Which of the following could cause data to be unavailable? Data becoming lost or inaccurate All of these Planned database maintenance activities The database server TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A traditional data administrator performs which of the following roles? Tune database performance Establish backup and recovery procedures Resolve data ownership issues Protect the security of the database TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Locking may cause which of the following problems? Versioning Deadlock Erroneous updates All of these TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Performance analysis and tuning is which of the following? Undertaken as an ongoing part of managing a database Undertaken one time at the time of the implementation of a new application Undertaken one time at the time of a DBMS installation Undertaken as an ongoing part of the backup of a database TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Backward recovery is used to reverse the changes made by transactions that have aborted, or terminated abnormally. False True TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which of the following is the preferred way to recover a database after a system failure? Reprocess transactions Rollforward Rollback Switch to duplicate database TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which of the following is true concerning open-source DBMS? Is not competitive against PC-oriented packages and is fully SQL compliant Is free or nearly free database software whose source code is not publicly available Is free or nearly free database software whose source code is publicly available Is competitive against PC-oriented packages and is not fully SQL compliant TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The restore/rerun technique involves reprocessing the day's transactions up to the point of failure. True False TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
If both data and database administration exist in an organization, the database administrator is responsible for which of the following? All of these Database design Data modeling Metadata TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which of the following is the preferred way to recover a database after a transaction in progress terminates abnormally? Reprocess transactions Rollforward Switch to duplicate database Rollback TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?