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15. Can an attribute have additional parameters associated with it like status or userID timestamp?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Only type, name, alias and description
ANSWER: B
Attributes can't have any additional parameters except type, name, alias, description and set of predefined values (for text type). For other purposes, you should probably use a lookup table.
This was first published in September 2006
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