ITPEC IP October 2018 Question 28

Source exam: ITPEC IP October 2018Topic: Databases

ITPEC IP October 2018 — Question 28 of 100

Database normalization reduces redundant storage of facts and the inconsistencies that redundancy can cause. By separating data according to dependencies and linking related tables with keys, a fact can be maintained in one appropriate place, reducing update, insertion, and deletion anomalies.

Answer (c)

Why not others:
- hardware compatibility is not the purpose of relational normalization

- normalization reorganizes relationships rather than compressing byte representation

- normalized data still requires backups against failure and loss

Key rule: Normalize to represent each fact consistently and minimize dependency-related anomalies, while preserving relationships through keys.

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