Transportation has become so efficient that we often think of travel in terms of time rather than distance.

Hospital indemnity insurance

A) pays a fixed dollar amount for each day you remain in the hospital. B) provides the provider of the service a direct payment up to a set daily maximum. C) guarantees you certain specified services regardless of the daily cost. D) guarantees you all hospital services regardless of cost.

Which of the following is NOT an objective that drove the development and evolution of database technology?

A) The need to provide greater independence between programs and data B) The desire to manage increasing complex data types and structures C) The desire to require programmers to write all file handling functionality D) The need to provide ever more powerful platforms for decision support applications