Question 1
Question
1. A distributed database management system (DDBMS) governs the storage and processing of logically related data over interconnected computer systems.
Question 2
Question
2. Distributed data access was needed to support geographically dispersed business units.
Question 3
Question
3. Rapid ad hoc data became unnecessary in the quick-response decision-making environment.
Question 4
Question
4. The Internet is the repository for distributed data.
Question 5
Question
5. Current distributed database management system (DDBMS) are subject to some problems, such as the complexity of management and control
Question 6
Question
6. Distributed processing shares a database's logical processing among two or more physically independent sites that are connected through a network.
Question 7
Question
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.
Question 8
Question
8. One of the advantages of a distributed database management system (DDBMS) is growth facilitation.
Question 9
Question
9. One of the advantages of a distributed database management system (DDBMS) is security.
Question 10
Question
10. Distributed processing does not require a distributed database, and a distributed database does not require distributed processing.
Question 11
Question
11. In order to manage distributed data, copies or parts of the database processing functions must be distributed to all data storage sites.
Question 12
Question
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.
Question 13
Question
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.
Question 14
Question
14. The transaction processor (TP) is the software component found in each computer that requests data.
Question 15
Question
15. A distributed database management system (DDBMS) must be communications-media-dependent.
Question 16
Question
16. A transaction processor (TP) is the software component residing on each computer that stores and retrieves data located at the site.
Question 17
Question
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.
Question 18
Question
18. Performance transparency ensures that the system finds the most cost-effective path to access remote data.
Question 19
Question
The level of transparency supported by the distributed database management system remains the same for all systems.
Question 20
Question
20. Distribution transparency is supported by a distributed data dictionary.
Question 21
Question
21. Distributed database systems do not require complex mechanisms to manage transactions and ensure the database's consistency and integrity.
Question 22
Question
22. A remote transaction, composed of several requests, may access data at multiple sites.
Question 23
Question
23. A centralized database management is subject to a problem such as____________
Answer
-
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
Question 24
Question
24. A disadvantage of a distributed database management system (DDBMS) is that:
Answer
-
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.
Question 25
Question
25. A distributed database is composed of several parts known as database .
Answer
-
a. sections
-
b. fragments
-
c. partitions
-
d. parts
Question 26
Question
26. Distributed processing does not require
Answer
-
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.
Question 27
Question
27. A database management system needs to prepare the data for presentation to the end user or to an application program.
Answer
-
a. security
-
b. concurrency control
-
c. formatting
-
d. I/O interface
Question 28
Question
28. The processor is the software component found in each computer that requests data. It receives and processes the application's data requests.
Answer
-
a. database
-
b. transaction
-
c. data
-
d. network
Question 29
Question
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.
Answer
-
a. transaction processor
-
b. application processor
-
c. transaction manager
-
d. data processor
Question 30
Question
30. Under the scenario, all record- and file-locking activities are performed at the end-user location.
Answer
-
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
Question 31
Question
31. _____ distributed database management system (DDBMS) integrate multiple instances of the same DBMS over a network.
Answer
-
a. Homogeneous
-
b. Heterogeneous
-
c. Fully heterogeneous
-
d. Combination
Question 32
Question
32. A distributed database system will support different database management systems (DBMS) that may even support different models running under different computer systems.
Answer
-
a. fully heterogeneous
-
b. fully homogeneous
-
c. homogeneous
-
d. heterogeneous
Question 33
Question
33. A DDBMS is subject to which of the following restrictions?
Answer
-
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.
Question 34
Question
34. transparency allows a physically dispersed database to be managed as though it were centralized.
Answer
-
a. Distribution
-
b. Transaction
-
c. Failure
-
d. Performance
Question 35
Question
35. transparency allows data to be updated simultaneously at several network sites.
Answer
-
a. Transaction
-
b. Distribution
-
c. Failure
-
d. Performance
Question 36
Question
36. transparency allows the system to operate as if it were a centralized database management system.
Answer
-
a. Heterogeneity
-
b. Distribution
-
c. Performance
-
d. Failure
Question 37
Question
transparency is the highest level of transparency. The end user or programmer does not need to know that a database is partitioned.
Answer
-
a. Performance
-
b. Fragmentation
-
c. Location
-
d. Local mapping
Question 38
Question
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.
Answer
-
a. Transaction
-
b. Location
-
c. Local mapping
-
d. Fragmentation
Question 39
Question
39. A contains the description of the entire database as seen by the database administrator.
Answer
-
a. distributed global dictionary
-
b. distributed data dictionary
-
c. distributed global schema
-
d. distributed data schema
Question 40
Question
40. A lets a single SQL statement access the data that are to be processed by a single remote database processor.
Question 41
Question
41. A distributed can reference several different local or remote data processing sites.
Answer
-
a. request
-
b. site
-
c. data location
-
d. transaction
Question 42
Question
42. A request lets a single SQL statement reference data located at several different local or remote DP sites.
Answer
-
a. distributed
-
b. transaction
-
c. fragmented
-
d. remote
Question 43
Question
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.
Question 44
Question
44. The objective of optimization is to minimize the total cost associated with the execution of a request.
Answer
-
a. data
-
b. remote
-
c. transaction
-
d. query
Question 45
Question
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.
Answer
-
a. Data distribution
-
b. Replica transparency
-
c. Network latency
-
d. Network partitioning
Question 46
Question
fragmentation allows a user to break a single object into two or more segments, or fragments.
Answer
-
a. Horizontal
-
b. Vertical
-
c. Data
-
d. Request
Question 47
Question
47. fragmentation refers to the division of a relation into subsets of tuples.
Answer
-
a. Vertical
-
b. Horizontal
-
c. Data
-
d. Mixed
Question 48
Question
fragmentation refers to the division of a relation into attribute subsets.
Answer
-
a. Data
-
b. Horizontal
-
c. Vertical
-
d. Mixed
Question 49
Question
49. The rule requires that all copies of data fragments be identical.
Answer
-
a. shared fragment
-
b. mutual consistency
-
horizontal fragmentation
-
d. replication
Question 50
Question
50. A(n) database stores each database fragment at a single site.
Answer
-
a. partially replicated
-
b. unreplicated
-
c. fully replicated
-
d. partitioned