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  • Question
  • A race condition occurs when


  • Options
  • A. Two concurrent activities interact to cause a processing error
  • B. two users of the DBMS are interacting with different files at the same time
  • C. both (a) and (b)
  • D. All of the above
  • E. None of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • Two concurrent activities interact to cause a processing error 


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    • 1. In SQL, which command is used to changes data in a table?

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    • A. UPDATE
    • B. INSERT
    • C. BROWSE
    • D. APPEND
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. A database management system might consist of application programs and a software package called

    • Options
    • A. FORTRAN
    • B. AUTOFLOW
    • C. BPL
    • D. TOTAL
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. Two files may be joined into a third file if

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    • A. they have a row in common
    • B. they have a field in common
    • C. they have no records with the same value in the common field
    • D. both (b) and (c)
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. In SQL, which command(s) is(are) used to enable/disable a database trigger?

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    • A. ALTER TRIGGER
    • B. ALTER DATABASE
    • C. ALTER TABLE
    • D. MODIFY TRIGGER
    • E. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. In any hierarchy of data organization, the smallest entity to be processed as a single unit is called

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    • A. data field
    • B. data record
    • C. data file
    • D. database
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. The distinguishable parts of a record are called

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    • A. files
    • B. data
    • C. fields
    • D. database
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following contains a complete record of all activity that affected the contents of a database during a certain period of time?

    • Options
    • A. report writer
    • B. query language
    • C. data manipulation language
    • D. transaction log
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. An operation that will increase the length of a list is

    • Options
    • A. Insert
    • B. Look-up
    • C. Modify
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. A set of programs that handle a firm's data base responsibilities is called a

    • Options
    • A. Data Base Management System (DBMS)
    • B. Data Base Processing System (DBPS)
    • C. Data Management System (DMS)
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. In SQL, which command(s) is(are) used to create a synonym for a schema object?

    • Options
    • A. CREATE SCHEMA
    • B. CREATE SYNONYM
    • C. CREATE SAME
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss


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