GK
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
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Question
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Data are used to create information.
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The terms data and information are interchangeable.
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Information is broken down into data so that they can be processed.
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There is no relationship between data and information.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Data is an individual unit that contains raw materials which do not carry any specific meaning. Information is a group of data that collectively carries a logical meaning. Data doesn’t depend on information. Information depends on data.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following statements correctly describes the relationship between data and information? Information is raw facts with no meaning in and of themselves, whereas data is information that has been transformed to be useful.
Detailed explanation-3: -Data is raw, unorganized facts that need to be processed. Data can be something simple and seemingly random and useless until it is organized. When data is processed, organized, structured or presented in a given context so as to make it useful, it is called information.
Detailed explanation-4: -Data are only the raw facts, the material for obtaining information. Information systems use data stored in computer databases to provide needed information. A database is an organized collection of interrelated data reflecting a major aspect of a firm’s activities.