Listed below are ten examples of file organization.
Required:
From the following three choices, match the file organization technique with each of the ten examples listed. All techniques will be used more than once.
S = Sequential
IS = Indexed-sequential
D = Direct access
________ 1. A large manufacturing company pays all employees once a week.
________ 2. The inventory system of a 24-hour grocery store automatically orders merchandise from vendors when the inventory level is low.
________ 3. A bank customer checking account file is online in an ATM network. The bank also uses the file each month to produce customer statements.
________ 4. An Internet retailer sells children's toys online.
________ 5. An airline reservation system answers customer inquiries about available flights and seats and makes customer reservations.
________ 6. Bookstore employees use an inventory file each week to prepare purchase orders for books.
________ 7. A plant assets file for a small manufacturer is used to prepare quarterly depreciation reports. It is used once a year to prepare a report for insurance purposes.
________ 8. Employees use a vendor application at a trucking company daily to answer questions and accrue accounts payable. The company writes checks to vendors once a week.
________ 9. A file of payables due to actors and writers is processed monthly to prepare royalty checks; it is also used once a year to prepare tax reports.
________ 10. A metropolitan branch library scans books to check them out, answers patron inquiries about available books, and mails monthly statements to patrons having overdue books.