Exam Details

Subject Database Management System
Paper
Exam / Course Diploma -VIEP-Computer Science and Engineering(DCSVI)/Advanced Level O Certificate Course In Cse (ACCSVI) B.Tech. Computer Science And Engineering (BT
Department School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Choose the correct answer from the given four alternatives:

Which of the following is a Database Language?

Data Definition Language

Data Manipulation Language

Query Language

All of the above

Set of permitted values of each attribute is called

Domain

Tuple

Schema

Relation

In an ER diagram, ellipses represent

Entity Sets

Attributes

Database

Tables

Which of the following is not a Unary Operation?

Rename

Projection

Union

Select

A primary key must be

Unique

Not Null

Both and

None of the above

BCNF stands for

Bit Code Normal Format

Boyce Codd Normal Form

Binary Code Normal Form

None of the above

ACID properties refer to

Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation,Durability

Atomicity, Consistency, Integrity,Durability

Atomicity, Concurrency, Integrity, Durability

Atomicity, Concurrency, Isolation,Durability

What are the Database Applications Compare the database system against the traditional file system.

Describe the various levels of data abstraction in a database management system.

Explain the concept of Integrity Constraint in detail. Also describe the process of destroying tables.

Using suitable examples, explain the Selection and the Projection set operations.

Assuming that there is a Table Emp Name, Department, Salary),write the SQL queries for the following cases:

Show all contents of the table Emp.

Show the Employee record who has Maximum Salary.

Show the total number of employees in the table.

Delete the table Emp.

Explain the various aggregative operators using suitable examples.

Differentiate between the SECOND and THIRD normal form, using suitable examples.

Using a suitable example, explain Outer Join in detail.

What is Indexing? Explain the Tree-based Indexing in detail.

What are Dependency Preserving Decompositions Explain using suitable example.

Explain the concept of Transactions and Schedules.

Explain how Concurrency is achieved without Locks.

8. Write short notes on any four of the following;

Instance and Schema

Relational Algebra

SQL Triggers

BCNF

Cluster Indexes

Concurrency Control


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