Question 1:
Make a distinction between the following terms:
• Distributed Database v/s Distributed Database management System
• Homogeneous Distributed Database v/s Heterogeneous Distributed Database
Question 2:
Illustrate out the following terminologies with regard to Distributed Database.
• Fragmentation
• Replication
• Transparency
Question 3:
In context of distributed database management systems, illustrate out the following fragmentation rules and support your answer with suitable illustration of a Horizontal Fragmentation:
• Completeness
• Reconstruction
• Disjointness
Question 4:
What do you understand by the term decision support systems, and what role do they play in business environment?