A B+-tree index is to be built on the Name attribute of the STUDENT relation.…

TPSC Computer/IT Posts · 2025 · Senior Informatics Officer · Section DGATE · 2002 · CS · Question 2 subparts

A B+-tree index is to be built on the Name attribute of the STUDENT relation. Each student name occupies 8 bytes, each disk block is 512 bytes, and each index pointer occupies 4 bytes. What is the best choice for the degree of the B+-tree, where degree means the maximum number of pointers in an internal node?

  1. A.

    16

  2. B.

    42

  3. C.

    43

  4. D.

    44

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