Multiple choice

In a hospital data base system, the data relationship between the entity “Patient” and the entity “ward” would be

  1. one-to-one

  2. one-to-many

  3. many-to-one

  4. many-to-many
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D Correct answer
Explanation

In a hospital database, one ward contains many patients, and a patient is typically assigned to one ward. However, if the system tracks patient history across multiple wards or multiple patients per ward, it is often modeled as a many-to-many relationship depending on the specific business rules.

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