Organizations often store data in applications with the following characteristics: -Designed and optimized for analysis and quick response to queries.
-Are nonvolatile, which means that when data are stored, they can be read only and never deleted so that they can be used for comparison with newer data.
-Online analytic processing OLAP) systems
-Subject-oriented, which means that the data captured is organized to have similar data linked together.
These four characteristics best describe which of the following?
A) Decision Support System
B) Management Information System
C) Database System
D) Data warehouses or Data Marts

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These characteristics are specifically associated with data warehouses or data marts, which are designed to support analysis and decision-making by providing subject-oriented, nonvolatile data that can be accessed quickly through query tools like OLAP systems. Management information systems (B) and decision support systems (A) may use data warehouses as a source of information, but they do not have these specific characteristics. A database system (C) can have many different characteristics depending on its design and purpose, so it's too broad a category to be the best choice based on the given characteristics.

Organizations Often Store Data in Applications with the Following Characteristics