If you get this question in the exam, tell the teacher who wrote the exam
paper to go outside the education environment and get some real-life
experience.
In a realistic database, you have many Tables, each Table can have a number
of Field and each Field has a different data type. Generally the Fields are
of different data type depending on your needs so the default data type,
IMHO, is of no use what so ever.
However, Access does let you set the default data type which is only used
when you design a Table using Table DesignView. Check the settings in Tools
/ Options ... / Tables & Queries tab / Table Design pane.