School of Computer Sciences, USM, Penang

CMT221/CMM222: Database Organization and Design

Academic Session: Semester 1, 2018/2019

Tutorial 05 – Distributed Database, Database Administration and Security

Question 1:
Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of a distributed database management system
(DDBMS).

Question 2:
List out the components of a DDBMS.

Question 3:
Describe the different types of database requests and transactions.

Question 4:
Define and explain the different type of distribution transparency.

Question 5:
What are the available data fragmentation strategies? Give some examples of each.

Question 6:
What is data replication and what are the three replication strategies?

Question 7:

Tables Fragments Location

Customer n/a A
Product Prod_A A
Prod_B B
Invoice n/a B
Inv_Line n/a B

Site A Site B

CUSTOMER INVOICE INV_LINE PROD_B

PROD_A
Site C

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Specify the minimum types of operations the database must support (e.g. remote request, remote transaction,
distributed request or distributed transaction) to perform the following operations.

Site Operations Type

SELECT * FROM CUSTOMER;
SELECT * FROM INVOICE WHERE INV_TOT >
1000;
SELECT * FROM PRODUCT WHERE PROD_QOH <
10;
BEGIN WORK;
UPDATE CUSTOMER SET CUS_BAL = CUS_BAL +
100 WHERE CUS_NUM = ‘10936’;

INSERT INTO INVOICE (INV_NUM, CUS_NUM,

INV_DATE, INV_TOTAL) VALUES (‘986391’,
‘10936’, ’15-FEB-2010’, 100);

INSERT INTO INV_LINE(INV_NUM, PROD_NUM,

LINE_PRICE) VALUES (‘986391’, ‘1023’,
At Site C 100);

UPDATE PRODUCT SET PROD_QOH = PROD_QOH –

1 WHERE PROD_NUM = ‘1023’;

COMMIT WORK;
BEGIN WORK;
INSERT INTO CUSTOMER (CUS_NUM, CUS_NAME,
CUS_ADDRESS, CUS_BAL) VALUES (‘34210’,
‘Victor Ephanor’, 123 Main St.’, 0.00);

INSERT INTO INVOICE (INV_NUM, CUS_NUM,

INV_DATE, INV_TOTAL) VALUES (‘986434’,
‘34210’, ’10-AUG-2009’, 2.00);

COMMIT WORK;
SELECT CUS_NUM, CUS_NAME, INV_TOTAL FROM
CUSTOMER, INVOICE WHERE CUSTOMER.CUS_NUM
= INVOICE.CUS_NUM;
At Site A SELECT * FROM INVOICE WHERE INV_TOT >
1000;
SELECT * FROM PRODUCT WHERE PROD_QOH <
10;
SELECT * FROM CUSTOMER;
SELECT CUS_NAME, INV_TOTAL FROM
CUSTOMER, INVOICE WHERE INV_TOTAL > 1000
At Site B
AND CUSTOMER.CUS_NUM = INVOICE.CUS_NUM;
SELECT * FROM PRODUCT WHERE PROD_QOH <
10;

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Question8:
Define security and privacy. How are these two concepts related?

Question 9:
What are security vulnerabilities? What is a security threat? Give some examples of security vulnerabilities
that exist in different IS components.

Question 10:
List out the technical role of a database administrator (DBA).

Question 11:
Discuss the significance and characteristics of database backup and recovery procedures. Also, describe the
actions that must be detailed in backup and recovery plans.

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