Multiple choice technology databases

DATAFILE is a physical component of the DATABASE

  1. True

  2. False
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Explanation

DATAFILEs are the physical operating system files that actually store the data on disk - they are tangible physical components of the database architecture. Logical structures like tables and segments ultimately map to these physical DATAFILEs for storage.

AI explanation

True. In Oracle's architecture, a database consists of physical files (datafiles, control files, redo log files) and logical structures (tablespaces, segments, extents, blocks). A DATAFILE is one of the physical operating-system files that actually stores the data on disk — every tablespace maps to one or more datafiles. This is a foundational Oracle architecture fact, so the statement is correctly marked True.

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