CompTIA Data+ (DA0-001) — Question 180

A company derives proprietary leads from monthly sales calls and sends them to dealers through a connection that matches the correct leads to the correct dealers Which of the following BEST describes this method?

Answer options

• A. Application programming interface
• B. Public databases
• C. Survey
• D. Web scraping

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A, as an Application Programming Interface (API) facilitates the connection between the proprietary leads and the dealers. Options B (Public databases) and C (Survey) do not involve a direct matching process for leads, while D (Web scraping) refers to extracting data from websites, which does not apply to this scenario.