Data and Information Characteristics
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Sophisticated and detailed information might not be ______ needed.

simple

Too much information can cause information overload, whereby a decision maker has too much information and is unable to determine what is really ______.

important

Information should be ______ when it is needed.

timely

Verifiable information means that you can check it to make sure it is correct, perhaps by checking many sources for the same ______.

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A set of components that work together to achieve a common goal is called a ______.

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In order to be useful to business and effectively support business processes, data used throughout a business is organized using a ______ model.

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A data item is considered to be atomic or the simplest element of data organization that cannot be divided any further. For instance, in a data model for organizing customer records it is not recommended to keep names of individuals as a single data item. It is typical to have separate data items for first and last names of an individual, i.e. to keep each element as simple as possible. The hierarchal nature of a data model is based on the fact that data element is grouped of data items and consequently a data structure is a logical collection of data elements. For decades the most popular data model used for data storage within organizations has been ____________-based.

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In a file-based model, a record can be considered a data element. The structure (or so-called syntax) of a typical record comprises of a set of data items that generally represent a meaningful entity. For example, businesses typically store their customer data. A customer record may consist of data items such as customer name, address, contact telephone number, etc. A collection of customer records form a data structure stored in a file. Organizing records together in a specific file means that there exists some sort of a relation between data elements. In a data model, individual data item is characterized by some sort of a format, typically referred to as its ____________ type.

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A data item is considered to be atomic or the simplest element of data organization that cannot be divided any further. For instance, in a data model for organizing customer records it is not recommended to keep names of individuals as a single data item. It is typical to have separate data items for first and last names of an individual, i.e. to keep each element as simple as possible. The hierarchal nature of a data model is based on the fact that data element is grouped of data items and consequently a data structure is a logical collection of data elements. For decades the most popular data model used for data storage within organizations has been ____________-based.

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In a file-based model, a record can be considered a data element. The structure (or so-called syntax) of a typical record comprises of a set of data items that generally represent a meaningful entity. For example, businesses typically store their customer data. A customer record may consist of data items such as customer name, address, contact telephone number, etc. A collection of customer records form a data structure stored in a file. Organizing records together in a specific file means that there exists some sort of a relation between data elements. In a data model, individual data item is characterized by some sort of a format, typically referred to as its ____________ type.

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In a data model for organizing customer records, it is not recommended to keep names of individuals as a single data item. It is typical to have separate data items for first and last names of an individual, i.e. to keep each element as simple as possible. The hierarchal nature of a data model is based on the fact that data element is grouped of data items and consequently a data structure is a logical collection of data elements. In a data model, individual data item is characterized by some sort of a format, typically referred to as its ____________ type.

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In a data model for organizing customer records, it is not recommended to keep names of individuals as a single data item. It is typical to have separate data items for first and last names of an individual, i.e. to keep each element as simple as possible. The hierarchal nature of a data model is based on the fact that data element is grouped of data items and consequently a data structure is a logical collection of data elements. In a data model, individual data item is characterized by some sort of a format, typically referred to as its ____________ type.

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