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RYAN BANYAN · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

When shown a red, edible, roundish object, you would most probably call it an apple, rather than identifying its type like Honeycrisp apple or a Red Delicious apple. This suggests that apple is ____ of the concept.

a. the basic level of specificity
b. a defining feature
c. a characteristic feature
d. a deep characteristic

Question 2

Information can economically be represented in a hierarchical model when items lower in the hierarchy are assumed to have the properties of items higher in the hierarchy. This is referred to as ____.

a. subsumption
b. inheritance
c. inclusion
d. supersession