In a university's relational database, the student record contains information regarding the student's last name. The last name is a(n):
A) attribute.
B) entity.
C) primary key.
D) object.
E) file.

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The last name is an attribute, which is a characteristic or property of an entity (in this case, the student). It is not the entity itself (B), the primary key (C), an object (D), or a file (E).

In a University's Relational Database, the Student Record Contains Information