Consider an Association Between a Deliveries Class and a Shipping

question 16

Multiple Choice

Consider an association between a Deliveries class and a Shipping Companies class in a Unified Modeling Language (UML) Class diagram.The multiplicities next to the Deliveries class are 0..* and the multiplicities next to the Shipping Companies class are 1..1.Which of the following is the best way to implement that association in your database?

• A)Post the primary key of Deliveries as a foreign key in Shipping Companies.
• B)Post the primary key of Shipping Companies as a foreign key in Deliveries.
• C)Create a linking table.
• D)None of these choices are correct.

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Definitions:

Profit-Maximizing

The process a business undertakes to determine the pricing and output that lead to the greatest returns.

Purely Competitive

A market structure characterized by many sellers offering identical products, leading to a situation where no single seller can influence price.

Output

The amount of product or service produced by a company, industry, or economy within a specific period.

Average Variable Cost

The sum of all variable production costs divided by the number of units produced.