6. When storage space is scarce and physical records cannot span pages, creating multiple physical records from one logical relation will minimize wasted storage space.

A. True
B. False

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7. A field represents each component of a composite attribute.

A. True
B. False

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8. Some advantages of partitioning include: efficiency, security, and load balancing.

A. True
B. False

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9. A pointer is a detailed coding scheme recognized by system software for representing organizational data.

A. True
B. False

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10. Distributing the columns of a table into several separate physical records is known as horizontal partitioning.

A. True
B. False

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