Question 134Asked in BPSC TRE 2.0 (2023) Computer Class 9-10What happens if a piece of data is stored in two places in the db?
- AStorage space is wasted and changing the data in one spot will cause data inconsistency
- BChanging the data in one spot will cause data inconsistency
- CStorage space is wasted
- DMore than one of the above
- ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (A) Storage space is wasted and changing the data in one spot will cause data inconsistency
Explanation
Duplicate storage wastes space and, if one copy is changed, makes the copies inconsistent; option A states both.