MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ is one of the oldest ways to maintain records in a conventional file oriented data collection system.
A
records
B
database
C
files
D
none
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Traditional file-based approach The term ‘file-based approach’ refers to the situation where data is stored in one or more separate computer files defined and managed by different application programs. Typically, for example, the details of customers may be stored in one file, orders in another, etc.

Detailed explanation-2: -Reason: Network Model is the oldest database model.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hierarchical databases are the oldest database models. Unlike other models, they do not have a well documented history. The hierarchical database was the first one developed and therefore was commonly used in the first mainframe database management systems.

Detailed explanation-4: -The DB->put() method stores records into the database. In general, DB->put() takes a key and stores the associated data into the database.

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