1. With failure transparency, all of the actions of a transaction are committed or none of them are committed.
A. True
B. False
2. Each site (or node) in a distributed system is subject to the same types of failure as in a centralized system.
A. True
B. False
3. Replication may use either synchronous or asynchronous distributed database technologies, although asynchronous technologies are more typical in a replicated environment.
A. True
B. False
4. Synchronization for pull replication is less disruptive and occurs only when needed by each site, not when a central master site thinks it is best to update.
A. True
B. False
5. With asynchronous technology, if any copy of a data item is updated anywhere on the network, the same update is immediately applied to all other copies or it is aborted.
A. True
B. False