Multiple choice

Which of the following places the common data elements in order from smallest to largest?

  1. Character, file, record, field, database

  2. Character, record, field, database, file

  3. Character, field, record, file, database

  4. Bit, byte, character, record, field, file, database,

  5. None of these

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The standard hierarchy of data organization from smallest to largest is: Character (or bit/byte), Field, Record, File, and Database. This represents the logical structure of data storage.