In a simple HR data model with Employee, Job, and Payroll, which relationship statement is accurate?

• A. Employee has many Jobs.
• B. Payroll references Job.
• C. Employee has one Job and has many Payrolls.
• D. Job belongs to many Employees.

Answer: (C)

In this simple HR model, the relationships are about who holds what and how payroll entries are tied. An employee typically has one job at a time, and an employee can have many payroll records across different pay periods. So stating that an employee has one Job and has many Payrolls correctly reflects both the one-to-many link to payroll and the single-job assignment per employee. Payroll data is usually linked to the employee (each payroll entry references the employee), not directly to the job. That’s why the option describing payroll referencing a job isn’t the right fit. Likewise, while many employees can share the same job, the usual way to describe that is that a job can have many employees, not that the job belongs to many employees. The given description best aligns with how these entities relate in a simple HR schema.