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Which statement correctly describes a composite primary key?

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Relational databases

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Which statement correctly describes a composite primary key?.

  1. A.It is a primary key made from two or more attributes together
  2. B.It is a foreign key copied into every table
  3. C.It is an attribute that contains no values
  4. D.It is a primary key that can identify only one table in the database

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  • It is a primary key made from two or more attributes together

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A composite primary key combines multiple attributes so that their combined values uniquely identify a record.

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