JESUIT MEMORIAL COLLEGE MBODO ALUU PORT HARCOURT

SECOND CONTINUOUS ASSESMENT, THIRD TERM 2022/2023 ACADEMIC

SESSION

SUBJECT: DATA PROCESSING

CLASS: SS 2 TIME: 1 HOUR

Please do not open this question booklet until you are told to do so.
While you are waiting, read the following instructions carefully.

This paper consists of two sections: I & II. Section I consist of thirty (30) multiple-
choice and Section II consists of THREE essay questions which will last for 1 hour.
INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
1. Answer all questions.
2. Use HB pencil only.
3. Write your Name, Subject, and your class boldly written on the answer sheet
provided. Also, write and shade appropriately Date of Exam, your DOB, Student ID
& your Examination number, where applicable, in the spaces provided.

4. Answer each question by shading the box that corresponds to the option you have
chosen.

5. Do not waste time on any question. If you find any difficult, go to the others and
finish them before you come back to the difficult one(s).

6. There must not be more than one shading for an answer. Any shading with more than
one box will be marked wrong.

7. If you change your mind about an answer, completely erase the first shading.

8. Do not start until the Supervisor tells you to do so.

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OBJECTIVE

1. Recovery to a consistence state is required

after every form of ____________ 7. Recovery manager uses the Write Ahead
A. System diagnosis Logging to allow _________
B. System failure A. Steal
C. Data congestion B. Force
D. System network C. Interaction
D. Diagnosis
2. The recovery manager is a component of
________ 8. A changed database pages can be written to
A. DBMS disk before the transaction commits by
B. Microsoft Office implementing ______
C. Spreadsheet package A. Force
D. Graphic design B. Steal
C. Diagnosis
3. The Recovery Manager interacts with the D. Commiter
______ manager and ________ manager
during file recovery. 9. A changed database pages can be written to
A. Buffer and System disk when a transaction commits by
B. Transaction and System implementing ________
C. Interactive and Transaction manager A. Force
D. Buffer and Transaction manager B. Steal
C. Committer
4. Which of the following manager keeps track D. Data pages
of dirty page list
A. Interactive 10. ________ are used to periodically write the
B. Transaction log and changed database pages to disk,
C. Buffer recording the fact on the disk, to reduce the
D. System work required on restart after failure.
A. Checklist
5. Which of the following manager is used to B. Checkpoints
retieve transaction table C. Buffer
A. Interactive D. System
B. Transaction
C. Buffer 11. ________ can be defined as a group of task
D. System A. Transaction
B. Data pages
6. Which of the following data structure is used C. Page task
to keep track of current and completed D. Task log
transaction.
A. Log 12. _______ is a minimum processing unit which
B. Buffer can not be divided futher.
C. DBMS A. A single task
D. Office B. A Buffer

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D. Data pages which is 0 if the buffer is not modified else 1
if modified.
13. When a transaction executes its final A. Buffer sheet
operation, it is said to be in a _____________ B. Dirty sheet
state? C. Clean bit
A. Committed D. Dirty bit
B. Partially committed
C. Failed 20. _______ is a region of a physical memory
D. Transaction state. storage used to temporarily hold data while it
is being moved from one place to another.
14. When a transaction can no longer proceed A. Buffer
further, it is said to be in _____________ B. Cache
state. C. Recovery Manager
A. Committed D. Data holder
B. Failed 21. __________ is the part of the memory which
C. Transaction state transparently stores data so that future
D. Partially committed requests for that data can be served faster.
A. Buffer
15. The initial state of every transaction being B. Cache
initiated is known as ________ state C. Page
A. Transaction D. Cell
B. Normal state
C. Active state 22. When a page has been modified in memory
D. Joint state due to data modification
(Insert/update/delete), it is marked as a
16. A database recovery module can select one of _______ page
the two operations after a transaction aborts A. Clean page
A. Restart or Jump transaction B. Modified page
B. Restart or Kill transaction C. Dirty page
C. Restart or Fill transaction D. Memory page
D. Restart or Resume transaction
23. A page read from disk into memory, which is
17. The deferred update is also known as similar to its equivalent on disk is considered
________ algorithm a __________ page.
A. Undo/Redo A. Memory page
B. No Undo/Redo B. Clean page
C. Save C. Dirty page
D. Jump
D. Modified page
18. The immediate update is also known as
_________ 24. __________ is a group of memory cells that
Algorithm. are accessed as part of a single operation.
A. Undo/Redo A. A page
B. No Undo/Redo B. A cache
C. Undo C. A Buffer
D. Save D. A disk

25. Which of the following is not a recovery

technique

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B. Immediate update B. Repeating history during Redo
C. Two-phase commit C. Read log Undo
D. Recovery Management D. Logging changes during Redo

26. When a database recovery manager is

invoked after a crash, restart proceeds in the
following three phases; I. Undo II. Redo III.
Analysis. Arrange these phases in the right
order.
A. I, II, III
B. II, I, III
C. III, II, I
D. I, III, II

27. ____________ is an automated process taken

care by a DBMS when instance failure occur,
i.e. when there is failure with an instance of
the database.
A. Crash management
B. Crash recovery
C. Media recovery
D. Instant management

28. ______________ is a process to recover

database from backup when physical disk
failure occur.
A. Crash Recovery
B. Crash management
C. Media recovery
D. Instant management

29. Every log record is given a unique id called

the ____________
A. Log sequence number
B. Log serial number
C. Log digital number
D. Log identification number

30. The three main principles behind the ARIES

recovery algorithm are the following except

JESUIT MEMORIAL COLLEGE MBODO ALUU PORT HARCOURT

SECOND CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT, THIRD TERM 2022/2023 ACADEMIC SESSION

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 SUBJECT: DATA PROCESSING - SECTION B
(THEORY)
CLASS: SS 2

Please do not open this question booklet until you are told to do so.
While you are waiting, read the following instructions carefully.

This section consists of THREE essay questions. You are to answer TWO.

NAME:
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CLASS:
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REG. NUM: __________________________________ DATE: ________________________

QUESTION MARK

SECTION II
Answer only two questions
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b. Briefly explain the term Committed transaction?
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2. (a) Explain the three Phases of ARIES

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2. Explain the four properties that must be ensured in the face of concurrent accesses and system
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b. What is the difference between Media file and Crash recovery?
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3. a. Explain the following major techniques for recovering from non-catastrophic transaction failure ;
I. Deferred Update:
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II. Immediate Update:

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b. ARIES stands for

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c. Outline the 3 Characteristics of an ARIES
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