The Relationship Between the Government's Debt and the Government's Deficit

The relationship between the government's debt and the government's deficit (or surplus) is

A) the change in the debt for a year is equal to the deficit (or surplus) for that year.
B) the change in the deficit for a year is equal to the debt (or surplus) for that year.
C) the change in the surplus for a year is equal to the debt (or deficit) for that year.
D) the debt and deficit are the same.