Which of the following statements is correct with regard to Data properties of a text item?
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If the Maximum Length of an item is set to a value that is greater than the value for Width, the item will not be displayed at run time.
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The Initial Value for an item can be set outside the range of values specified by the Lowest Allowed Value and the Highest Allowed Value properties because Initial Value defines an exception to that range.
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If the Required property is set to Yes for an item whose corresponding database column does not have a NOT NULL constraint, an error will occur at run time.
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If Data Length Semantics property is set to BYTE, the Maximum Length property may have to be manually adjusted depending on the character set that is being used.
When the Data Length Semantics property is set to BYTE, Oracle measures column length in bytes rather than characters. For multi-byte character sets (like UTF-8 or AL32UTF8), a single character might require multiple bytes. If Maximum Length is set based on character count but BYTE semantics are used, the actual byte capacity may be insufficient for the expected number of characters, requiring manual adjustment. Option A is false because display issues depend on item width, not Maximum Length. Option B is false because Initial Value must respect validation range constraints. Option C is false because Required property at the form level is independent of database constraints.