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  • A shared lock allows which of the following types of transactions to occur?


  • Options
  • A. Delete
  • B. Insert
  • C. Read
  • D. Update

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    • 1. Which of the following is true concerning open-source DBMS?

    • Options
    • A. Is free or nearly free database software whose source code is publicly available
    • B. Is free or nearly free database software whose source code is not publicly available
    • C. Is not competitive against PC-oriented packages and is fully SQL compliant
    • D. Is competitive against PC-oriented packages and is not fully SQL compliant
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following is the preferred way to recover a database after a system failure?

    • Options
    • A. Rollback
    • B. Rollforward
    • C. Switch to duplicate database
    • D. Reprocess transactions
    • Discuss
    • 3. Concurrency control is important for which of the following reasons?

    • Options
    • A. To ensure data integrity when updates occur to the database in a multiuser environment
    • B. To ensure data integrity when updates occur to the database in a single-user environment
    • C. To ensure data integrity while reading data occurs to the database in a multiuser environment
    • D. To ensure data integrity while reading data occurs to the database in a single-user environment
    • Discuss
    • 4. Performance analysis and tuning is which of the following?

    • Options
    • A. Undertaken one time at the time of a DBMS installation
    • B. Undertaken one time at the time of the implementation of a new application
    • C. Undertaken as an ongoing part of the backup of a database
    • D. Undertaken as an ongoing part of managing a database
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following is part of an administrative policy to secure a database?

    • Options
    • A. Authentication policies
    • B. Limiting particular areas within a building to only authorized people
    • C. Ensure appropriate responses rates are in external maintenance agreements
    • D. All of the above.
    • Discuss
    • 6. If both data and database administration exist in an organization, the database administrator is responsible for which of the following?

    • Options
    • A. Data modeling
    • B. Database design
    • C. Metadata
    • D. All of the above.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Locking may cause which of the following problems?

    • Options
    • A. Erroneous updates
    • B. Deadlock
    • C. Versioning
    • D. All of the above.
    • Discuss
    • 8. A data warehouse administrator is concerned with which of the following?

    • Options
    • A. The time to make a decision but not the typical roles of a database administrator
    • B. The time to make a decision and the typical roles of a database administrator
    • C. The typical roles of a data administrator and redesigning existing applications
    • D. The typical roles of a database administrator and redesigning existing applications
    • Discuss
    • 9. A traditional data administrator performs which of the following roles?

    • Options
    • A. Tune database performance
    • B. Establish backup and recovery procedures
    • C. Resolve data ownership issues
    • D. Protect the security of the database.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Poor data administration can lead to which of the following?

    • Options
    • A. A single definition of the same data entity
    • B. Familiarity with existing data
    • C. Missing data elements
    • D. All of the above.
    • Discuss


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