WAEC Data Processing 2015 Question 38

Question 38

Distributed and Parallel Databases

One of the advantages of a parallel database is

  1. A.data sharing.
  2. B.data security.
  3. C.faster processing of data.
  4. D.uniform memory access.
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Answer: C (faster processing of data.)

Explanation

A parallel database splits work across several processors, so queries run faster.