Exam 12: Distributed Database Management Systems

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One of the advantages of a distributed database management system (DDBMS) is _____ operating cost.

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A centralized database management is subject to a problem such as _____.

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Performance transparency ensures that the system finds the most cost-effective path to access remote data.

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A distributed database management system (DDBMS) must be communications-media-dependent.

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_____ is the delay imposed by the amount of time required for a data packet to make a round trip from point A to point B.

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In a basic distributed processing environment, the distributed processing system shares the database chores among three sites connected through a(n) _____.

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Under the _____ scenario, all record- and file-locking activities are performed at the end-user location.

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A distributed _____ can reference several different local or remote data processing sites.

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The _____ protocol is used by a DP to roll transactions back and forward with the help of the system's transaction log entries.

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The transaction processor (TP) is the software component found in each computer that requests data.

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Theweb is the repository for distributed data.

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Explain the three types of operations defined by the DO-UNDO-REDO protocol.

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Rapid ad hoc data became unnecessary in the quick-response decision-making environment.

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_____ transparency allows the system to operate as if it were a centralized database management system.

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The objective of _____ optimization is to minimize the total cost associated with the execution of a request.

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A distributed database is composed of several parts known as database _____.

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A database management system (DBMS) must have validation, transformation, and mapping functions, as well as other functions, in order to be classified as distributed.

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What is transaction transparency? What are some of the basic concepts that one should know to understand how transactions are managed in a distributed database management system (DDBMS)?

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The _____ forces the log entry to be written to permanent storage before the actual operation takes place.

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A fully distributed database management system (DBMS) must perform all the functions of a centralized DBMS, and it must handle all necessary functions imposed by the distribution of data and processing.

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