What Is the Primary Difference Between an Entity and an Attribute

question 21

Multiple Choice

What is the primary difference between an entity and an attribute?

• A) An attribute is a table, whereas an entity is a column from the attribute table.
• B) An entity is specific, whereas an attribute is not data at all but brainstorming of ideas that takes place before the entity is created.
• C) An attribute refers to applications, and an entity refers to executives.
• D) An entity is part of a table that stores information about people, places, or events, whereas an attribute is a column or specific field of the data elements associated with an entity.

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Definitions:

Production Function

A mathematical representation in economics that describes the relationship between the inputs used in production and the output of goods or services produced.

Returns To Scale

The change in output resulting from a proportionate increase in all inputs in the production process.

Input

Resources such as labor, materials, and capital used in the production process to create goods or services.

Marginal Products

The additional output resulting from a one-unit increase in the use of a variable input, holding all other inputs constant.