The Processing Time Required to Maintain a Fully Inverted File

question 39

Multiple Choice

The processing time required to maintain a fully inverted file

• A) is fast since the entire index can be loaded into primary memory.
• B) is almost instantaneous because long indexes can be factored into subindexes.
• C) is fast when two processors are used simultaneously to process the data and index files at the same time.
• D) can be high since the indexes require more disk storage and must be updated whenever records are added, deleted, or changed.

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