The Database Administrator Must Be Prepared to Perform Routine Maintenance

question 40

True/False

The database administrator must be prepared to perform routine maintenance activities within the database.

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Definitions:

Factorial

A mathematical operation that involves multiplying a number by every number less than it down to 1; e.g., the factorial of 5 (denoted as 5!) is 120.

Activation Records

Structures that contain information about the execution state of a function or procedure at a certain point in time, typically maintained in the call stack.

Recursion

A programming technique where a method calls itself to solve a problem.

Binary Search Algorithm

An efficient algorithm for finding an item from a sorted list of items, working by repeatedly dividing in half the search interval and comparing the middle item to the target value.