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An IS auditor evaluating data integrity in a transaction
driven system environment should review atomicity, to
determine whether:
A. the database survives failures (hardware or software).
B. each transaction is separated from other transactions.
C. integrity conditions are maintained.
D. a transaction is completed or not, or a database is
updated or not.
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Answer: D
This concept is included in the atomicity, completeness,
isolation and durability (ACID) principle. Durability means
that the database survives failures (hardware or software).
Isolation means that each transaction is separated from
other transactions. Consistency means that integrity
conditions are maintained.
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