Records in a sequential file are not usually updated in place. Instead ________.

a. the updated data is placed in a “surrogate” file
b. the entire file is usually rewritten
c. the file is truncated
d. The above statement is false—records in sequential files are usually updated in place.


b. the entire file is usually rewritten

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