A Widely Used Method of Storing and Locating Records in a Direct-Access

question 84

Multiple Choice

A widely used method of storing and locating records in a direct-access file is

• A) when a record's key field corresponds directly to the coding scheme used by the computer itself.
• B) to store physical device addresses as a field within a file's records.
• C) to convert a key to a storage location address using an index.
• D) to convert a key to a storage location address using a randomizing transformation.