Consider an Association Indicating Professional Licensing Status Between an Accountant

question 43

Short Answer

Consider an association indicating professional licensing status between an Accountant class and a States class in a Unified Modeling Language (UML) Class diagram. The multiplicities next to the Accountants class are 0..* and the multiplicities next to the States class are 0..*. Which of the following is the best way to implement that association in your database?
A. Post the primary key of Accountants as a foreign key in States
B. Post the primary key of States as a foreign key in Accountants
C. Create a linking table
D. None of the above

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Definitions:

Relative Magnitude

The perceived size or importance of one quantity in comparison to another.

Colored Part

This term is vague but could be referring to the iris, which is the colored part of the eye responsible for controlling the size of the pupil.

Pupil

The black circular opening in the iris of the eye, which regulates the amount of light that enters the eye.

Iris

The colored part of the eye surrounding the pupil, controlling the amount of light that enters the eye by adjusting the size of the pupil.