The correct answer is: B. coded data
The data appearing first in the left portion of a punched card is the card column number. This is a coded data that identifies the field of data that will be stored in that column. For example, the first column might be used to store the customer’s account number, the second column might be used to store the customer’s name, and so on.
Descriptive data is data that describes something. For example, the customer’s name is descriptive data because it describes the customer.
Quantitative data is data that can be measured. For example, the customer’s account balance is quantitative data because it can be measured in dollars.
All of the above is not the correct answer because the data appearing first in the left portion of a punched card is not descriptive data, quantitative data, or all of the above. It is coded data.