Exam 7: File Handling and Applications

The keyboard and printer are the default input and output devices.

Define and give examples of text files and binary files.

Files exist on ____ storage devices, such as hard disks, DVDs, USB drives, and reels of magnetic tape.

Explain the difference in how programmers use the words print , write , and display .

When businesses store data items on computer systems, they are often stored in a framework called the data ____________________ that describes the relationships between data components.

To generate a control break report, your input records must be organized in ____ order based on the field that will cause the breaks.

A ____ is a copy that is kept in case values need to be restored to their original state.

A ____ is a collection of data stored on a nonvolatile device in a computer system.

____ storage is not lost when a computer loses power.

What happens when you fail to close an output file?

What is a database?

The terms "parent" and "child" can refer to file backup generations, but they are also used for a different purpose in object-oriented programming.

A(n) ____________________ file holds more temporary data than a master file.

Files in which records must be accessed immediately are sometimes called instant access files.

The combination of the disk drive plus the complete hierarchy of directories in which a file resides is its ____.

Programmers usually use the word "write" to mean "produce hard copy output."

____ are groups of fields that go together for some logical reason.

When a program uses a ____, it reads all the records in the file from beginning to end, processing them one at a time.

Because they enable you to locate a particular record directly (without reading all of the preceding records), random access files are also called ____ files.