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This section includes 14 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Rdbms knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
If the database modifications occur while the transaction is still active, the transaction is said to use the __________ modification technique |
| A. | Deferred |
| B. | Immediate |
| C. | More than one of the mentioned |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. More than one of the mentioned | |
| 2. |
A __________ checkpoint is a checkpoint where transactions are allowed to perform updates even while buffer blocks are being written out. |
| A. | Temporary |
| B. | Fuzzy |
| C. | Permanent |
| D. | Recovery |
| Answer» C. Permanent | |
| 3. |
State true or false: Using checkpoints reduces overhead |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 4. |
If a transaction does not modify the database until it has committed it is said to use a _______ modification technique |
| A. | Deferred |
| B. | Immediate |
| C. | More than one of the mentioned |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Immediate | |
| 5. |
A____________CHECKPOINT_IS_A_CHECKPOINT_WHERE_TRANSACTIONS_ARE_ALLOWED_TO_PERFORM_UPDATES_EVEN_WHILE_BUFFER_BLOCKS_ARE_BEING_WRITTEN_OUT.?$ |
| A. | Temporary |
| B. | Fuzzy |
| C. | Permanent |
| D. | Recovery |
| Answer» C. Permanent | |
| 6. |
If the database modifications occur while the transaction is still active, the transaction is said to use the __________ modification technique$ |
| A. | Deferred |
| B. | Immediate |
| C. | More than one of the mentioned |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. More than one of the mentioned | |
| 7. |
State true or false: Using checkpoints reduces overhea? |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 8. |
We say that a transaction has been ________ when its commit log record has been output to stable storage. |
| A. | Locked |
| B. | Completed |
| C. | Committed |
| D. | Released |
| Answer» D. Released | |
| 9. |
If a transaction does not modify the database until it has committed it is said to use a _______ modification technique |
| A. | Deferred |
| B. | Immediate |
| C. | More than one of the mentioned |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Immediate | |
| 10. |
The value of the data item prior to the write is called as _________ |
| A. | Transaction identifier |
| B. | Data-item identifier |
| C. | Old value |
| D. | New value |
| Answer» D. New value | |
| 11. |
The unique identifier of the transaction that performed the write operation is called as _______ |
| A. | Transaction identifier |
| B. | Data-item identifier |
| C. | Old value |
| D. | New value |
| Answer» B. Data-item identifier | |
| 12. |
Which of the following fields does the update log record have? |
| A. | Transaction identifier |
| B. | Data-item identifier |
| C. | Old value |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
An update log record describes a ________ database write |
| A. | Single |
| B. | Double |
| C. | Triple |
| D. | Quadruple |
| Answer» B. Double | |
| 14. |
The most widely used structure for recording database modification is called as _______ |
| A. | Log |
| B. | List |
| C. | Queue |
| D. | Stack |
| Answer» B. List | |