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Chapter 5 Foundations of Business Intelligence: Databases and Information Management True-False Questions Each characteristic or quality describing a particular entity is called an attribute. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 152 A grouping of characters into a word, a group of words, or a complete number is called a record. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 153 Every record in a file should contain at least one key field. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 153 In a relational database, complex groupings of data must be streamlined to eliminate awkward m