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DBMS Theoryknowledge~10 mins

Serializability in DBMS Theory - Interactive Code Practice

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Practice - 5 Tasks
Answer the questions below
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easy

Complete the code to identify the type of schedule that preserves consistency in transactions.

DBMS Theory
A schedule is considered [1] if it results in the same state as some serial execution of transactions.
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Arecoverable
Bconcurrent
Cnon-serializable
Dserializable
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Common Mistakes
Confusing serializable with concurrent schedules.
Thinking any interleaved schedule is serializable.
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medium

Complete the sentence to describe conflict serializability.

DBMS Theory
A schedule is conflict serializable if it can be transformed into a serial schedule by swapping [1] operations.
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Anon-conflicting
Bconflicting
Cread-only
Dwrite-only
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Common Mistakes
Swapping conflicting operations which changes the schedule's effect.
Assuming all operations can be swapped.
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hard

Fix the error in the statement about view serializability.

DBMS Theory
View serializability considers schedules equivalent if they have the same [1] and final writes.
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Aread-write dependencies
Bconflict order
Cview
Dtransaction order
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Common Mistakes
Confusing conflict order with read-write dependencies.
Ignoring the importance of final writes.
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hard

Fill both blanks to complete the definition of recoverable schedules.

DBMS Theory
A schedule is recoverable if a transaction commits only after all transactions whose changes it [1] have [2].
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Areads from
Bcommitted
Cwrites to
Daborted
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Common Mistakes
Allowing commits before dependent transactions commit.
Confusing writes with reads in dependencies.
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hard

Fill all three blanks to complete the explanation of strict schedules.

DBMS Theory
In a strict schedule, a transaction cannot [1] or [2] a data item until the transaction that last [3] it has committed or aborted.
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Aread
Bwrite
Cwrote
Dlocked
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Common Mistakes
Allowing reads or writes before the last writer commits.
Confusing locking with writing.