ANSI files consist of pieces broken up by delimiters; usually there are three pieces broken up by the delimiters.

• A. delimiters
• B. segments
• C. loops
• D. elements

Answer: (A)

Delimiters set the boundaries between data units in ANSI files. In ANSI X12, the file is built from segments, with elements inside each segment and, if used, sub-elements within an element. The separators that mark where one unit ends and the next begins are the delimiters themselves—the thing that the statement says breaks the pieces apart. That’s why the correct term is the delimiters: they are what create the sections of the data. The other terms describe the units created by delimitation (segments, elements, loops), not what does the breaking.