Gate CS-2005 Question Paper With Solutions

Q. 29 Which one of the following statements about normal forms is FALSE?

(A) BCNF is stricter than 3NF

(B) Lossless, dependency-preserving decomposi­tion into 3NF is always possible

(C) Lossless, dependency-preserving decomposi­tion into BCNF is always possible

(D) Any relation with two attributes is in BCNF

Answer: (C)

Explanation: