D) The database violates BCNF rules
35. Which of the following would indicate a need for normalization?
A) Data redundancy across tables
B) High number of primary keys
C) Presence of indexes
D) Data normalization improves database performance
36.A table has attributes (A, B, C, D, E) with FDs: A → B, C → D. What is the candidate key?
a) A, C
b) A, E
c) C, E
d) A, C, E
37.A relation R(A, B, C, D) has FDs: A → B, B → C. What is the highest normal form?
a) 1NF
b) 2NF
c) 3NF
d) BCNF
38.A relation R(A, B, C) has FDs: AB → C, C → A. Find the candidate key.
a) AB
b) BC
c) AC
d) B
39.A table with attributes (A, B, C, D) has FDs: A → B, B → C, C → D. What is the highest normal
form?
a) 1NF
b) 2NF
c) 3NF
d) BCNF
40.A table with FDs: A → BC, B → D, C → E. What is the candidate key?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
41.Which of the following violates 1NF?
a) Composite attributes
b) Multi-valued attributes
c) Partial dependency
d) Transitive dependency
Answer: b) Multi-valued attributes
42.A table is in 2NF but not in 3NF if it contains:
a) Partial dependency
b) Transitive dependency
c) Multi-valued dependency
d) No dependency
43.A relation is in BCNF if every functional dependency is satisfied by:
a) A foreign key
b) A super key
c) A prime attribute
d) A non-prime attribute
44.Which of the following helps in removing anomalies?
a) Denormalization
b) Normalization
c) Indexing
d) Clustering
45.Which normal form ensures minimal redundancy?
a) 1NF
b) 2NF
c) 3NF
d) BCNF
46.A relation R(A, B, C, D, E) has FDs: A → BC, CD → E, B → D. Find the candidate key.
a) A
b) AC
c) CD
d) AD
47.A relation has FDs: A → B, B → C, A → C. What is the highest normal form?
a) 1NF
b) 2NF
c) 3NF
d) BCNF
48.A table has attributes (A, B, C, D) and FDs: AB → C, C → D. What is the highest normal form?
a) 1NF
b) 2NF
c) 3NF
d) BCNF
49.Which of the following violates BCNF?
a) A → B, B → C
b) AB → C, C → D
c) A → B, C → D
d) AB → C, D → A
50.A table has attributes (A, B, C) with FDs: A → B, B → C. Find the candidate key.
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) AB