After identifying data points for your application, into what structure should they be organized?

• A. Files
• B. Columns
• C. Records
• D. Tables

Answer: (C)

Data points are best organized as records. A record represents a single instance of a business object and groups all its related attributes (fields) together in one cohesive unit. This makes it easy to manage, display, query, and relate that object within the app. Columns are the individual attributes themselves, not the unit that holds a complete object’s data. A table is the collection that stores many records, but the core unit you work with and reference in the app is the record. Files are not suited for structured data you need to query and manipulate programmatically. So, organizing data points into records provides a clear, usable representation of each object with all its attributes.