Gord Smith Works for a Large Pizza Chain

question 157

Multiple Choice

Gord Smith works for a large pizza chain.Every week he gets reports on the sales in each store across Canada.He sees a problem in one of the stores in Ontario.He wants and ad hoc report for sales at that store after 9 p.m.on weekdays.He is told that no such report can be created by the traditional file system.This is an example of ________.

• A)program-data dependence
• B)lack of flexibility
• C)poor security
• D)lack of data sharing and availability

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