Practice Key Principles of ARIES - 10.6.1 | Module 10: Database Recovery | Introduction to Database Systems
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What does Write-Ahead Logging (WAL) ensure?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider why logging is important during crashes.

Question 2

Easy

What is the purpose of the No-Force policy?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how immediate writes could affect performance.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What principle in ARIES ensures that no changes are lost during a crash?

  • No-Force Policy
  • Write-Ahead Logging
  • Steal Policy

πŸ’‘ Hint: Focus on the importance of logging in recovery.

Question 2

True or False: The No-Force policy immediately writes all updated pages to disk upon a transaction commit.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how performance can affect disk I/O.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Discuss how the lack of Write-Ahead Logging would affect database recovery and provide examples of potential data loss scenarios.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what happens if updates are made but not preserved in logs.

Question 2

Evaluate how the Steal policy might influence the recovery process in a high-transaction environment versus a low-transaction one.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how frequent transactions could lead to many dirty pages being written.

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