Critical Thinking Questions Case 11-1 In your new role as a DBA, you have inherited a database that has a lot of problems. Your first task, you decide, is to identify whether or not the information in your database contains the qualities of valuable information, and which quality may be missing. The manager for the eastern division sales force is upset because she wants to determine which members of her sales force need awards for high monthly sales, and which employees need remediation because they have not sold enough product during the past month. However, all of the sales information has not yet been entered into the database. What kind of information is at issue in this instance?
A) useful information
B) timely information
C) accessible information
D) verifiable information

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Accessible information is the information that is available to the user when they need it. In this case, the sales manager needs the information to determine which members of her sales force need awards and which need remediation. However, the information is not yet available because it has not been entered into the database.

Critical Thinking Questions Case 11-1 in Your New Role as a DBA