Question 22

Answer D is correct. You know that 25,000 is 50% of 50,000, so filling the page by 50% and leaving 50% free space for the remaining 50,000 records seems logical. The default FILLFACTOR setting of 0 doesn't leave any room for additions, which would slow inserts. If you set the FILLFACTOR value too big, searches slow down because any query processed has to cycle through a lot of empty space.

For more information, see the following sources:

• Chapter 2, "Creating Database Objects"

• SQL Server 2005 Books Online: "Building SQL Server Applications, SQL-DMO, SQL-DMO Reference, Properties, F, FILLFACTOR"

• "Fill Factor," http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/createdb/cm_8_des_05_9ak5.asp