Question

In a __________ we organize the search keys, with their associated pointers, into a hash file structure

(a) Hash file organization

(b) Hash index organization

(c) Hashing address

(d) None of the mentioned

This question was posed to me by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

My question comes from Static Hashing in portion Indexing and Hashing of RDBMS

Answer 1

Correct option is (b) Hash index organization

Explanation: Hashing can be used for 2 different purposes, hash file organization and hash index organization. In a hash index organization, we organize the search keys, with their associated pointers, into a hash file structure.