Selecting a data type involves which of the following? Improve data integrity All of these Maximize storage space Represent most values TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which of the following are integrity controls that a DBMS may support? All of these Assume a default value in a field unless a user enters a value for that field. Limit the use of null values in some fields. Limit the set of permissible values that a field may assume. 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 one relation. All fields are stored in four relations. All fields are stored in two relations. All fields are stored in three relations. TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The blocking factor is: attributes grouped together by the same primary key. attributes grouped together by the same secondary key. the number of physical records per page. a group of fields stored in adjacent memory. 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 : ?
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 three relations. All fields are stored in four relations. All fields are stored in two relations. All fields are stored in one relation. TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The fastest read/write time and most efficient data storage of any disk array type is: RAID-0 RAID-2 RAID-1 RAID-3 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A rule of thumb for choosing indexes for a relational database includes which of the following? Do not specify a unique index for the primary key of each table. Be careful indexing attributes that have null values. Indexes are more useful on smaller tables. Indexes are more useful for columns that do not appear frequently in the WHERE clause in queries. TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Two basic constructs to link one piece of data with another piece of data: sequential storage and pointers. True False TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which of the following is not a factor to consider when switching from small to large block size? Block contention The length of all of the fields in a table row Random row access speed The number of columns TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?