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Data And Database Administration MCQs with Explanations

Practice high-yield Computer Science & IT MCQs on Data And Database Administration with worked academic solutions for PPSC, FPSC, CSS, PMS, NTS.

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Question 1 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Poor data administration can lead to which of the following?

Question 2 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

A traditional data administrator performs which of the following roles?

Question 3 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

If both data and database administration exist in an organization, the database administrator is responsible for which of the following?

Question 4 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following is part of an administrative policy to secure a database?

Question 5 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Backward recovery is which of the following?

Question 6 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The transaction log includes which of the following?

Question 7 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following could cause data to be unavailable?

Question 8 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

A shared lock allows which of the following types of transactions to occur?

Question 9 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Locking may cause which of the following problems?

Question 10 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Performance analysis and tuning is which of the following?

Question 11 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following is the preferred way to recover a database after a transaction in progress terminates abnormally?

Question 12 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following is true concerning open-source DBMS?

Question 13 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Concurrency control is important for which of the following reasons?

Question 14 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following is the preferred way to recover a database after a system failure?

Question 15 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

A data warehouse administrator is concerned with which of the following?

Question 16 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

To build a data warehouse and develop business intelligence applications, it is important that an organization build and maintain a comprehensive repository.

Question 17 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Failure to control confidentiality may lead to loss of competitiveness.

Question 18 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Authorization tables contain highly sensitive data and should be protected by stringent security rules.

Question 19 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

A transaction log shows before and after images of records that have been modified by transactions.

Question 20 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The greatest threat to business security is often internal rather than external.

Question 21 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Information repositories are replacing data dictionaries in many organizations.

Question 22 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Mirrored databases are almost always provided in high-availability systems.

Question 23 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Databases are not the property of a single function or individual within the organization.

Question 24 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Queries that do full table scans should be avoided.

Question 25 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The restore/rerun technique involves reprocessing the day's transactions up to the point of failure.

Question 26 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Backward recovery is used to reverse the changes made by transactions that have aborted, or terminated abnormally.

Question 27 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

A disaster recovery plan does not need to include the shipment of database backups to other sites.

Question 28 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

With concurrent processing involving updates, a database with concurrency control will be compromised due to interference between users.

Question 29 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Data modeling and database design are key responsibilities of data and data base administration.

Question 30 of 30
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Incorrect data is easy to detect.

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