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  • Question
  • Which of the following locks the item from change but not from read?


  • Options
  • A. Implicit lock
  • B. Explicit lock
  • C. Exclusive lock
  • D. Shared lock

  • Correct Answer
  • Shared lock 


  • More questions

    • 1. A distributed database can use which of the following strategies?

    • Options
    • A. Totally centralized at one location and accessed by many sites
    • B. Partially or totally replicated across sites
    • C. Partitioned into segments at different sites
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. There is one physical schema for each logical schema.

    • Options
    • A. True
    • B. False
    • Discuss
    • 3. An extent is a contiguous section of disk storage space.

    • Options
    • A. True
    • B. False
    • Discuss
    • 4. Each answer below shows example data from a table. Which answer is an example of the inconsistent values problem?

    • Options
    • A. Three columns have the values 534-2435, 534-7867, and 546-2356 in the same row.
    • B. Three rows have the values Brown Small Chair, Small Chair Brown, and Small Brown Chair in the same column.
    • C. Three rows have the values Brown, NULL, and Blue in the same column.
    • D. One row has the value "He is interested in a Silver Porsche from the years 1978-1988" in a column.
    • Discuss
    • 5. With this type of index, the data are stored in the bottom level of the index and in the same order as that index.

    • Options
    • A. Nonclustered
    • B. Clustered
    • C. Primary
    • D. Secondary
    • Discuss
    • 6. The relational database model was created by E.F. Codd.

    • Options
    • A. True
    • B. False
    • Discuss
    • 7. When one transaction reads a changed record that has not been committed to the database a filthy read occurs.

    • Options
    • A. True
    • B. False
    • Discuss
    • 8. What is bytecode?

    • Options
    • A. Machine-specific code
    • B. Java code
    • C. Machine-independent code
    • D. None of the above is correct.
    • Discuss
    • 9. The blocking factor is:

    • Options
    • A. a group of fields stored in adjacent memory.
    • B. the number of physical records per page.
    • C. attributes grouped together by the same primary key.
    • D. attributes grouped together by the same secondary key.
    • Discuss
    • 10. The object definition language (ODL) is which of the following?

    • Options
    • A. Used to develop logical schemas
    • B. A data definition language for OODB
    • C. A method to implement a logical schema
    • D. All of the above.
    • Discuss


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