BUSI/COMM 335 – Information Systems
Review Questions – Data Organization
1. Why is file management important for overall system
performance?
2. Describe how indexes and key fields enable a program
to access specific records in a file.
3. Define and describe the indexed sequential access
method and the direct file access method.
4. List and describe some of the problems of the
traditional file environment.
5. List some of the benefits of a DBMS
6. Describe 3 principal database models and the
advantages & disadvantages of each.