DBMS-Physical Data Organization Questions and Answers
DBMS Physical Data Organization questions with answers are vital for computer science students and aspirants preparing for placement exams by TCS, Infosys, Wipro, and government technical tests. This topic explains how databases store, retrieve, and manage data efficiently using file structures, indexing, and hashing techniques. By practicing these database MCQs, candidates can enhance their understanding of data access mechanisms, record organization, and storage optimization. Each question is designed to test conceptual clarity and practical application, making this an ideal resource for programming and DBMS interview preparation.
DBMS-Physical Data Organization
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32. The file storage organisation determines how to access the record.
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33. Files could be made of fixed-length records or variable-length records.
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34. A file in which all the records are of the same length are said to contain fixed-length-records.
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35. Because tapes are slow, they are generally used only for long-term storage and backup.
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36. There are many types of magnetic disks such as hard disks, flexible disks, zip disks and jaz disks.
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37. Data transfer time is the time it takes to transfer the data to the primary storage.
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39. In magnetic tape, the read/write head reads magnetized areas (which represent data on the tape), converts them into electrical signals and sends them to main memory and CPU for execution or further processing.
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40. In a bit-level stripping, splitting of bits of each is done across multiple disks.
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