Principles of Information Systems, Loose-Leaf Version
Principles of Information Systems, Loose-Leaf Version
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ISBN: 9781305971820
Author: Ralph Stair, George Reynolds
Publisher: Course Technology
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A key which is used to identify the field or set in a database uniquely is called as a “primary key”.

Hence, the answer is option “D”.

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Primary key:

  • To identify each record in a table, at least there must be one data field which should be unique. That is, corresponding data field of every record should be unique. It is called a primary key.
  • Primary key is used to identify the unique record from a collection of records.
  • To relate two tables, a primary key field in one table is added to the related table, and it is called as a foreign key.

Explanation for incorrect options:

Attribute:

  • It is a property of an entity.
  • It has the information about the entity and this information is captured within the attribute.
  • For example, “name”, “address”, and “contact_number” are used to define the attribute about the customer.

Hence, the option “A” is wrong.

Data item:

  • Data item describes the particular object of the table.
  • The collection of data item in the same object may consider as row in a table.

Hence, the option “B” is wrong.

Record:

  • Record is an element which is present in the database.
  • The row of the table also known as record.

Hence, the option “C” is wrong.

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