The Cost of Processing Per Transaction in a High-Activity Environment

question 60

Multiple Choice

The cost of processing per transaction in a high-activity environment is the lowest in which of the following file organization techniques?

• A) Indexed
• B) Sequential
• C) Direct
• D) Indexed-sequential

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Definitions:

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