The defining characteristic of BCNF is that a table is in BCNF if ________.
A)all rows are unique
B)all columns are consistent
C)the primary key is a candidate key
D)all determinants are candidate keys
E)all candidate keys are determinants

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A table is in BCNF (Boyce-Codd Normal Form) if every determinant is a candidate key. This means that for every functional dependency in the table, the left-hand side must be a candidate key.

The Defining Characteristic of BCNF Is That a Table Is