Computer Science Ques 244

Question: The ability to find an individual item in a file immediately ____ is used.

Options:

A) File allocation table

B) Directory

C) Sequential access

D) direct access

E) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

  • Direct (Out of sequence or random) access by a computer (CPU) to any memory address of a data storage device, without starting from the first address every time the data needs to be read. A random access data file enables you to read or write information anywhere in the file.