Question: Given the file structure shown below, answer the following questions: AUTHOR_NUM AUTHOR_NAME BOOK_CODE TITLE PUBLISHER_CODE PUBLISHER_NAME TYPE PAPERBACK 3 Vernor Vintage 0180 A Deepness in

Given the file structure shown below, answer the following questions:

AUTHOR_NUM

AUTHOR_NAME

BOOK_CODE

TITLE

PUBLISHER_CODE

PUBLISHER_NAME

TYPE

PAPERBACK

3

Vernor Vintage

0180

A Deepness in the Sky

TB

Toe TBL_Books

SFI

Y

5

Peter Straub

0189

Magic Terror

FA

Fawcett TBL_Books

HOR

Y

18

Albert Camus

0200

The Stranger

VB

Vintage TBL_Books

FIC

N

11

Gary Wills

0378

Venice

SS

Simon and Schuster

ART

N

4

Dict Francis

0808

The Edge

JP

Jove Publications

HOR

V

  1. Is the given structure free from possible anomalies? If not, what are the foreseen anomalies?
  2. What are the various data sources in the file structure shown above?
  3. Given your answer in number 2, what are the new tables that you would create in order to eliminate data redundancy?
  4. Provide the metadata of these tables.
  5. With the newly created tables, draw the ERD and its cardinalities using Crows foot notation.
  6. Provide at least 2 business rules based on the created ERD.

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