1.

__________ is a subject-oriented, integrated, time-variant, nonvolatile collection of data in

support of

management decisions.

A. Data Mining.

B. Data Warehousing.

C. Web Mining.

D. Text Mining.

ANSWER: B

2. The data Warehouse is__________.

A. read only.

B. write only.

C. read write only.

D. none.

ANSWER: A

3. The important aspect of the data warehouse environment is that data found within the data
warehouse

is___________.

A. subject-oriented.

B. time-variant.

C. integrated.

D. All of the above.

ANSWER: D

4. 17. The star schema is composed of __________ fact table.

A. one.

B. two.

C. three.
D. four.

ANSWER: A

5. Data scrubbing is _____________.

A. a process to reject data from the data warehouse and to create the necessary indexes.

B. a process to load the data in the data warehouse and to create the necessary indexes.

C. a process to upgrade the quality of data after it is moved into a data warehouse.

D. a process to upgrade the quality of data before it is moved into a data warehouse

ANSWER: D

6. Data transformation includes __________.

A. a process to change data from a detailed level to a summary level.

B. a process to change data from a summary level to a detailed level.

C. joining data from one source into various sources of data.

D. separating data from one source into various sources of data.

ANSWER: A

7. The type of relationship in star schema is __________________.

A. many-to-many.

B. one-to-one.

C. one-to-many.

D. many-to-one.

ANSWER: C

8. Fact tables are ___________.

A. completely demoralized.

B. partially demoralized.

C. completely normalized.

D. partially normalized.
ANSWER: C

9. _______________ is the goal of data mining.

A. To explain some observed event or condition.

B. To confirm that data exists.

C. To analyze data for expected relationships.

D. To create a new data warehouse.

ANSWER: A

10. Business Intelligence and data warehousing is used for ________.

A. Forecasting.

B. Data Mining.

C. Analysis of large volumes of product sales data.

D. All of the above.

ANSWER: D

11. Which of the following is true concerning a global transaction?

A. The required data are at one local site and the distributed DBMS routes requests as
necessary.

B. The required data are located in at least one nonlocal site and the distributed DBMS
routes requests as necessary.

C. The required data are at one local site and the distributed DBMS passes the request to
only the local DBMS.

D. The required data are located in at least one nonlocal site and the distributed DBMS
passes the request to only the local DBMS.

Answer: B

12. The data Warehouse is__________.

A. read only.

B. write only.

C. read write only.

D. none.

ANSWER: A

13. Expansion for DSS in DW is__________.

A. Decision Support system.

B. Decision Single System.

C. Data Storable System.

D. Data Support System.

ANSWER: A

14. ____________predicts future trends & behaviors, allowing business managers to make
proactive,

knowledge-driven decisions.

A. Data warehouse.

B. Data mining.

C. Datamarts.

D. Metadata.

ANSWER: B

15. __________ is the heart of the warehouse.

A. Data mining database servers.

B. Data warehouse database servers.

C. Data mart database servers.

D. Relational data base servers.

ANSWER: B

16. The source of all data warehouse data is the____________.

A. operational environment.

B. informal environment.

C. formal environment.
D. technology environment.

ANSWER: A

17. Data warehouse contains_____________data that is never found in the operational

environment.

A. normalized.

B. informational.

C. summary.

D. denormalized.

ANSWER: C

18. Commit and rollback are related to ……….

A. data integrity

B. data consistency

C. data sharing

D. data security

Answer: B.

19. The transaction wants to edit the data item is called as …….

A. Exclusive Mode

B. Shared Mode

C. Inclusive Mode

D. Unshared Mode

Answer: A.

20. For committing a transaction, the DBMS might discard all the records.

A. after image

B. before image

C. log

D. redo log
Answer: B

21. A sophisticated locking mechanism known as 2-phase locking which includes Growing phase
and …….

A. Shrinking Phase

B. Release phase

C. Commit phase

D. Acquire Phase

Answer: B

22. A Transaction ends

A. only when it is Committed.

B. only when it is Rolled-back

C. when it is Committed or Rolled-back

D. only when it is initialized

Answer: C

23. In ………., each transactions there is a first phase during which new lock are acquired.

A. Shrinking Phase

B. Release phase

C. Commit phase

D. Growing Phase

Answer: D

24. A transaction processing system is also called as …….

A. processing monitor

B. transaction monitor

C. TP monitor

D. monitor

Answer: C
25. The transactions are always ……… if it always locks a data item in shared mode before reading
it.

A. well formed

B. well distributed

C. well locked

D. well shared

Answer: A

26. ………. servers which is widely used in relational database systems.

A. Data servers

B. Transaction servers

C. Query servers

D. Client servers

Answer: B

27. If a distributed transactions are well-formed and 2-phasedlocked, then ……………. is the
correct locking mechanism in distributed transaction as well as in centralized databases.

A. two phase locking

B. three phase locking

C. transaction locking

D. well-formed locking

Answer: A

28. ……… property will check whether all the operation of a transaction completed or none.

A. Atomicity

B. Consistency

C. Isolation

D. Durability

Answer: Atomicity
29. The total ordering of operations across groups ensures ………..of transactions.

A. serializability

B. synchronizability

C. atomicity

D. durability

Answer: A

30. A distributed database has which of the following advantages over a centralized database?

A. Software cost

B. Software complexity

C. Slow Response

D. Modular growth

Answer: D

31. An autonomous homogenous environment is which of the following?

A. The same DBMS is at each node and each DBMS works independently.

B. The same DBMS is at each node and a central DBMS coordinates database access.

C. A different DBMS is at each node and each DBMS works independently.

D. A different DBMS is at each node and a central DBMS coordinates database access.

Answer: A

32. A transaction manager is which of the following?

A. Maintains a log of transactions

B. Maintains before and after database images

C. Maintains appropriate concurrency control

D. All of the above.

Answer: D

33. Location transparency allows for which of the following?

A. Users to treat the data as if it is at one location

B. Programmers to treat the data as if it is at one location

C. Managers to treat the data as if it is at one location

D. All of the above.

Answer: D

34. A heterogeneous distributed database is which of the following?

A. The same DBMS is used at each location and data are not distributed across all nodes.

B. The same DBMS is used at each location and data are distributed across all nodes.

C. A different DBMS is used at each location and data are not distributed across all nodes.

D. A different DBMS is used at each location and data are distributed across all nodes.

Answer: D

35. Some of the columns of a relation are at different sites is which of the following?

A. Data Replication

B. Horizontal Partitioning

C. Vertical Partitioning

D. Horizontal and Vertical Partitioning

. Answer: C