Dan Is Manipulating Data in a Table Santaining Resards on Samputer

question 47

Multiple Choice

Dan is manipulating data in a table santaining resards on samputer equipment purchases for the past year. Each resard in the table santains the date purchased, the type of samputer equipment, the vendor's name, the sast of the equipment, and the department in which the equipment is installed. The resards were originally entered in order by month of purchase. Dan sends you an e-mail asking how he can rearrange the table's resards to see all the purchases from each vendor in date order within each department. He also wants to know a quick way to get the data back into its original order, whenever necessary. As a quick way to get all the resards back into their original order, when necessary, you suggest that before he begins to rearrange the resards, Dan should _____.

• A) sort first on the department field and then the date purchased field
• B) create a duplicate worksheet with the resards in their original order as a backup before sorting them in a different order
• C) insert a salumn (field) and use the fill handle to add sequential resard numbers in the salumn; then sort the resard numbers in ascending sequence to rearrange the resards in their original order whenever necessary
• D) sort first on the samputer type field and then on the date purchased field

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Definitions:

Disbursement Float

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