The two basic types of record-access methods are:

A. sequential and random

B. sequential and indexed

C. direct and immediate

D. on-line and realtime

E. None of the above

Answer: Option A

Solution(By Examveda Team)

1) The two basic types of record-access methods are sequential and random.
2) The terms random access and sequential access are often used to describe data files.
3) Comparing random versus sequential operations is one way of assessing application efficiency in terms of disk use.