I know that for a Relation to be 3NF It has to be 2NF and no transitive dependencies should exist but I couldn't answer the following question:
For a relationship to be 3NF :
A) All Attributes should depend on the primary key.
B) The relationship should only have one Foreign Key.
C) The relationship should only have one Primary Key.
D) The Relationship's Table should only have atomic values
D
applies on a 3NF
relationship because it's one of the conditions of 1NF
and for a relationship to be 3NF
it has to be 2NF
and 1NF
.
C
is too general and doesn't apply just on 3NF
but my book has chosen it as the answer!
B
is not related to Normalization and A
may be considered as 2NF
but they didn't say all non-attributes so I don't know actually, what is the right answer here?
By definition of "superkey", all attributes depend on a superkey. By definition of "CK" (candidate key) as a superkey containing no smaller superkey, all attributes depend on a CK. By definition of "PK" (primary key) as a distinguished CK, all attributes depend on a PK. So A is an answer.
FKs (foreign keys) are irrelevant to normalization. So B is not an answer.
By definition of "PK", a relation/schema can have at most one, which we pick from among the CKs. There can always be a PK, because there is always at least one CK. Whether you must pick a PK depends on your textbook--PKs per se have no role in normalization theory. Unfortunately "should only have one" is not clear, because it might mean exacly one & it might mean at most one. So if it agrees with your textbook, C is an answer; otherwise not. Go with your textbook.
Presentations that talk about "atomic" values require them in either the definition of "relation" or the definition of "1NF" & higher NFs. So for your textbook presumably D is an answer. But actually the notion of atomic values, although ubiquitous, is confused & also "1NF" has no single meaning. Go with your textbook.
(None of the options guarantee 3NF.)
PS Your characterization of 3NF is not correct. Only certain transitive FDs (functional dependencies) matter--3NF is when/iff 2NF & no non-CK attribute is transitively dependent on a CK. (If one's "is in 1NF" is just "is a relation" then one can drop the "2NF &".) And be sure you get the correct definition of "transitive FD"--for sets X & Y, X->Y is transitive when/iff there exists set S where X->S & S->Y & not S->X & not S=Y. Get correct definitions from a good textbook.