Q. Insertion of a large number of entries at a time into an index is referred to as _______ of the index.

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Q. ___________ are the indices that store the values of some attributes along with the pointers to the record.

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Q. The term ______ is used to denote a unit of storage that can store one or more records

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Q. If K denotes the set of all the search key values, and B denotes the set of all bucket addresses, a function from K to B is called as __________

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Q. In a __________ , we obtain the address of the disk block containing a desired record directly by computing a function on the search key value of the record

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Q. In a __________ we organize the search keys, with their associated pointers, into a hash file structure

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Q. What is a bucket overflow?

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Q. Some buckets are assigned more records than the others which causes bucket overflow, this condition is called as ________

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Q. Overflow handling using a linked list of buckets is called as ____________

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Q. State true or false: A hash index organizes the search keys, with their associated pointers, into a hash file structure

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Q. Which of the following is the worst hash function among the given choices

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Q. State true or false: Hash indices are only primary index structures

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Q. Dynamic hashing allows us to?

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Q. Dynamic hashing is also called as _________

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Q. Which of the following operations can be performed on an extendable hash structure?

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Q. The space overhead in dynamic hashing is ________ than that of static hashing

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Q. Which of the following is a disadvantage of the dynamic hashing structure

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Q. The form of dynamic hashing that avoids the additional level of indirection is called as _________

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Q. Hash structures are not the best choice for which of the following?

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Q. Which of the following is an issue that needs to be considered while choosing an indexing technique?

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