Case Based Critical Thinking Questions
Brij has just been promoted to Marketing Manager of a non-profit organization responsible for soliciting over three million dollars in donations annually. His company solicits donor information from local chapters of the non-profit organization. Brij decides to create an Access database that will allow him to keep all donor information in one database and create reports as well as marketing documents using the database. Based on your knowledge of importing and sharing Access data, answer the questions below.
-Brij has contacted each local chapter of the non-profit organization and asked for local donor information. Some local chapters use Excel to record the information, some use Access, and some use other database or spreadsheet applications. To streamline the import process, Brij has asked each local chapter to send him the information in a(n)____ document that is well suited for data exchange among many different programs.
A)HTML
B)PDF
C)XML
D)XLS

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Case Based Critical Thinking Questions
Brij has just been promoted to Marketing Manager of a non-profit organization responsible for soliciting over three million dollars in donations annually.  His company solicits donor information from local chapters of the non-profit organization.  Brij decides to create an Access database that will allow him to keep all donor information in one database and create reports as well as marketing documents using the database.  Based on your knowledge of importing and sharing Access data, answer the questions below.
-Brij has contacted each local chapter of the non-profit organization and asked for local donor information. Some local chapters use Excel to record the information, some use Access, and some use other database or spreadsheet applications.  To streamline the import process, Brij has asked each local chapter to send him the information in a(n)____ document that is well suited for data exchange among many different programs.
A)HTML
B)PDF
C)XML
D)XLS

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is well suited for data exchange among many different programs. It is a standard format for sharing data and allows for flexibility in designing a schema or structure for the data. HTML is a markup language for creating web pages, not specifically for data exchange. PDF (Portable Document Format) is a fixed format document that is not typically used for data exchange. XLS (Excel Spreadsheet) is specific to Microsoft Excel and may not be compatible with other database or spreadsheet applications.