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Database Management Systems

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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

Multiple choice
  1. It is used to collect, process, and maintain performance statistics for problem detection and self-tuning purposes

  2. It is used to analyse the information collected by the AWR for possible performance problems with the Oracle database.

  3. It provides a quick and efficient technique for optimizing SQL statements without modifying any statements.

  4. It provides end-to-end application tracing.

  5. Both (1) and (2)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This is correct statement about Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM).

Multiple choice
  1. It allows a quick and efficient technique for optimizing SQL statements.

  2. It collects, processes and maintains performance statistics for problem detection.

  3. It provides advice on materialized views, indexes, and materialized view logs.

  4. It analyses the information from the Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) for possible performance problems with the Oracle database.

  5. Both (1) and (3)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

SQL Tuning Advisor provides SQL optimization without modifying any statements.

Multiple choice
  1. It is a mediator mode between 'monitor-poll' and 'agent-push' mode.

  2. In this mode, one or more processes in the monitoring system actually poll the system elements in some thread.

  3. The Hybrid mode is useful when all monitoring mechanisms have not been implemented.

  4. Both (1) and (2)

  5. Both (1) and (3)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

These are correct statements.

Multiple choice
  1. The data pushed in the to monitoring application asynchronously.

  2. In this mode, the monitoring system's load can be reduced to simply accepting and storing data.

  3. The logic for the polling cycle/options are not centralized at the system monitor.

  4. All of the above

  5. Both (2) and (3)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the disadvantage of this mode as the poling cycles/options are distributed to the remote node and they are not centralized at the system monitor.

Multiple choice
  1. When this clause is applied, no new connection can be allowed further.

  2. No client can be accessed after the completion of the transactions in the database.

  3. 'SHUTDOWN TRANSACTIONAL' command use for shutting down with transactional clause.

  4. No new transactions allowed to be started after the statement is issued.

  5. All of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

All of the above are the true statements.

Multiple choice
  1. The database can be controlled by the central computer after installation.

  2. The database tools can be executed on client side.

  3. The database administrator handled the tasks like installation of database application, front end tools with Oracle database server.

  4. The oracle net components are not necessary to install to execute the database.

  5. Both (3) and (4)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is false statement as it is the primary requirement to execute the database.