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801.

Database security helps organizations to protect data from

A. internal users
B. external users
C. non-external users
D. non internal users
Answer» C. non-external users
802.

Optimization basically related to the Rewrite module is termed as

A. semantic query optimization
B. global query optimization
C. all of the mentioned
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. global query optimization
803.

Which is the duplication of computer operations and routine backups to combat any unforeseen problems:

A. concurrency
B. deadlock
C. backup
D. recovery
Answer» E.
804.

Which is a duplicate copy of a file program that is stored on a different storage media than the original location:

A. concurrency
B. deadlock
C. backup
D. recovery
Answer» D. recovery
805.

Which is refers to a stalemate situation due to which no further progress is possible as computer await response of each other:

A. concurrency
B. deadlock
C. backup
D. recovery
Answer» C. backup
806.

Which is the process of breaking a relation into multiple relations:

A. functional dependency
B. database modeling
C. normalization
D. decomposition
Answer» E.
807.

E.F.Codd developed the normalization process in the which early:

A. 1969
B. 1970
C. 1971
D. 1972
Answer» C. 1971
808.

Who developed the normalization process:

A. e.f. codd
B. f.f. codd
C. e.e. codd
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. f.f. codd
809.

How many types of insertion anomalies:

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» C. 3
810.

The database design prevents some data from being represented due to

A. deletion anomalies
B. insertion anomalies
C. update anomaly
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. update anomaly
811.

McFadden has defined normalization in his which book

A. database modern management
B. management database of modern
C. modern database management
D. database management
Answer» D. database management
812.

                         allows individual row operation to be performed on a given result set or on the generated by a selected by a selected statement.

A. procedure
B. trigger
C. curser
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» D. none of the mentioned
813.

Which s essential a business problem not a data problem:

A. data
B. database
C. database design
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» D. all of the mentioned
814.

                         is a special type of stored procedure that is automatically invoked whenever the data in the table is modified.

A. procedure
B. trigger
C. curser
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. curser
815.

Which of the following is not the function of client?

A. compile queries
B. query optimization
C. receive queries
D. result formatting and presentation
Answer» C. receive queries
816.

                             requires that data should be made available to only authorized users.

A. data integrity
B. privacy
C. security
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» D. none of the mentioned
817.

The                                  is essentially used to search for patterns in target string.

A. like predicate
B. null predicate
C. in predicate
D. out predicate
Answer» B. null predicate
818.

                         is a combination of two of more attributes used as a primary key

A. composite key
B. alternate key
C. candidate key
D. foreign key
Answer» B. alternate key
819.

                               joins are SQL server default

A. outer
B. inner
C. equi
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. equi
820.

Which of the following is not a state in transaction?

A. active
B. terminated
C. aborted
D. partially committed
Answer» C. aborted
821.

               means that data used during the execution of a transaction cannot be used by a second transaction until the first one is completed.

A. serializability
B. atomicity
C. isolation
D. time stamping
Answer» D. time stamping
822.

Which of the following is an atomic sequence of database actions?

A. transaction
B. concurrency
C. relations
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» B. concurrency
823.

When the transaction finishes the final statement the transaction enters into

A. active state
B. committed state
C. partially committed state
D. abort state
Answer» D. abort state
824.

Each modification done in database transaction are first recorded into the

A. harddrive
B. log
C. disk
D. datamart
Answer» C. disk
825.

The name of the transaction file shall be provided by the operator and the file that contains the edited transactions ready for execution shall be called

A. batch. exe
B. trans. exe
C. opt. exe
D. edit.exe
Answer» D. edit.exe
826.

If an transaction is performed in a database and committed, the changes are taken to the previous state of transaction by

A. flashback
B. rollback
C. both flashback and rollback
D. cannot be done
Answer» E.
827.

The process of saving information onto secondary storage devices is referred to as

A. backing up
B. restoring
C. writing
D. reading
Answer» D. reading
828.

SDL means

A. storage discrete language
B. storage definition language
C. storage definition localisation
D. storage discrete localisation
Answer» C. storage definition localisation
829.

A file produced by a spreadsheet

A. is generally stored on disk in an ascii text format
B. can be used as is by the dbms
C. all of the mentioned
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. can be used as is by the dbms
830.

A              file system is software that enables multiple computers to share file storage while maintaining consistent space allocation and file content.

A. storage
B. tertiary
C. secondary
D. cluster
Answer» E.
831.

The unit of storage that can store one are more records in a hash file organization are

A. buckets
B. disk pages
C. blocks
D. nodes
Answer» B. disk pages
832.

For a transaction to be durable, its changes need to be written to                  storage.

A. volatile storage
B. non-volatile storage
C. stable storage
D. dynamic storage
Answer» D. dynamic storage
833.

The storage structure which do not survive system crashes are

A. volatile storage
B. non-volatile storage
C. stable storage
D. dynamic storage
Answer» B. non-volatile storage
834.

Which of the following SQL command can be used to modify existing data in a database table?

A. modify
B. update
C. change
D. new
Answer» C. change
835.

                               provides option for entering SQL queries as execution time, rather than at the development stage.

A. pl/sql
B. sql*plus
C. sql
D. dynamic sql
Answer» E.
836.

The SQL statement SELECT SUBSTR(‘123456789’, INSTR(‘abcabcabc’,’b’),

A. 6789
B. 2345
C. 1234
D. 456789
Answer» C. 1234
837.

Which is the subset of SQL commands used to manipulate Oracle Database Structures, including tables?

A. data definition language
B. data manipulation language
C. data described language
D. data retrieval language
Answer» B. data manipulation language
838.

What are the different events in Triggers?

A. define, create
B. drop, comment
C. insert, update, delete
D. select, commit
Answer» D. select, commit
839.

Which of the following is TRUE for the System Variable $date$?

A. can be assigned to a global variable
B. can be assigned to any field only during design time
C. can be assigned to any variable or field during run time
D. can be assigned to a local variable
Answer» C. can be assigned to any variable or field during run time
840.

Which character function can be used to return a specified portion of a character string?

A. instr
B. substring
C. substr
D. pos
Answer» D. pos
841.

In SQL, which command is used to issue multiple CREATE TABLE, CREATE VIEW and GRANT statements in a single transaction?

A. create package
B. create schema
C. create cluster
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» C. create cluster
842.

         means that the data used during the execution of a transaction cannot be used by a second transaction until the first one is completed.

A. consistency
B. atomicity
C. durability
D. isolation
Answer» E.
843.

The Oracle RDBMS uses the           statement to declare a new transaction start and its properties.

A. begin
B. set transaction
C. begin transaction
D. commit
Answer» C. begin transaction
844.

In SQL, the CREATE TABLESPACE is used

A. to create a place in the database for storage of scheme objects, rollback segments, and naming the data files to comprise the tablespace
B. to create a database trigger
C. to add/rename data files, to change storage
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» B. to create a database trigger
845.

Transaction processing is associated with everything below except

A. producing detail summary or exception reports
B. recording a business activity
C. confirming an action or triggering a response
D. maintaining a data
Answer» D. maintaining a data
846.

                     states that only valid data will be written to the database.

A. consistency
B. atomicity
C. durability
D. isolation
Answer» B. atomicity
847.

The property of a transaction that persists all the crashes is

A. atomicity
B. durability
C. isolation
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» C. isolation
848.

Which of the following has “all-or-none” property?

A. atomicity
B. durability
C. isolation
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» B. durability
849.

A transaction is delimited by statements (or function calls) of the form

A. begin transaction and end transaction
B. start transaction and stop transaction
C. get transaction and post transaction
D. read transaction and write transaction
Answer» B. start transaction and stop transaction
850.

Identify the characteristics of transactions

A. atomicity
B. durability
C. isolation
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.