a). The impressive functions performed by computers essentiallyinvolve the manip

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a). The impressive functions performed by computers essentiallyinvolve the manipulation of zeros and ones.

b). People prefer to manipulate bits instead of characters andfields because bits are more compact.

c). people specify programs and data items as characters;computers then manipulate and process these characters as groups ofzeros and ones.

d). A person’s 5-digit zip code is and example of numericfield.

e). A person’s street address is generally considered tobe an alphabetic field in computer applications.

f). Data items represented in computers form a data hierarchy inwhich data items become larger and more complex as we progress fromfields to characters to bits, etc.

g).A record key identifies a record as belonging to a particularfield.

h). Most organizations store all information in a single file tofacilitate computer processing.

i).When a program creates a file, the file is automaticallyretained by the computer for future reference; i.e. files are saidto be persistent.

Explanation / Answer

Dear...    a).    TRUE    b).    TRUE    c).    TRUE    d).    TRUE    e).    TRUE    f).     FALSE. Because,Data becomes more complex as we progress from bits to characters tofields,    g).    FALSE. Because, record keyidentifies a record as belonging to a particular person orentity    h).    FALSE. Companies typicallystore information in multiple files.    i).     FALSE. Because,file must be saved to disk / other storage medium.    i).     FALSE. Because,file must be saved to disk / other storage medium.

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