Give an example of an occasion when you would need to sort records.
What will be an ideal response?
A college stores students' records in ascending order by student ID number, but the registrar wants to view the data in descending order by credit hours earned so he can contact students who are close to graduation.
A department store maintains customer records in ascending order by customer number, but at the end of a billing period, the credit manager wants to contact customers whose balances are 90 or more days overdue. The manager wants to list these overdue customers in descending order by the amount owed, so the customers with the largest debt can be contacted first.
A sales manager keeps records for her salespeople in alphabetical order by last name, but needs to list the annual sales figure for each salesperson so she can determine the median annual sale amount.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The threat of ____ involves a malicious individual observing another's password by watching the victim while they are performing system login activities.
A. packet monkeys B. intellectual property C. shoulder surfing D. script kiddies
Which list arrow will flip an object vertically or horizontally?
A. Rotate B. Send to Back C. Bring to Front D. Text Direction
Match each of the following terms to its best description of its purpose:I. CSVII. Text FileIII.Newline characterIV.DelimiterV.EmbeddedA.Imported data that does not update its sourceB.Separates columns in a text fileC.Used in CSV filesD.Unformatted data in a file with a .txt extensionE.Data sets of this type are often available for data sharing on websites like Census.gov
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).