If a node is locked in ______________ the subtree rooted by that node is locked explicitly in shared mode, and that explicit locking is being done at a lower level with exclusive-mode locks.
(a) Intention lock modes
(b) shared and intention-exclusive (SIX) mode
(c) Intention-exclusive (IX) mode
(d) Intention-shared (IS) mode
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Question is from Multiple Granularity topic in division Concurrency Control of Database Management