chapter 10 In the extreme programming environment, allows programmers to detect and correct programming mistakes as they go, which is faster than correcting them after an entire program has been written.

Two technicians are discussing the common u-joint. technician a says its input and output speeds should be equal. technician b says that it normally has two yokes. which technician is correct?

Which action is good business etiquette? a. switching your cell phone off before you enter a meeting b. keeping your cell phone on low volume before you enter a meeting c. setting a pleasant ring tone on your cell phone before you enter a meeting d. setting a standard ringtone on your cell phone before you enter a meeting

Suppose there is a relation r(a, b, c) with a b+-tree index with search keys (a, b).1. what is the worst-case cost of finding records satisfying 10 < a < 50 using this index, in terms of the number of records n1, retrieved and the height h of the tree? 2. what is the worst-case cost of finding records satisfying 10 < a < 50 and 5 < b < 10 using this index, in terms of the number of records n2 that satisfy this selection, as well as n1 and h defined above? 3. under what conditions on n1 and n2, would the index be an efficient way of finding records satisfying the condition from part (2)?