1. A distributed database management system (DDBMS) governs the storage and processing of logically related data over interconnected computer systems.
2. Distributed data access was needed to support geographically dispersed business units.
3. Rapid ad hoc data became unnecessary in the quick-response decision-making environment.
4. The Internet is the repository for distributed data.
5. Current distributed database management system (DDBMS) are subject to some problems, such as the complexity of management and control
6. Distributed processing shares a database's logical processing among two or more physically independent sites that are connected through a network.
7. One of the advantages of a distributed database management system (DDBMS) is that the data is located near the site with the least demand.
8. One of the advantages of a distributed database management system (DDBMS) is growth facilitation.
9. One of the advantages of a distributed database management system (DDBMS) is security.
10. Distributed processing does not require a distributed database, and a distributed database does not require distributed processing.
11. In order to manage distributed data, copies or parts of the database processing functions must be distributed to all data storage sites.
12. A database management system (DBMS) must have validation, transformation, and mapping functions, as well as other functions, in order to be classified as distributed.
13. A fully distributed database management system (DBMS) must perform all the functions of a centralized DBMS, and it must handle all necessary functions imposed by the distribution of data and processing.
14. The transaction processor (TP) is the software component found in each computer that requests data.
15. A distributed database management system (DDBMS) must be communications-media-dependent.
16. A transaction processor (TP) is the software component residing on each computer that stores and retrieves data located at the site.
17. In the single-site processing, single-site data (SPSD) scenario, all processing must be done on the end user's side of the system.
18. Performance transparency ensures that the system finds the most cost-effective path to access remote data.
The level of transparency supported by the distributed database management system remains the same for all systems.
20. Distribution transparency is supported by a distributed data dictionary.
21. Distributed database systems do not require complex mechanisms to manage transactions and ensure the database's consistency and integrity.
22. A remote transaction, composed of several requests, may access data at multiple sites.
23. A centralized database management is subject to a problem such as____________
a. a growing number of remote locations
b. maintaining and operating small database systems
c. dependence on multiple sites
d. organizational flexibility of the database
24. A disadvantage of a distributed database management system (DDBMS) is that:
a. it is slower in terms of data access.
b. adding new sites affects other sites' operations.
c. it is processor dependent.
d. there are lack of standards.
25. A distributed database is composed of several parts known as database .
a. sections
b. fragments
c. partitions
d. parts
26. Distributed processing does not require
a. database processing functions to be distributed to all data storage sites.
b. an existing distributed database.
c. a network of interconnected components.
d. multiple sites to share processing chores.
27. A database management system needs to prepare the data for presentation to the end user or to an application program.
a. security
b. concurrency control
c. formatting
d. I/O interface
28. The processor is the software component found in each computer that requests data. It receives and processes the application's data requests.
a. database
b. transaction
c. data
d. network
29. In theory, a(n) can be an independent centralized database management system with proper interfaces to support remote access from other independent database management systems in the network.
a. transaction processor
b. application processor
c. transaction manager
d. data processor
30. Under the scenario, all record- and file-locking activities are performed at the end-user location.
a. single-site processing, single-site data
b. multiple-site processing, single-site data
c. single-site processing, multiple-site data
d. multiple-site processing, multiple-site data
31. _____ distributed database management system (DDBMS) integrate multiple instances of the same DBMS over a network.
a. Homogeneous
b. Heterogeneous
c. Fully heterogeneous
d. Combination
32. A distributed database system will support different database management systems (DBMS) that may even support different models running under different computer systems.
a. fully heterogeneous
b. fully homogeneous
c. homogeneous
d. heterogeneous
33. A DDBMS is subject to which of the following restrictions?
a. Multiple instances of the same database should be integrated over a network.
b. All database processing must be done at a single site.
c. Rapid ad hoc data access is not possible.
d. Remote data access is provided on a read-only basis.
34. transparency allows a physically dispersed database to be managed as though it were centralized.
a. Distribution
b. Transaction
c. Failure
d. Performance
35. transparency allows data to be updated simultaneously at several network sites.
a. Transaction
b. Distribution
36. transparency allows the system to operate as if it were a centralized database management system.
a. Heterogeneity
c. Performance
d. Failure
transparency is the highest level of transparency. The end user or programmer does not need to know that a database is partitioned.
a. Performance
b. Fragmentation
c. Location
d. Local mapping
38. transparency exists when the end user or programmer must specify the database fragment names but does not need to specify where these fragments are located.
b. Location
c. Local mapping
d. Fragmentation
39. A contains the description of the entire database as seen by the database administrator.
a. distributed global dictionary
b. distributed data dictionary
c. distributed global schema
d. distributed data schema
40. A lets a single SQL statement access the data that are to be processed by a single remote database processor.
a. remote request
b. remote transaction
c. distributed request
d. distributed transaction
41. A distributed can reference several different local or remote data processing sites.
a. request
b. site
c. data location
d. transaction
42. A request lets a single SQL statement reference data located at several different local or remote DP sites.
a. distributed
c. fragmented
d. remote
43. The guarantees that if a portion of a transaction operation cannot be committed, all changes made at the other sites participating in the transaction will be undone to maintain a consistent database state.
a. DO-UNDO-REDO protocol
b. two-phase commit protocol (2PC)
c. coordinator protocol
d. write-ahead protocol
44. The objective of optimization is to minimize the total cost associated with the execution of a request.
a. data
b. remote
c. transaction
d. query
is the delay imposed by the amount of time required for a data packet to make a round trip from point A to point B.
a. Data distribution
b. Replica transparency
c. Network latency
d. Network partitioning
fragmentation allows a user to break a single object into two or more segments, or fragments.
a. Horizontal
b. Vertical
c. Data
d. Request
47. fragmentation refers to the division of a relation into subsets of tuples.
a. Vertical
b. Horizontal
d. Mixed
fragmentation refers to the division of a relation into attribute subsets.
a. Data
c. Vertical
49. The rule requires that all copies of data fragments be identical.
a. shared fragment
b. mutual consistency
horizontal fragmentation
d. replication
50. A(n) database stores each database fragment at a single site.
a. partially replicated
b. unreplicated
c. fully replicated
d. partitioned
