13.02 - File Organisation and Access

Question 1

Serial file organisation

Answer 1

A method of file organisation in which records of data are physically stored in a file, one after another, in the order they were added to the file

Question 2

Sequential file organisation

Answer 2

A method of file organisation in which records of data are physically stored in a file, one after another, in a given order

Question 3

Random file organisation

Answer 3

A method of file organisation in which records of data are physically stored in a file in any available position; the location of any record in the file is found by using a hashing algorithm on the key field of a record

Question 4

Hashing algorithm (file access)

Answer 4

The method used to physically find a record in the file

Question 5

Sequential access

Answer 5

A method of file access in which records are searched one after another from the physical start of the file until the required record is found

Question 6

Direct access

Answer 6

A method of file access in which a record can be physically found in a file without physically reading other records