Given the following master file containing employee names (key field) and hourly rates and given the following transaction file, how many total records will there be in the updated master file?

Question

Master File Transaction File
John 20.00 Add Jim 11.00
Mary 10.00 Delete John
Sue 6.00 Add Nancy 15.00
Tom 8.00 Delete Tom
Vince 13.00 Add Tom 13.00
Change Vince 14.00

a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 8

Answer 1

b) 6