[Year 12 IT Apps] IT Apps Exam, Short Answer, Question 7A

[Vear, Gary D]

Hi all,



Not sure I like this question at all. Normalising to 1NF sounds simple enough, particularly when students are required to use just one set of sample records, but this seems like it requires a lot for 3 marks:



Choosing the first record (fancy_cat), here's what I think would be required for full marks:



userName        fullName        interestGroup   contactList
fancy_cat       Francine Ulas   love_planes     paperclip55
fancy_cat       Francine Ulas   love_planes     panic_disco
fancy_cat       Francine Ulas   love_planes     starwarsfan
fancy_cat       Francine Ulas   love_planes     melanie_franks
fancy_cat       Francine Ulas   love_planes     WalterEllison27
fancy_cat       Francine Ulas   classOf2104     paperclip56
fancy_cat       Francine Ulas   classOf2105     panic_disco
fancy_cat       Francine Ulas   classOf2106     starwarsfan
fancy_cat       Francine Ulas   classOf2107     melanie_franks
fancy_cat       Francine Ulas   classOf2108     WalterEllison28
fancy_cat       Francine Ulas   cooking_rox     paperclip57
fancy_cat       Francine Ulas   cooking_rox     panic_disco
fancy_cat       Francine Ulas   cooking_rox     starwarsfan
fancy_cat       Francine Ulas   cooking_rox     melanie_franks
fancy_cat       Francine Ulas   cooking_rox     WalterEllison29



That's 15 individual records students would have to write out, unless I'm mistaken. Will students be penalised if they do the sensible thing and normalise this data to 2NF by creating separate tables?



I thought I understood normalising to 1NF, but perhaps I'm wrong. The addition of that 4th field (contactList) has seemingly made this a big challenge (15 lines of writing) for just 3 marks.



I'd appreciate feedback/corrections from others on this question, since it has me somewhat confused.



Cheers,

Gary

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