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Muti-valued Attributes - Exercise

Resolve multi-valued Attributes: Create a new Entity

Objective: Resolve multi-valued attributes

Exercise scoring

This exercise is worth a total of 10 points. You will receive full credit for correctly answering the question below.

Background/overview

In the previous two lessons, you learned about two different ways to resolve multi-valued attributes. The need to create a new entity was explained as the more common of the two ways. This exercise will give you an opportunity to test your skills at resolving multi-valued attributes.

Instructions

Assume that you are creating attributes for an entity called Honor Students. You have listed the following attributes for this entity:
  1. Student ID
  2. Last Name
  3. First Name
  4. Honor Societies
How would you resolve the multiple data values that would need to be entered for the Honor Societies attribute?
(You should be able to answer this question in one sentence.)

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