One-to-many relationships - Exercise

In the preceding lessons, you learned that a one-to-many relationship exists when, for one instance of entity A, there exists zero, one, or many instances of entity B; but for one instance of entity B, there exists zero or one instance of entity A. You also learned that 1:N relationships are common in the business world, and that most databases are comprised almost entirely of 1:N relationships. Finally, you learned that the many side of a 1:N relationship receives the key attribute to establish the link.

All four entities that exist for Stories on CD, Inc. are in a one-to-many relationship: CUSTOMER, ORDER, CD, and DISTRIBUTOR.
Specifically, CUSTOMER and ORDER are in a 1:N relationship, as are CD and DISTRIBUTOR (ORDER and CD are in a many-to-many relationship, discussed later in the module). Your task in this exercise is to: (1) Provide an appropriate business or common-sense rule for each 1:N relationship; (2) specify the relationship values within the rule; and (3) indicate which entity in each relationship receives the key attribute.
Use the following example to understand these tasks. Imagine that EMPLOYEE and DEPARTMENT are in a 1:N relationship as defined by a specific business rule. The format to use in providing your answer looks like this:

An employee is assigned to a department (1:1); a department has many employees (1:N).
DEPARTMENT receives the key attribute from EMPLOYEE.

In addition to applying common-sense rules, be sure to read the case study available for download from the following link Download Case Study
You might find a business rule (or two) there that is applicable to your task, and remember, if you are having challenges trying to verbalize the relationships, then draw tables.

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