Consider a linear list based implementation in a file system. Each directory is a list of nodes, where each node contains the file name along with the file metadata, such as the list of pointers to the data blocks. Consider a given directory foo.

Which of the following operations will necessarily require a full scan of foo for successful completion?

Which one of the following statements is NOT correct about the B⁺ tree data structure used for creating an index of a relational database table?

B⁺ Trees are considered BALANCED because

With reference to the B⁺ tree index of order 1 shown below, the minimum number of nodes (including the Root node) that must be fetched in order to satisfy the following query: “Get all records with a search key greater than or equal to 7 and less than 15” is _________