GATE CSE 2000 | File Structures and Indexing Question 24 | Database Management System

GATE CSE 2000

MCQ (Single Correct Answer)

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B⁺-trees are preferred to binary trees in databases because

Disk capacities are greater than memory capacities

Disk access is much slower than memory access

Disk data transfer rates are much less than memory data transfer rates

Disks are more reliable than memory

GATE CSE 1999

MCQ (Single Correct Answer)

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Which of the following is correct?

B-trees are for storing data on disk and B⁺ trees are for main memory.

Range queries are faster on B⁺ trees.

B-trees are for primary indexes and B⁺ trees are for secondary indexes.

The height of a B⁺ tree is independent of the number of records.

GATE CSE 1998

MCQ (Single Correct Answer)

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There are five records in a database.

Name	Age	Occupation	Category
Rama	27	CON	A
Abdul	22	ENG	A
Jennifer	28	DOC	B
Maya	32	SER	D
Dev	24	MUS	C

There is an index file associated with this and it contains the values 1, 3, 2, 5 and 4. Which one of the fields is the index built from?

Age

Name

Occupation

Category

GATE CSE Subjects

Theory of Computation

Undecidability Finite Automata and Regular Language Push Down Automata and Context Free Language Recursively Enumerable Language and Turing Machine

Operating Systems

Process Concepts and Cpu Scheduling Synchronization and Concurrency Deadlocks Memory Management File System IO and Protection

Algorithms

Complexity Analysis and Asymptotic Notations Searching and Sorting Divide and Conquer Method Greedy Method Dynamic Programming P and NP Concepts

Digital Logic

Number Systems Boolean Algebra K Maps Combinational Circuits Sequential Circuits

Database Management System

Structured Query Language Transactions and Concurrency Functional Dependencies and Normalization Relational Algebra File Structures and Indexing Er Diagrams

Data Structures

Trees Hashing Arrays Linked List Graphs Stacks and Queues

Computer Networks

Concepts of Layering Lan Technologies and Wi-Fi Data Link Layer and Switching Network Layer Routing Algorithm TCP UDP Sockets and Congestion Control Application Layer Protocol Network Security

Software Engineering

Compiler Design

Lexical Analysis Parsing Syntax Directed Translation Code Generation and Optimization

Web Technologies

General Aptitude

Numerical Ability Logical Reasoning Verbal Ability

Discrete Mathematics

Graph Theory Set Theory & Algebra Combinatorics Mathematical Logic Probability Linear Algebra Calculus

Programming Languages

Basic of Programming Language Function and Recursion Pointer and Structure in C

Computer Organization

Computer Arithmetic Memory Interfacing Pipelining Machine Instructions and Addressing Modes Alu Data Path and Control Unit IO Interface Secondary Memory