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Editor Staff asked 5 months ago
Editor Staff asked 5 months ago
Which of the following is false?
(a) A B+ -tree grows downwards
(b) A B+ -tree is balanced
(c) In a B+ -tree, the sibling pointers allow sequential searching
(d) B+ -tree is shallower than B-tree
My enquiry is from B-Trees in chapter B-Trees of Data Structures & Algorithms I
The question was posed to me during an online exam.
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Editor">Editor Staff answered 5 months ago
Editor Staff answered 5 months ago
The correct answer is (a) A B+ -tree grows downwards
To explain: A B+ -tree always grows upwards. And In a B+tree – i)The path from the root to every leaf node is of the same length, so the tree is balanced. ii) Leaves are linked, so allow sequential searching. iii) An index is built with a single key per block of data rather than with one key per data record, so it is shallower than B-tree.
