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GATE | GATE-CS-2016 (Set 1) | Question 33

A database of research articles in a journal uses the following schema.
(VOLUME, NUMBER, STARTPGE, ENDPAGE, TITLE, YEAR, PRICE) 
The primary key is (VOLUME, NUMBER, STARTPAGE, ENDPAGE) and the following functional dependencies exist in the schema.
(VOLUME, NUMBER, STARTPAGE, ENDPAGE) -> TITLE
(VOLUME, NUMBER)                     -> YEAR
(VOLUME, NUMBER, STARTPAGE, ENDPAGE) -> PRICE 
The database is redesigned to use the following schemas.
(VOLUME, NUMBER, STARTPAGE, ENDPAGE, TITLE, PRICE)
(VOLUME, NUMBER, YEAR) 
Which is the weakest normal form that the new database satisfies, but the old one does not?

(A)

1NF

(B)

2NF

(C)

3NF

(D)

BCNF

Answer

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