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Test Number 63/95

Q: A basic element of data in a file.
A. Memory
B. Record
C. Field
D. Value
Solution: Fields are the basic elements of data in a file. e.g. student’s last name. It contains a single value.
Q: Records are treated as a unit.
A. True
B. False
C. none
D. .
Solution: The statement is true. Records are a collection of related fields. They are treated as a unit.
Q: _________________ refers to the logical structuring of records.
A. Physical organisation
B. Logical organisation
C. Structural organisation
D. File organisation
Solution: File organisation refers to the logical structuring of records. It is determined bi the way in which files are accessed.
Q: Which of the following is not an appropriate criterion for file organisation?
A. Larger access time
B. ease of update
C. simple maintenance
D. economy of storage
Solution: The answer is Larger access time. The access time should be short. It is an important criteria for file organisation.
Q: _________ itself is a file owned by the operating system
A. Logical file
B. Record
C. Database
D. Directory
Solution: Directory is the file owned by the operating system. File directory contains various important information.
Q: Which of the following isn’t a part of the file directory?
A. Attributes
B. Protocol
C. Location
D. Ownership
Solution: File directory contains important information like: Attributes, Location and Ownership.
Q: Allocated size of a file comes under?
A. basic information
B. address information
C. access control information
D. usage information
Solution: Allocated size comes under the address information of a file. Address information consists of volume, starting address, size used and size allocated.
Q: Which of the following is not a part of the usage information?
A. data created
B. identity of creator
C. owner
D. last date modified
Solution: Owner is a part of the access control information. Other options are a part of usage information of a file.
Q: When access is granted to append or update a file to more than one user, the OS or file management system must enforce discipline. This is _________
A. Simultaneous access
B. Compaction
C. External Fragmentation
D. Division
Solution: When access is granted to append or update a file to more than one user, the OS or file management system must enforce discipline. It is referred as simultaneous access.
Q: The user can load and execute a program but cannot copy it. This process is?
A. Execution
B. Appending
C. Reading
D. Updating
Solution: Execution is a process that user can load and execute a program but cannot copy it. Other processes are updation, changing protection, etc.

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