NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LESOTHO

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

CS 3432 – Principles of Database Design and Data Management

Assignment 2
Date: 24th March and 14th April 2020
Instructions:

Read all the questions and answer them accordingly.

The assignment is divided into two (2) parts, Part 1 and Part 2. Part 1 is due on the 24th March
2020, Part 2 instructions will be posted at a later date, and the due date for this part will be the
14th April 2020.

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PART 1 (Due Date: 24th March 2020 at 11:00am to be submitted on Thuto)

1. Briefly explain what is meant by normalization. [2]

2. Explain what is meant by data anomalies, and give an example of three (3) types
of anomalies. [7]

3. Outline the first three (3) stages of normalization. [3]

Total: [12]

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