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Database Management Systems (DBMS) form the core framework for data storage, retrieval, and security in modern software applications. Concepts such as the E-R model, backup planning, SQL integration, and big data architecture are essential for computer knowledge sections. This hub offers a comprehensive set of practice questions to master DBMS fundamentals and advanced database operations.
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Database Management Systems Questions
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Dbase iv
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Oracle 7.1
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SQL
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Ingress
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Foxpro 2.1
B
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Explanation
Oracle is client server application development.
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physical level
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logical level
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conceptual level
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view
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file level
A
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Explanation
It shows how data is actually stored.
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root
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collision
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primary key
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composite key
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duplicate record
A
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Explanation
Hash value points to the element exactly using index.
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PLX
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PLL
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PLD
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None of these
B
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Explanation
This library file format in Oracle contains both library source code and the complied, platform specific executable code.
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Reconstruction condition
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Completeness condition
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Disjoint condition
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None of these
B
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Explanation
This condition in data fragmentation states that all data of the global relation must be mapped into fragments.
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Availability and reliability of distributed data
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Workload distribution
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Storage costs and processing locality
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Processing locality
D
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Explanation
This objective in the design of the data distribution can be achieved by having redundant fragment allocation meeting the site requirements.
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Data localisation
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Global query optimisation
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Query decomposition
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None of these
C
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Explanation
This is the layer of query processing that decomposes the distributed calculus query into an algebraic query on global relations.
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Third Party Administration Tools
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SNMP Support
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Enterprise Manager
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None of these
C
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This tool in Oracle distributed database systems is a database administration tool, which allows an user to perform database administration task with the convenience of a Graphical User Interface (GUI).
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Transparent SQL access
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Distributed transactions
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Procedural Access
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None of these
B
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Explanation
This feature of heterogeneous service agent or Oracle gateway allows a transaction that can span both Oracle and non-Oracle systems.
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View level
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Physical level
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Logical level
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Virtual level
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None of these
B
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Explanation
This is the low level and here, data is stored.
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generalization
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aggregation
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attribute inheritance
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specialization
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none of these
D
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Explanation
The process of designating sub grouping within an entity set is called specialization.
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Simplifies how data is stored
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Simplifies what data is stored in the database
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Collects the information stored in the database at a particular moment
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Simplifies database interaction with the system
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None of these
D
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Explanation
View level is the highest level of abstraction that describes only part of the database and simplifies their interaction with the system.
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Database design at logical level
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Different views of the database
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Database design at physical level
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Complex low-level data structure
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None of these
B
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Explanation
This is done by sub-schema.
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storage manager
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query processor
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data model
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only 2 and 3
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none of these
A
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Explanation
A storage manager is a program module that provides the interface between low-level data stored in the data base and the application program, and the queries submitted by the system. The storage manager is responsible for the interaction with the file manager.
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Weak entity sets
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Total participation of an entity in a relationship set
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Relationship set
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Link attribute to entity set and entity set to the relationship set
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None of these
A
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Explanation
They are represented by the double rectangles.