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  • Locking may cause which of the following problems?


  • Options
  • A. Erroneous updates
  • B. Deadlock
  • C. Versioning
  • D. All of the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • Deadlock 


  • Data and Database Administration problems


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    • 1. 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
    • 2. A shared lock allows which of the following types of transactions to occur?

    • Options
    • A. Delete
    • B. Insert
    • C. Read
    • D. Update
    • Discuss
    • 3. 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
    • 4. 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
    • 5. 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
    • 6. 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
    • 7. 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
    • 8. 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
    • 9. The transaction log includes which of the following?

    • Options
    • A. The before-image of a record
    • B. The after-image of a record
    • C. The before and after-image of a record
    • D. The essential data of the record
    • Discuss
    • 10. Backward recovery is which of the following?

    • Options
    • A. Where the before-images are applied to the database
    • B. Where the after-images are applied to the database
    • C. Where the after-images and before-images are applied to the database
    • D. Switching to an existing copy of the database
    • Discuss


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