Multiple choice

Redundancy is dangerous as it is a potential threat to

  1. data integrity

  2. data consistency

  3. data sufficiency

  4. none of the above
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Data redundancy creates inconsistency because the same data stored in multiple places may be updated in one location but not others. This leads to different values for the same data entity, violating data consistency - a fundamental database principle.

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