Practice Indexing Structures (7.6) - File Organization and Indexing - Introduction to Database Systems
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Indexing Structures

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is a B-Tree?

💡 Hint: Think about how it helps with data organization.

Question 2 Easy

What is the main advantage of using a B+-Tree?

💡 Hint: Consider what B+-Trees do with their leaf nodes.

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Question 1

What is the primary advantage of using B+-Trees?

Faster insertions
All data pointers in internal nodes
Efficient for range queries

💡 Hint: Consider how data is accessed in a range.

Question 2

True or False: Hash-based indexing is effective for range queries.

True
False

💡 Hint: Focus on the nature of hash functions.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given a dataset with both frequent exact match queries and occasional range queries, recommend an indexing strategy and justify your choice.

💡 Hint: Consider both performance needs for queries.

Challenge 2 Hard

Discuss how you would implement collision resolution in hash-based indexing. What are some strategies you might use?

💡 Hint: Think about how to track colliding entries in a way that maintains access speed.

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