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MIS 505 Programming-Final-Exam-Review PART 8

21.
In most programming languages, before an application can use a data file, it must ____.
A) open the file
B) close the file
C) read the file
D) prepare the file
Points Earned:
1.0/1.0


22.
When you copy data from a file on a storage device into RAM, you ____ from the file.
A) delete
B) upload
C) output
D) read
Points Earned:
1.0/1.0


23.
When you ____ a file, it is no longer available to your application.
A) examine
B) rewrite
C) close
D) index
Points Earned:
1.0/1.0


24.
A ____ is a copy that is kept in case values need to be restored to their original state.
A) read-only file
B) backup file
C) primary file
D) secondary file
Points Earned:
1.0/1.0


25.
A ____ is a file in which records are stored one after another in some order.
A) random access file
B) serial file
C) retired file
D) sequential file
Points Earned:
1.0/1.0


26.
A ____ is a temporary detour in the logic of a program.
A) sequence break
B) control break
C) control sequence
D) break control
Points Earned:
1.0/1.0


27.
To generate a control break report, your input records must be organized in ____ order based on the field that will cause the breaks.
A) random
B) ascending
C) sequential
D) repeatable
Points Earned:
1.0/1.0


28.
A ____ break is a break in the logic of the program that is based on the value of a single variable.
A) multiple-level control
B) simple control
C) serial control
D) single-level control
Points Earned:
1.0/1.0


29.
____ files involves combining two or more files while maintaining the sequential order.
A) Merging
B) Sorting
C) Splitting
D) Dividing
Points Earned:
1.0/1.0


30.
When the records in a file are sorted in order from lowest to highest values, the records are in ____ order.
A) descending
B) bubble
C) ascending
D) merged
Points Earned:
1.0/1.0


31.
The ____ file holds temporary data that is used to update the master file.
A) directory
B) transaction
C) merge
D) database
Points Earned:
1.0/1.0


32.
The saved version of a master file is the ____ file; the updated version is the child file.
A) peer
B) subordinate
C) parent
D) child
Points Earned:
1.0/1.0


33.
____ is processing that involves performing the same tasks with many records, one after the other.
A) Volume processing
B) Batch processing
C) Online processing
D) Standard processing
Points Earned:
1.0/1.0


34.
____ applications require that a record be accessed immediately while a client is waiting.
A) Real-time
B) Batch
C) Database
D) Sort
Points Earned:
1.0/1.0


35.
Because they enable you to locate a particular record directly (without reading all of the preceding records), random access files are also called ____ files.
A) direct access
B) indirect access
C) sequential access
D) temporary access Points Earned: 1.0/1.0

Points Awarded
35.00
Points Missed
0.00
Percentage
100%