Database Management System
Questions 261 to 270
261. 
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Which
  level of RAID refers to disk mirroring with block striping? 
(a)  RAID level 1                                     (b)  RAID level 2                             (c)  RAID level 0 
(d)  RAID level 3                                    (e)  RAID level  4. 
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262. 
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A unit of
  storage that can store one or more records in a hash file organization is
  denoted as 
(a)  Buckets             (b)  Disk pages       (c) 
  Blocks              (d)  Nodes               (e)  Sectors. 
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263. 
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The file
  organization which allows us to read records that would satisfy the join
  condition by using one block read is  
(a)  Heap file
  organization                       (b)  Sequential file
  organization                
(c)  Clustering file organization                (d)  Hash file
  organization                        
(e)  Random file
  organization. 
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264. 
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A
  condition that occurs when two transactions wait for each other to unlock data
  is known as a(n) 
(a) 
  shared lock                                      (b)  exclusive lock                          (c) 
  two-phase lock 
(d) 
  deadlock                                         (e)  Timestamp. 
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265. 
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The
  following incomplete SQL statement, once completed, is expected to be used to
  retrieve all employees who have not worked on at least one project? 
SELECT EMP_ID FROM EMPLOYEE 
WHERE ……………... (SELECT * FROM ALLOCATION 
WHERE EMPLOYEE.EMP_ID=ALLOCATION.EMP_ID); 
Fill in
  the blank with the correct keyword. 
(a)  EXISTS             (b)  NOT EXISTS     (c)  ALL                   (d)  EXIT               (e)  NOT IN. 
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266. 
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Which
  property of transaction ensures that either all operations of the transaction
  are reflected properly in the database or none are? 
(a)  Atomicity                                         (b)  Durability                                         (c)  Isolation 
(d)  Consistency                                    (e)  Consistency. 
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267. 
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A lock
  that prevents the use of any tables in the database from one transaction
  while another transaction is being processed is called a  
(a) 
  database-level lock                          (b)  table-level lock                         (c) 
  page-level lock 
(d) 
  row-level lock.                                 (e)  column-level lock. 
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268. 
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The best
  solution for a DBA to do in the case of a deadlock is 
(a)   re-boot the system 
(b)   backup the database, drop the indexes and
  restore the database 
(c)   see
  the sessions which are running and kill all the sessions involved in the
  deadlock except for one 
(d)   de fragmenting the disk 
(e)   None of the above. 
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269. 
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Consider
  the following five tasks. 
(i)    Changing data in one or more rows in a
  table. 
(ii)    Defining a View 
(iii)   Removing a row from a table 
(iv)   Changing data in a particular column 
(v)   Removing a view 
Which SQL
  keywords have to be used to accomplish the above five tasks? 
(a)   (i) ALTER (ii) CREATE (iii) DELETE (iv)
  UPDATE (v) DROP 
(b)   (i) ALTER (ii) CREATE (iii) INSERT (iv)
  UPDATE (v) DELETE 
(c)   (i) UPDATE (ii) CREATE (iii)
  DELETE (iv) UPDATE (v) DROP 
(d)   (i) UPDATE (ii) CREATE (iii) DROP (iv)
  INSERT (v) UPDATE 
(e)   (i) UPDATE (ii) CREATE (iii) UPDATE (iv)
  INSERT (v) DROP. 
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270. 
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What are
  the correct features of a
  distributed database? 
(a)   Is always connected to the internet 
(b)   Always requires more than three machines 
(c)   Users see the data in one
  global schema. 
(d)   Have to specify the physical location of
  the data when an update is done 
(e)   All DBMS have to be homogenous. 
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Answers
261. 
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Answer :  (a) 
Reason:  RAID level 1. 
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262. 
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Answer :  (a) 
Reason:  A unit of storage that can store one or more
  records in a hash file organization is denoted as buckets. 
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263. 
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Answer :  (c) 
Reason:  Clustering file organization. 
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264. 
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Answer :  (d) 
Reason:  A condition that occurs when two
  transactions wait for each other to unlock data I known as deadlock. 
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265. 
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Answer :  (b) 
Reason:  NOT EXISTS. 
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266. 
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Answer :  (a) 
Reason:  Atomicity. 
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267. 
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Answer :  (a) 
Reason:  A lock that prevents the use of any tables
  in the database from one transaction while another transaction is being
  processed is called a database lock 
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268. 
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Answer :  (c) 
Reason:  The best solution for a DBA to do in the
  case of a deadlocks is to see the sessions which are running and kill all the
  sessions involved in the deadlock except for one. 
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269. 
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Answer :  (c) 
Reason:  UPDATE, CREATE, DELETE AND UPDATE AND DROP. 
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270. 
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Answer :  (c) 
Reason:  Users see the data in one global schema. 
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