GATE CS 2024 Set 2 — Question 19

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Once the DBMS informs the user that a transaction has been successfully completed, its effect should persist even if the system crashes before all its changes are reflected on disk. This property is called
A.
durability
B.
atomicity
C.
consistency
D.
isolation

Correct answer

(A) durability

Solution

The property described is Durability. Durability ensures that once a transaction has been committed, it will remain so, even in the event of power loss, crashes, or errors.
  • Atomicity ensures that all operations within a work unit are completed successfully; otherwise, the transaction is aborted at the point of failure and previous operations are rolled back.
  • Consistency ensures that the database properly changes states upon a successfully committed transaction.
  • Isolation enables transactions to operate independently of and transparent to each other.

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