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100-DBMS Multiple Choice Questions

This document contains 100 multiple choice questions about real time database management systems. The questions cover topics such as: - Responsibilities of different database management components - Entity relationship modeling concepts like attributes and relationships - Physical, logical, and conceptual data modeling levels - Database design concepts like keys and constraints - Transaction management and concurrency control - Database architecture and storage structure

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100-DBMS Multiple Choice Questions

This document contains 100 multiple choice questions about real time database management systems. The questions cover topics such as: - Responsibilities of different database management components - Entity relationship modeling concepts like attributes and relationships - Physical, logical, and conceptual data modeling levels - Database design concepts like keys and constraints - Transaction management and concurrency control - Database architecture and storage structure

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1)responsibleforauthorizingaccesstothedatabase,forco
ordinatingandmonitoringitsuse,acquiringsoftware,andhardware
resources,controllingitsuseandmonitoringefficiencyofoperations.
A.AuthorizationManager
B.StorageManager
C.FileManager
D.TranscationManager
E.BufferManager
2)isapropertythatdescribesvariouscharacteristicsofanentity
A.ERDiagram
B.Column
C.Relationship
D.Attribute
3)leveldescribeswhatdataisstoredinthedatabaseandthe
relationshipsamongthedata
A.PhysicalLevel
B.LogicalLevel
C.ConceptualLevel
D.Noneoftheabove

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4)denotederivedattributes.
A.Doubleellipse
B.Dashedellipse
C.Squaredellipse
D.Ellipsewithattributenameunderlined
5)Aisanassociationbetweenentities
A.Relation
B.OnetoOne
C.Generalization
D.Specialization
6)storesmetadataaboutthestructureofthedatabase
A.Physicaldatabase
B.QueryAnalyzer
C.DataDictionary
D.DataCatalog
7)isacollectionofoperationsthatperformssinglelogical
functioninadatabaseapplication
A.Transaction
B.Concurrentoperation
C.Atomocity
D.Durability
8)Theproblemthatiscompoundedwhenconstraintsinvolveseveral
dataitemsfromdifferentfilesareCalled
A.TransactionControlManagementProblem

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B.SecurityProblem
C.IntegrityProblem
D.DurabilityProblem
9)Ensuringatomicityistheresponsibilityofthecomponent
A.FileManager
B.BufferManager
C.DBA
D.TransationManager
10)managestheallocationofthespaceonthediskstorageandthe
databasestructureusedtorepresentinformationstoredondisk
A.DiskManager
B.FileManager
C.BufferManager
D.MemoryManager
E.Noneoftheabove
11)istheminimalsuperkey
A.PrimaryKey
B.CandidateKey
C.SurrogateKey
D.UniqueKey
E.AlternateKey

12)engineexecuteslowlevelinstructionsgeneratedbytheDML
compilier
A.DDLAnalyzer

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B.QueryInterpreter
C.DatabaseEngine
D.Noneoftheabove
13)responsibletodefinethecontent,thestructure,the
constraints,andfunctionsortransactionsagainstthedatabase
A.TranscationManager
B.QueryAnalyzer
C.DBA
D.Alltheabove
E.Noneoftheabove
14)InERmodeldenotederivedattributes
A.Doubleellipse
B.Diamond
C.Reactangle
D.Noneoftheabove
15)ForeignKeycanbenull
A.TRUE
B.FALSE
16)Allprimarykeysshouldbesuperkeys.
A.TRUE
B.FALSE
17)InRelationaldatabaseDataisstoredasrecordtypesandthe
relationshipisrepresentedbysettypes
A.True
B.False

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18)InHierarchicaldatabasetogettoalowleveltable,youstartatthe
rootandworkyourwaydownthetreeuntilyoureachyourtarget
data.
A.True
B.False

19)Usingrelationalmodelwedesignconceptualdatabasedesign
A.True
B.False

20)Conceptualdatamodelisthesourceofinformationforlogical
designphase
A.True
B.False
21)Logicaldatabasedesigndescribesdescribesbaserelations,file
organizations,andindexesthatareusedtoachieveefficientaccessto
data.
A.True
B.False

22)Conceptualdatamodelingusesahighleveldatamodelingconcept
ofERModels
A.True
B.False

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23)Tablesarerequiredtohaveatleastonecolumn
A.True
B.False
24)Logicaldataindependence.Referstotheseparationofthe
externalviewsfromtheconceptualview
A.True
B.False
25)DuplicationofdataisthedisadvantageofDBMS
A.True
B.False
26)Candidatekeycanhaveanullvalue
A.True
B.False
27)Eachprogrammaintainsitsownsetofdata.Sousersofone
programmaybeunawareofpotentiallyusefuldataheldbyother
programsthisleadstoDuplicationofdata
A.True
B.False
28)Atraditionaldatabasestoresjustdatawithnoprocedures
A.True
B.False
29)SimpleAttributecomposedofmultiplecomponents,eachwithan
independentexistence.
A.True
B.False

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30)Cardinalityspecifieshowmanyinstancesofanentityrelatetoone
instanceofanotherentity.
A.True
B.False
31.Theascendingorderofadatahirerchyis:
a.bitbyterecordfieldfiledatabase
b.bytebitfieldrecordfiledatabase
c.bitbytefieldrecordfiledatabase
d.bitbytefilerecordfielddatabase
32.Whichofthefollowingistrueofanetworkstructure?
a.tisaphysicalrepresentationofthedata
b.Itallowsamanytomanyrelationship
c.Itisconceptuallysimple
d.Itwillbedominantdatabaseofthefuture
33.Whichofthefollowingisaproblemoffilemanagementsystem?
a.difficulttoupdate
b.lackofdataindependence
c.dataredundancy
d.programdependence
e.allofabove
Question4:
Onedatadictionerysoftwarepackageiscalled
a.DB/DCdictionary
b.TOTAL

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c.ACCESS
d.Datapac
e.DataManager
Question5:
Thefunctionofadatabaseis
a.tocheckallinputdata
b.tocheckallspelling
c.tocollectandorganizeinputdata
d.tooutputdata
Question6:
WhatisthelanguageusedbymostoftheDBMSsforhelpingtheiruserstoaccess
data?
a.Highlevellanguage
b.SQL
c.QueryLanguage
d.4GL
Question7:
Themodelforarecordmanagementsystemmightbe
a.handwrittenlist
b.aRolodexcardfile
c.abusinessform
d.allofabove
Question8:
Primitiveoperationscommontoallrecordmanagementsysteminclude
a.print

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b.sort
c.lookup
d.allofabove
Question9:
InalargeDBMS
a.eachusercanseeonlyasmallpartoftheentiredatabase
b.eachsubschemacontainseveryfieldinthelogicalschema
c.eachusercanaccesseverysubschema
Question10:
InformationcanbetransferredbetweentheDBMSanda
a.spreadsheetprogram
b.wordprocessorprogram
c.graphicsprogram
d.alloftheabove
Answers:
1.c2.b3.e4.a5.c6.c7.d8.c9.a10.d
Ques1:
Whichofthefollowingfieldsinastudentfilecanbeusedasaprimarykey?
a.class
b.SocialSecurityNumber
c.GPA
d.Major
Question2:
Whichofthefollowingisnotanadvantageofthedatabaseapproach
a.Eliminationofdataredundancy
b.Abilityofassociatedeleteddata
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c.increasedsecurity
d.program/dataindependence
e.alloftheabove
Question3:
Whichofthefollowingcontainsacompleterecordofallactivitythataffectedthe
contentsofadatabaseduringacertainperiodoftime?
a.reportwriter
b.querylanguage
c.datamanipulationlanguage
d.transactionlog
e.noneoftheabove
Question4:
IntheDBMSapproach,applicationprogramsperformthe
a.storagefunction
b.processingfunctions
c.accesscontrol
d.alloftheabove
e.noneoftheabove
Question5:
Asetofprogramsthathandleafirmsdatabaseresponsibilitiesiscalled
a.databasemanagementsystem(DBMS)
b.databaseprocessingsystem(DBPS)
c.datamanagementsystem(DMS)
d.allofabove

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Question6:
Whichisthemakegiventothedatabasemanagementsystemwhichisableto
handlefulltextdata,imagedata,audioandvideo?
a.fullmedia
b.graphicsmedia
c.multimedia
d.hypertext
Question7:
Arecordmanagementsystem
a.canhandlemanyfilesofinformationatatime
b.canbeusedtoextractinformationstoredinacomputerfile
c.alwaysusesalistasitsmodel
d.bothaandb
Question8:
Acommandthatletsyouchangeoneormorefieldsinarecordis
a.insert
b.modify
c.lookup
d.noneofabove
Question9:
AtransparentDBMS
a.cannothidesensitiveinformationfromusers
b.keepsitslogicalstructurehiddenfromusers
c.keepsitsphysicalstructurehiddenfromusers
d.bothbandc

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Question10:
Afileproducedbyaspreadsheet
a.isgenerallystoredondiskinanASCIItextfromat
b.canbeusedasisbytheDBMS
c.bothaandb
d.noneoftheabove
Answers:
1.b2.e3.d4.b5.d6.c7.b8.b9.c10.a
Ques1:
Whichofthefollowingisnottrueofthetraditionalapproachtoinformation
processing
a.thereiscommonsharingofdataamongthevariousapplications
b.itisfileoriented
c.programsaredependentonthefile
d.itisinflexible
e.alloftheabovearetrue
Question2:
Whichofthefollowinghardwarecomponentisthemostimportanttothe
operationofdatabasemanagementsystem?
a.highresolutionvideodisplay
b.printer
c.highspeed,largecapacitydisk
d.plotter
e.mouse

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Question3:
Generalizeddatabasemanagementsystemdonotretrievedatatomeetroutine
request
a.true
b.false
Question4:
Batchprocessingisappropriateif
a.largecomputersystemisavailable
b.onlyasmallcomputersystemisavilbale
c.onlyafewtransactionsareinvolved
d.alloftheabove
e.noneoftheabove
Question5:
Largecollectionoffilesarecalled
a.fields
b.records
c.database
d.sectors
Question6:
Whichofthefollowingisnotarelationaldatabase?
a.dBaseIV
b.4thDimension
c.FoxPro
d.Reflex

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Question7:
Inordertousearecordmanagementsystem
a.youneedtounderstandthelowleveldetailsofhowinformationisstored
b.youneedtounderstandthemodeltherecordmanagementsystemuses
c.botheraandb
d.noneoftheabove
Question8:
Sort/Reportgenerators
a.arefasterthanindex/reportgenerators
b.requiremorediskspacethanindexed/reportgenerators
c.donotneedtosortbeforegeneratingreport
d.bothaandb
Question9:
Ifapieceofdataisstoredintwoplacesinthedatabase,then
a.storagespaceiswasted
b.changingthedatainonespotwillcausedatainconsistency
c.incanbemoreeasilyaccessed
d.bothandb
Question10:
Anaudittrail
a.isusedtomakebackupcopies
b.istherecordedhistoryofoperationsperformedonafile
c.canbeusedtorestorelostinformation
d.noneoftheaobve
Answers:
1.a2.c3.b4.e5.c6.d7.b8.b9.d10.b

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Ques1:
Therelationaldatabaseenvironmenthasallofthefollowingcomponentsexcept
a.users
b.separatefiles
c.database
d.querylanguages
e.database
Question2:
Databasemanagementsystemsareintendedto
a.eliminatedataredundancy
b.establishrelationshipamongrecordsindifferentfiles
c.managefileaccess
d.maintaindataintegrity
e.alloftheabove
Question3:
Oneapproachtostandardizationstoringofdata?
a.MIS
b.structuredprogramming
c.CODASYLspecification
d.noneoftheabove
Question4:
ThelanguageusedapplicationprogramstorequestdatafromtheDBMSis
referredtoasthe
a.DML
b.DDL

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c.querylanguage
d.anyoftheabove
e.noneoftheabove
Question5:
Thehighestlevelinthehierarchyofdataorganizationiscalled
a.databank
b.database
c.datafile
d.datarecord
Question6:
ChoosetheRDBMSwhichsupportsfullfledgedclientserverapplication
development
a.dBaseV
b.Oracle7.1
c.FoxPro2.1
d.Ingress
Question7:
Reportgeneratorsareusedto
a.storedatainputbyauser
b.retrieveinformationfromfiles
c.answerqueries
d.bothbandc
Question8:
Aformdefined
a.wheredataisplacedonthescreen

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b.thewidthofeachfield
c.bothaandb
d.noneoftheabove
Question9:
Atoptobottomrelationshipamongtheitemsinadatabaseisestablishedbya
a.hierarchicalschema
b.networkschema
c.relationalschema
d.alloftheabove
Question10:
Themanagementinformationsystem(MIS)structurewithonemaincomputer
systemiscalleda
a.hierarchicalMISstructure
b.distributedMISstructure
c.centralizedMISstructure
d.decentralizedMISstructure
Answers:
1.b2.e3.c4.a5.b6.b7.d8.a9.a10.c

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