The fastest read/write time and most efficient data storage of any disk array type is: RAID-0 RAID-1 RAID-2 RAID-3 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Denormalization and clustering can work well to minimize data access time for small records. False True TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
What is the best data type definition for Oracle when a field is alphanumeric and has a length that can vary? CHAR LONG NUMBER VARCHAR2 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A bitmap index is an index on columns from two or more tables that come from the same domain of values. False True TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
In general, larger block sizes are used for online transaction processing applications and smaller block sizes are used for databases with a decision support or data warehousing system. False True TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Distributing the columns of a table into several separate physical records is known as horizontal partitioning. False True TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Hashing algorithm converts a primary key value into a record address. False True TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A rule of thumb for choosing indexes for a relational database includes which of the following? Be careful indexing attributes that have null values. Do not specify a unique index for the primary key of each table. Indexes are more useful for columns that do not appear frequently in the WHERE clause in queries. Indexes are more useful on smaller tables. TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Data-volume and frequency-of-use statistics are not critical inputs to the physical database design process. True False TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Sequential retrieval on a primary key for sequential file storage has which of the following features? Impractical Moderately fast Very fast Slow TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?