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Distributed Database MCQ

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about distributed databases. The questions cover topics like advantages of distributed databases over centralized databases, the role of a transaction manager, location transparency, data partitioning techniques, concurrency control, data replication, promises of distributed databases, advantages of distributed databases, levels of data independence, and stages in the evolution of distributed DBMS. The document also provides identifying information about the student taking the quiz.

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Distributed Database MCQ

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about distributed databases. The questions cover topics like advantages of distributed databases over centralized databases, the role of a transaction manager, location transparency, data partitioning techniques, concurrency control, data replication, promises of distributed databases, advantages of distributed databases, levels of data independence, and stages in the evolution of distributed DBMS. The document also provides identifying information about the student taking the quiz.

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Distributed Database MCQ’s

NAME MUHAMMAD IKRAM


ROLL # 2034
MCS 3RD -MORNING

Q#1 distributed database has which of the following advantages over a


centralized database?
A)Software cost
B)Software complexity
C)Slow Response
D)Modular growth

Q#2- transaction manager is which of the following?


A)Maintains a log of transactions
B)Maintains before and after database images
C)Maintains appropriate concurrency control
D)All of the above.

Q#3-Location transparency allows for which of the following?


A)Users to treat the data as if it is at one location
B)Programmers to treat the data as if it is at one location
C)Managers to treat the data as if it is at one location
D) All of the above.

Q#4-Some of the columns of a relation are at different sites is which of


the following?
A)Data Replication
B)Horizontal Partitioning
C)Vertical Partitioning
D)Horizontal and Vertical Partitioning

Q#5 How to achieve concurrency control------?


A. synchronization of concurrent access
B. Deadlock management
C. consistency and isolation of transaction effect
D. All of these
Q#6 Data-------- refers to the storage of data copies at multiple sites
served by a computer network
A replication
B. fragmentation
C. Optimization
D. none of the above
Q#7 Which of the following is not a promise of distributed database?
A. Network Transparency
D. Replication Transparency
C. Fragmentation Transparency
D. none of these
Q#8 What feature is a DDBMS advantage?

A. reduced operating cost

B. complexity of management and control

 C. increased storage requirements

D. increased training cost

Q#9 The capacity to alter the database schema at one level without
altering any other schema level is classified as
A. Data maping
B. Data independence
C. Data dependence
D. Data transformation

Q#10 Which of the following is not one of the stages in the evolution of
distributed DBMS?
A. Unit of work
B. Remote unit of work
C. Distributed unit of Work
D. Distributed request

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