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A category of data or information that describes an entity is called a……
a) Attribute 
b) Data item        
c) record


a

Which of the following is NOT a general characteristic of relation?
a) Each row is unique        
b) The order of columns is unique
c) row is insignificant                         
d) the 
columns are all elemental or atomic


b

An index can be used to……..
a) Improve database                        
b) Reduce data dependency            
c) Document the structure of database itself
d) All of these


a

Which of the following are the properties of relations?
a) attribute has unique name           
b) No two rows in a relation are identical
c) No multivalued attributes            
d) All of these


d

A key is ………..
a) field that identifies record         
b) the most important field in record
c) the first field of table
d) None of these


a

Which of the following describes the primary key?
a) It must be unique                           
b) It helps in indexing of a large database
b) It makes sorting quicker
d) All of these


d