DBMS-Function Dependency and Decomposition

DBMS-Function Dependency and Decomposition
1. Functional dependeny allows the database designer to express facts about the enterprise that the designer is modelling with the enterprise database.
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2. A functional dependency is a many-to-many relationship between two sets of attributes X and Y of a given table T.
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3. The term full functional dependency (FFD) is used to indicate the maxmimum set of attributes in a determinant of a functional dependency (FD).
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4. A functional dependency in the set is redundant if it can be derived from the other functional dependencies in the set.
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5. A closure of a set (also called complete sets) of functional dependency defines all the FDs that can be derived from a given set of FDs.
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6. A functional decomposition is the process of breaking down the functions of an organization into progressively greater (finer and finer) levels of detail.
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7. The word loss in losseless refers to the loss of attributes.
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8. The dependencies are preserved because each dependency in F represents a constraint on the database.
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9. If decomposition is not dependency-preserving, some dependency is lost in the decomposition.
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10. A functional dependency is a
  • many-to-many relationship between two sets of attributes
  • one-to-one relationship between two sets of attributes.
  • many-to-one relationship between two sets of attributes
  • none of these.
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