Of the following, the greatest advantage of a database architecture is that
a. backup and recovery procedures are minimized.
b. conversion to a database system is inexpensive and can be accomplished quickly.
c. data redundancy can be reduced.
d. multiple occurrences of data items are useful for consistency checking.

In deadlock avoidance using banker’s algorithm, what would be the consequence(s) of: (i) a process declaring its maximum need as maximum possible for each resource. in other words, if a resource a has 5 instances, then each process declares its maximum need as 5. (ii) a process declaring its minimum needs as maximum needs. for example, a process may need 2-5 instances of resource a. but it declares its maximum need as 2.

When early motion pictures played in movie theaters, they were often accompanied by live organ or piano music. which of the following are the most likely reasons that this happened? (select all that apply). the music was provided to distract audience members from the loud sounds made when filmstrips were changed. the music accompanied the movies because the movies were silent and audiences were used to hearing music during plays in theaters. the music usually was played before, and sometimes after the movie, as an alternative form of entertainment. the music viewers to interpret the dramatic action in the films.

Peter is thinking of a number which isless than 50. the number has 9 factors. when he adds 4 to the number, itbecomes a multiple of 5. what is thenumber he is thinking of ?