Which of the following statements about case sensitivity is true?

Question

Options

• ABoth field names and field values ARE case sensitive.
• BField names ARE case sensitive; field values are NOT.
• CField values ARE case sensitive; field names ARE NOT.
• DBoth field names and field values ARE NOT case sensitive.

• A
  15% (4)
• B
  73% (19)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  8% (2)

Explanation

Option B is correct because in this system, field names must match exactly in their capitalization - using Host when the field is defined as host will fail to match - while field values are treated without regard to case, so searching for a value of Error, error, or ERROR will all return the same results. This asymmetry exists by design: field names are structural identifiers that the system indexes precisely, whereas value matching is made flexible to reduce user error during queries.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A is wrong because field values are not case sensitive, only names are.
• C flips the rule - it has the two reversed.
• D is wrong because field names are definitely case sensitive.

Memory tip: Think "Names are Strict, Values are Slack" - field Names require exact case (like a variable name in code), while Values are forgiving (like a search engine query).

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