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Welden Bringhurst
1,564 PointsSeveral questions are incorrect/poorly worded
Question: What is normalization? Answer: The process of designing a relational database
Normalization is not the process of designing a database. Normalization is a collection of best practices and guidelines that protect data integrity and improves usability. When designing a database it is important to normalize it, but normalization is not the entire process.
Question: Which CRUD operation benefits most from a well normalized database design? Answer: All of the above
This question is purposely misleading. the word MOST implies that one answer fits the criteria better. All of the above is not a valid response for this type of question, an alternative would be "They benefit equally". A better way to rephrase the question for its intended purpose would be to ask "Which CRUD operation/operations benefit from normalized database design?
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Steven Parker
231,271 PointsExcellent comments! Though for the "Question: What is normalization?", the answer that gets scored as the correct is the "most" correct one of the available choices, but I agree it could be worded better. And your other comment is spot on.
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