Problem
1. What is the purpose of a relational database?
2. Why would you want to store certain types of data in Microsoft Access rather than in Microsoft Excel?
3. Why would a business prefer to use a relational database to store records compared to using MS Excel to store records?
4. What are the competitors to MS Access? If you had to choose one, which one would it be?
5. How can you transition from using the basic queries in MS Excel to the more advanced options offered in MS Access? What is similar, and what is different?