Concurrency Control in Database Management Systems Quiz

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What is the main purpose of Concurrency Control in a DBMS?

  • To coordinate the simultaneous execution of transactions while preserving data integrity (correct)
  • To optimize database performance
  • To eliminate data redundancy
  • To reduce database storage space

What is a Lost Update in the context of concurrency control?

  • A data update is lost during the concurrent execution of transactions (correct)
  • An update that increases data consistency
  • An update that is applied twice to the same data
  • An update that is rolled back automatically

What is Uncommitted Data in the context of concurrency control?

  • Data that is permanently stored in the database
  • A transaction accesses uncommitted data from another transaction (correct)
  • Data that is isolated from other transactions
  • Data that is consistent across all transactions

What is the primary goal of Inconsistent Retrieval in concurrency control?

<p>To prevent users from accessing incomplete or incorrect data (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scenario represents a concurrency control problem?

<p>One transaction updating data while another is reading it (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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