Two basic constructs to link one piece of data with another piece of data: sequential storage and pointers. False True TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
If a denormalization situation exists with a one-to-one binary relationship, which of the following is true? All fields are stored in three relations. All fields are stored in one relation. All fields are stored in two relations. All fields are stored in four relations. TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A secondary key is which of the following? Determines the tablespace required Useful for denormalization decisions Nonunique key Primary key TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The fastest read/write time and most efficient data storage of any disk array type is: RAID-1 RAID-2 RAID-3 RAID-0 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A rule of thumb for choosing indexes for a relational database includes which of the following? Indexes are more useful on smaller tables. Indexes are more useful for columns that do not appear frequently in the WHERE clause in queries. Do not specify a unique index for the primary key of each table. Be careful indexing attributes that have null values. TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The blocking factor is: a group of fields stored in adjacent memory. attributes grouped together by the same primary key. attributes grouped together by the same secondary key. the number of physical records per page. TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
If a denormalization situation exists with a many-to-many or associative binary relationship, which of the following is true? All fields are stored in two relations. All fields are stored in three relations. All fields are stored in one relation. All fields are stored in four relations. TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The primary goal of physical database design is data processing efficiency. True False TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Distributing the columns of a table into several separate physical records is known as horizontal partitioning. True False TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?