MCQ Bank
The most recently accessed data from the disk (as well as adjacent sectors) is stored in a ----------------------.
- A) Memory buffer
- B) EPROM
- C) ROM
- D) hard disk
The log file is also called----------------------------.
- A) Non Transaction file
- B) Temporary file
- C) hash file
- D) Transaction file
Inverted files or inversions. Linked lists. B+ Trees. these are the three implementation approaches of----------------.
- A) Sequential Access
- B) Hashing
- C) Indexes
- D) Non sequential.
When the power is turned off content of ________________ is lost.
- A) Non Volatile storage
- B) Volatile storage
- C) Hard disk storage
- D) permanent storage
Which of the following is true about creating database in MS Access?
- A) After running MS Access, create database option is selected directly.
- B) Go to the tool option of MS Access and select create Database option with suitable name.
- C) Click on the file menu, select create database option and then click it.
- D) First we will run MS Access and select New option from the file. Next it will ask the name of database.
Cache is a portion of memory made of high-speed ---------------------------------instead of the slower and cheaper----------------used for main memory.
- A) PROM,EPROM
- B) ROM, RAM
- C) RAM, ROM
- D) Static RAM (SRAM), DRAM
A ---------------index determines the storage order of data in a table.
- A) Dense
- B) Secondary
- C) Clustered
- D) Primary
Which file organization is allowed by a direct access storage device?
- A) indexed and direct only
- B) sequential, indexed and direct,
- C) sequential only
- D) Direct only
Can be defined even when there is no data in the table. Existing values are checked on execution of this command. It supports selections of form; these are the major properties of---------------------.
- A) Sequential approach
- B) Indexes
- C) Direct approach
- D) View
A memory cache, sometimes called a cache store or-------------------.
- A) Hard disk
- B) DROM
- C) RAM
- D) ROM
Following are the characteristics of _________________________.
i. No indexes to search or maintain
ii. Very fast direct access
iii. Inefficient sequential access
iv. Use when direct access is needed, but sequential access is not.
- A) Hashed Access
- B) sequential Index
- C) Index Access
- D) Non Hashed Access
The two basic types of record access methods are-------------------------------.
- A) sequential and immediate
- B) sequential and random
- C) sequential and indexed
- D) Direct and immediate
------------------types of caching are commonly used in personal computers.
- A) four
- B) five
- C) Two
- D) three
Which of the following is not related to Index sequential file structure?
- A) Track overflows and file overflow areas are ensured
- B) We choose a number of buckets to correspond to the number of search key values we will have stored in the database
- C) Records are stored in sequence and index is maintained
- D) Dense and non-dense types of indexes are maintained
The _______________ should be user friendly, Data integrity must be ensured and checks can be applied within the tables.
- A) Input forms
- B) Database
- C) Application programing
- D) computer language
The index which has some of the key value is classified as _________________.
- A) Dense index
- B) Non dense index
- C) Cluster index
- D) Linear index
In Denormalization two relations who have _________ relationship are merged into one relation.
- A) Many to one
- B) One to many
- C) One to one
- D) Many to many
We should not compromise ________ over efficiency.
- A) Query response time
- B) Accuracy
- C) Privacy
- D) Consistency
At which design level de-normalization will take place?
- A) Physical design
- B) All of the given
- C) Logical design
- D) Conceptual design
The optional items in the SQL commands are kept in______.
- A) {}
- B) []
- C) ||
- D) ()