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This document contains a test bank of 20 multiple choice questions about database systems and concepts such as database models, schema, subschema, relational operations, transactions, concurrency control, data mining techniques, and file structures. The questions cover topics like which operation extracts entire rows or columns from a relation, which techniques are used for classification or clustering, and which file structure is most efficient for sequential access or prone to clustering.

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Cs 9

This document contains a test bank of 20 multiple choice questions about database systems and concepts such as database models, schema, subschema, relational operations, transactions, concurrency control, data mining techniques, and file structures. The questions cover topics like which operation extracts entire rows or columns from a relation, which techniques are used for classification or clustering, and which file structure is most efficient for sequential access or prone to clustering.

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Test Bank

Chapter Nine (Database Systems)

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following accesses a database in terms of a database


model?

A. Application software
B. Database management system
C. Actual database

ANSWER:

2. Which of the following describes only the portion of a database av


ailable to a particular user?

A. Database model
B. Schema
C. Subschema
D. DBMS

ANSWER:

3. Which of the following relational operations combine data from mo


re than one relation?

A. SELECT
B. PROJECT
C. JOIN

ANSWER:

4. Which of the following relational operations extracts entire column


s from a relation?

A. SELECT
B. PROJECT
C. JOIN

ANSWER:

5. Which of the following relational operations extracts entire rows fr


om a relation?

A. SELECT
B. PROJECT
C. JOIN

ANSWER:

6. Which of the following relational operations is performed by the S


QL statement below?

select A, B, C

from X

A. SELECT
B. PROJECT
C. JOIN

ANSWER:

7. Given the relation X below

X:
A
B
C

2
5
7

3
3
3

4
3
2

2
8

what value will be extracted by the following query?

TEMP

SELECT from X where B > C

RESULT

PROJECT A from TEMP

A.

B.

C.

D.

ANSWER:

8. Given the relation X below

X:
A
B
C

2
5
7

3
3
3

4
4
2

5
2
8

what value will be retrieved by the following query?

TEMP

SELECT from X where B = C

RESULT

PROJECT B from TEMP

A.

B.

C.

D.

ANSWER:

9. Given the relation below

X:
A
B
C

2
5
7

3
6

4
4
2

5
2
2

what values will be retrieved by the following SQL statement?

select A, B

from X

where X.B = X.C

A. 2, 5

B. 3, 6

C. 2, 2

D. 5, 2

ANSWER:

10. Given the two relations X and Y below

X:
A
B

Y:
C

7
s

t
3

2
z

r
2

what value would be retrieved by executing the following SQL statem


ent?

select Y.C

from X, Y

where X.A < Y.D

A. s

B. z

C. t

D. r

ANSWER:

11. Which of the following is not a potential problem caused by multip


le transactions manipulating a
database at the same time?

A. Lost update problem


B. Clustering
C. Deadlock
D. Incorrect summary problem

ANSWER:

12. Which of the following features within a DBMS is not provided to


maintain database integrity?

A. Concurrent transaction processing


B. Log

C. Locking protocol

D. Commit points

ANSWER:

13. Which of the following data mining techniques would be applied w


hen trying to identify traits that
characterize the citizens of a democracy who fail to vote?

A. Class description
B. Class discrimination

C. Cluster analysis

D. Association analysis

ANSWER:

14. Which of the following data mining techniques would be applied w


hen trying to identify traits that
predict whether a citizen in a democracy will or will not vote?

A. Class description
B. Class discrimination

C. Cluster analysis

D. Association analysis

ANSWER:

15. Which of the following data mining techniques would be applied w


hen trying to identify any
underlying heterogeneity within housing patterns in a community?

A. Class description
B. Class discrimination

C. Cluster analysis

D. Association analysis

ANSWER:

16. Which of the following data mining techniques would be applied w


hen trying to identify common
properties between different groups of shoppers?

A. Class description
B. Class discrimination

C. Cluster analysis

D. Association analysis

ANSWER:

17. Which of the following file structures is most efficient in cases in w


hich the file is always
processed in its entirety a predetermined order?

A. Sequential

B. Indexed

C. Hash

ANSWER:

18. Which of the following file structures is commonly used for the st
orage of text files?

A. Sequential

B. Indexed

C. Hash

ANSWER:

19. Which of the following file structures is associated with the proble
m of clustering?

A. Sequential

B. Indexed

C. Hash

ANSWER:

20. Which of the following file structures requires a small auxiliary s


torage system that must be
updated as entries in the file are inserted or deleted.

A. Sequential

B. Indexed

C. Hash

ANSWER:

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