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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
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Data mining
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Transformation
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Preprocessing
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Either transformation or data mining
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None of these
C
Correct answer
Explanation
This is the data cleansing stage where certain information is removed, which is deemed unnecessary and may slow down queries.
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Slicing and dicing
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Drill-Down
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Consolidation
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Either slicing and dicing or drill-down
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None of these
C
Correct answer
Explanation
This OLAP database servers analytically involves in the aggregation of data such as simple roll-ups or complex expressions, involving inter-related data.
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Remote transaction
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Distributed query optimization
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Distributed database
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Either remote transaction or distributed database
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None of these
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Distributed query optimisation reduces the amount of required data transfer, when compared to transferring all the table data to the local site for processing.
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Forget phase
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Prepare phase
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Commit phase
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Either Forget phase or Commit phase
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None of these
B
Correct answer
Explanation
In prepare phase, the system does not actually commit or roll back the transaction instead all nodes referenced in a distributed transaction is told to prepare to commit.
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foreign key
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primary key
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composite key
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table relation key
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candidate key
A
Correct answer
Explanation
It is used for referential integrity between one or more tables.
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attributes
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tables
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databases
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records
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entities
A
Correct answer
Explanation
The relationship between attributes is known as functional dependency.
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Partial dependency
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Transitive dependency
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Multivalued dependency
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Join dependency
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Both 3 and 4
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TX_REQUIRED
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TX_REQUIRES_NEW
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TX_BEAN_MANAGED
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Instance passivation
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Application assembler
B
Correct answer
Explanation
If a transaction is under way, the container temporarily suspends it until the bean's transaction finishes.
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Snowflake schema
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Star schema
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Fact constellation
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Data
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Business query view
E
Correct answer
Explanation
It is the perspective of data in the data ware house from the viewpoint of the end user.
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Normalization
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Aggregation
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Generalization
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Data reduction and projection
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Data cleaning
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Here, the attributes data are scaled so as to fall within a small specified range, such as -1.0 to 1.0 or 0.0 to 1.0.
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WorkSpace object
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Data access object
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DB engine
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Database object
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TableDef object
A
Correct answer
Explanation
It is used to support simultaneous transaction and acts as a container for open databases.
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JDBC-ODBC bridge plus ODBC driver
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Native-API partly Java driver
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Native protocol pure Java driver
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JDBC net pure Java driver
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JDBC URL
A
Correct answer
Explanation
This kind of driver is most appropriate on a corporate network, where client installation is not a major problem.
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COG
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CDART
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InterPro
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ProDom
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ProtoNet
C
Correct answer
Explanation
This option is correct because InterPro is an integrated pattern database that integrates information from PROSITE, Pfam, PRINTS, ProDom and SMART databases.
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EMBL
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Index Medicus
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Embase
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PubMed
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GoPubMed
C
Correct answer
Explanation
Embase (often styled EMBASE for Excerpta Medica dataBASE) is a biomedical and pharmacological database of published literature designed to support information managers and pharmacovigilance in complying with the regulatory requirements of a licensed drug.
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A repository of data.
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A data transaction technique.
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A data processor.
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A data updation location.
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A data dump yard.
A
Correct answer
Explanation
A data mart is a repository of data gathered from operational data and other sources that are designed to serve a particular community of knowledge workers.