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

question 44

Multiple Choice

Critical Thinking Questions Case 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 the qualities of the information in your database, or, in some unfortunate cases, the absence of these qualities. 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) accessible information
• C) timely information
• D) verifiable information

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Definitions:

Yield To Maturity

The total return anticipated on a bond if held until its maturity date, taking into account its current market price, par value, coupon interest rate, and time to maturity.

Coupon Bond

A type of bond that pays the holder interest payments at fixed intervals until maturity, when the principal is repaid.

Yield To Maturity

The total return anticipated on a bond if the bond is held until it matures, including all interest payments and the repayment of principal.