1. Question: ______ refers to any activities that change the number of records in a master file.

    A
    Updating

    B
    Maintaining

    C
    Referencing

    D
    Maintaining and referencing

    Note: Not available
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  2. Question: ______ a master file changes the content of one or more records in the file but does not alter the number of records.

    A
    Maintaining

    B
    Referencing

    C
    Updating

    D
    Sequential

    Note: Not available
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  3. Question: _______ is strictly a serial medium, for the processing of a file on tape starts with the very first record.

    A
    Serial Access

    B
    Magnetic Tape

    C
    Referencing

    D
    Sequential Access

    Note: Not available
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  4. Question: ______ refers to a method of reading or writing a file in which the first record in the file is processed first, then the second record is processed, and so on until the last record has been processed.

    A
    Sequential Access

    B
    Serial Access

    C
    Batch Processing

    Note: Not available
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  5. Question: The ______ is a measure of the relative amount of change in the number of records in a master file, that is, the amount of maintenance required on a file.

    A
    Activity rate

    B
    Volatility rate

    C
    Piggyback file

    Note: Not available
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  6. Question: Tape is used today primarily as a medium for ______ files that are stored on disk, for archiving of transaction data, and for transferring data and programs from one computer to another.

    A
    Backing up

    B
    Maintaining

    C
    Updating

    Note: Not available
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  7. Question: ISAM means ______

    A
    indexed sequential-access method

    B
    indexes sequential-access method

    C
    index sequential-access methods

    Note: Not available
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  8. Question: VSAM means ______

    A
    virtual-storage access method

    B
    virtual-sequential access method

    C
    virtual-serial access method

    Note: Not available
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  9. Question: This collection of tracs of the same number, all of which can be accessed with a single positioning of the accessing mechanism, is known as a ______.

    A
    indexed file

    B
    cylinder

    C
    ISAM files

    Note: Not available
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  10. Question: ISAM is one of the oldest indexing methods in use today.

    A
    True

    B
    False

    Note: Not available
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