In an Entity-Relationship $$(ER)$$ model, suppose $$R$$ is a many-to-one relationship from entity set $$E1$$ to entity set $$E2.$$ Assume that $$E1$$ and $$E2$$ participate totally in $$R$$ and that the cardinality of $$E1$$ is greater than the cardinality of $$E2$$

Which one of the following is true about $$R$$?

Consider the relations $$r(A, B)$$ and $$s(B, C),$$ where $$s.B$$ is a primary key and $$r.B$$ is a foreign key referencing $$s.B.$$ Consider the query

$$Q:$$ $$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ $$r$$ $$\,\,\,\,$$ $$\bowtie$$ $$\,\,\,\,$$ $$\left( {{\sigma _{b < 5}}\left( s \right)} \right)$$

Let $$LOJ$$ denote the natural left outer-join operation. Assume that $$r$$ and $$s$$ contain no null values.

Which one of the following queries is NOT equivalent to $$Q$$?

Let $$ \oplus $$ and $$ \odot $$ denote the Exclusive OR and Exclusive NOR operations, respectively.

Which one of the following is NOT CORRECT?

Consider the sequential circuit shown in the figure, where both flip-flops used are positive edge-triggered $$D$$ flip-flops.

The number of states in the state transition diagram of this circuit that have a transition back to the same state on some value of “in” is _____.