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Which of the following below statement is true?a.Super key attribute set ⊂ candidate key attribute setb.Super key attribute set ⊃ candidate key attribute setc.Super key attribute set ⊇ candidate key attribute setd.Super key attribute set ⊄ candidate key attribute set

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Which of the following below statement is true?a.Super key attribute set ⊂ candidate key attribute setb.Super key attribute set ⊃ candidate key attribute setc.Super key attribute set ⊇ candidate key attribute setd.Super key attribute set ⊄ candidate key attribute set

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The correct statement is c. Super key attribute set ⊇ candidate key attribute set.

Here's why:

In the context of relational databases, a super key is a set of one or more keys which can be used to uniquely identify a record in a table. A candidate key is a minimal set of fields which can be used to uniquely identify a record.

This means that every candidate key is a super key, but not every super key is a candidate key (because a super key could have additional, unnecessary fields). Therefore, the set of all super key attributes is a superset of (or equal to) the set of all candidate key attributes. Hence, the correct answer is c. Super key attribute set ⊇ candidate key attribute set.

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