Question

The subsystem responsible for the allocation of buffer space is called as _______

(a) Buffer allocator

(b) Buffer manager

(c) Buffer enhancer

(d) Buffer intermediary

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This intriguing question comes from Organization of Records in Files topic in section Storage and File Structure of RDBMS

Answer 1

The correct option is (b) Buffer manager

Best explanation: The subsystem responsible for the allocation of buffer space is called as buffer manager. Programs on the database make requests to the buffer manager and it in in turn allocates the buffer space.