ACorrect Answer

As there is a single winner" field in the Event table only one winner may be recorded per event.

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BIncorrect Answer

A competitor can take part in more than one event by having more than one associated record in the Competes table.

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CIncorrect Answer

All the tables are fully normalised.

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DIncorrect Answer

The event table has a single valued key: eid.

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EIncorrect Answer

A Cartesian product is something entirely different.

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An athletics meeting involves several competitors who participate in a number of events. The database is intended to record who is to take part in which event and to record the outcome of each event. As results become available the winner attribute will be updated with the cid of the appropriate competitor.

		Competitor(cid, name, nationality)
		Event(eid, description, winner)
		Competes(cid, eid)
Competitor
cidnamenationality
01 Pat British
02 Hilary British
03 Sven Swedish
04 Pierre French
Event
eid description winner
01 running 
02 jumping  
03 throwing 
Competes
cid eid
0101
0201
0302
0402
0403

Select the true statement

  1. There is no means to represent a tie in a particular event.

  2. There is no means to represent a competitor taking part in more than one event

  3. At least one of the tables is not in third normal form

  4. The Event table has a composite key

  5. Competes is the Cartesian product of Competitor and Event