Consider a STUDENT relation in a UNIVERSITY database with the following attributes (Name, SSN, Local_phone, Address, Cell_phone, Age, GPA). Note that the cell phone may be from a different city and state (or province) from the local phone. A possible tuple of the relation is shown below:

a. Identify the critical missing information from the LocalPhone and CellPhone attributes as shown in the example above.
b. Would you store this additional information in the LocalPhone and CellPhone attributes or add new attributes to the schema for STUDENT?
c. Consider the Name attribute. What are the advantages and disadvantages of splitting this field from one attribute into three attributes (first name, middle name, and last name)?

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SSN LocalPhone Address CellPhone Age GPA Name Anytown, CA 94539 William Edwards