A Java program has a class called Enrolment that stores information about a particular student's enrolment details.
The class has a Student object as one of its fields. The program designer has chosen to store the student ID as a field in both the Enrolment class and the Student class. This is...

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A Java program has a class called  Enrolment  that stores information about a particular student's enrolment details.  
 The class has a  Student  object as one of its fields. The program designer has chosen to store the student ID as a field in both the  Enrolment  class  and  the  Student  class. This is...

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Bad program design - it will cause a syntax error, as you can't declare the same field in two different classes.

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Good program design, as having the variable in two different places ensures it will be correct.

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Bad program design - it is an example of code duplication, which should be avoided.

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Necessary, as both the Enrolment and Student classes need to access this information.

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