SECTION “A”
Pick the correct answer(s).
1. is an abstraction in which relationship sets are treated as higher level entity
sets, and can participate in relationships.
[ ] Cardinalities [ ] Aggregation [ ] Specialization [ ] Genaralization
2. Which is NOT one of the most common types of SQL CHECK constraints?
[ ] System date
[ ] Range checks
[ ] Lists of values
[ ] Comparing one column value to another within the same table
3. What does Data independence in database design means?
[ ] data are defined separately and not included in programs.
[ ] programs are not dependent on the physical and logical attributes of data.
[ ] programs are not dependent on the logical but dependent on the physical attributes
[ ] programs are not dependent on the physical but dependent on the logical attributes
4. E-R model uses this symbol to represent weak entity set ?
[ ] Dotted rectangle. [ ] Diamond
[ ] Doubly outlined rectangle [ ] None of these
5. The logical operation (FALSE and NULL) will result in state.
[ ] FALSE [ ] NULL [ ] unknown [ ] TRUE
6. A set of possible data values is called
[ ] attribute [ ] degree [ ] tuple [ ] domain
7. Which of the following operation is used if we are interested in only certain columns of a
table?
[ ] PROJECTION [ ] SELECTION [ ] UNION [ ] JOIN
8. An instance of relational schema R (A, B, C) has distinct values of A including NULL
values. Which one of the following is true?
[ ] A is a candidate key [ ] A is not a candidate key
[ ] A is a primary Key [ ] Both (A) and (C)
9. Architecture of the database can be viewed as
[ ] two levels [ ] four levels [ ] three levels [ ] one level
10. The natural join is equal to :
[ ] Cartesian Product
[ ] Combination of Union and Cartesian product
[ ] Combination of selection and Cartesian product
[ ] Combination of projection and Cartesian product
11. In a index, the index must store a list of pointers to all records with the same
search-keyvalue.
[ ] dense clustering [ ] dense non-clustering
[ ] sparse clustering [ ] sparse non-clustering
12. The operator preserves unmatched rows of the relations being joined.
[ ] Inner join [ ] Outer join [ ] Union [ ] Union join
13. In a third normal form relation form every attribute is non-transitively and fully
dependent on the every candidate key.
[ ] Prime [ ] Non-Prime [ ] Unique [ ] None
14. Date is the type of attribute
[ ] Simple [ ] Composite [ ] Single values [ ] Multi valued
15. The function that an entity plays in a relationship is called that entity’s
[ ] Participation [ ] role [ ] activities [ ] association
16. We say that I and J conflict iff
[ ] They are operation by different transactions on the same data item and one of them
instruction is write operation.
[ ] They are operation by same transactions on the same data item and one of them
instruction is write operation.
[ ] They are operation by different transactions on the different data item and one of
them instruction is write operation.
[ ] They are operation by same transactions on the same data item and one of them
instruction is read operation.
17. To include integrity constraint in a existing relation use :
[ ] Create table [ ] Modify table [ ] Alter table [ ] Drop table
18. Data integrity constraints are used to:
[ ] Control who is allowed access to the data
[ ] Ensure that duplicate records are not entered into the table
[ ] Improve the quality of data entered for a specific property (i.e., table column)
[ ] Prevent users from changing the values stored in the table
19. We can define Conceptual design in database management System
[ ] as a documentation technique.
[ ] needs data volume and processing frequencies to determine the size of the database.
[ ] involves modeling independent of the DBMS.
[ ] is designing the relational model.
20. To update an SQL view, the DBMS must be able to associate the column(s) to be updated
with:
[ ] a particular column in a particular underlying table.
[ ] a particular column in a particular row.
[ ] a particular row in a particular underlying table.
[ ] a particular row in a particular column
SECTION “B”
Answer ANY TWO questions.
1. Explain with example what do you mean by repetition of information and inability to
represent information. Discuss two different situations when using traditional record
keeping system will be more efficient than using Database management system.
2. Normalize the following relation up to BCNF form, given the functional dependencies.
video(title,director,serial)
customer(name,addr,memberno)
hire(memberno,serial,date)
title->director,serial
serial->title
serial->director
name,addr ->memberno
memberno -> name,addr
serial, date ->memberno
3. Explain the Three Tier Database Architecture with diagram. Discuss the major design
issues raised due to the ternary relationship in DBMS.
SECTION “C”
Attempt ANY SIX questions.
4. Explain the concept of using B+ tree in indexing rather using simple indexing
mechanism. Construct a B+ tree showing each step for the given set of key values.
(2,3,5,7,11,17,19,23,29,31)
5. Consider the following set F of functional dependencies on the relation schema r (A, B,
C, D, E, F) and Prove that AF is a super key.
A→BCD
BC→DE
B→D
D→A
6. Why do database system support concurrent execution of transactions, in spite of the
extra programming effort which is needed to ensure that concurrent execution does not
cause any problems?
7. What is the significance of the Cartesian product operation? Explain its anomalous result
with examples.
8. What is the significance of null value? Explain with example how do Null values are
treated by aggregation function in SQL?
9. State the conflicting situation in transaction.Explain how the control mechanisms are
implemented to manage the conflicting situations?
10. With the help of the schema describe below express the query(a ,b) in either relational
algebraic form or in SQL.
Instructor(ID,name.dept_name,salary)
Section(course_id,section_id,semester,year)
a. Give a 5 percent salary raise to the instructors whose salary is less than average
salary.
b. Find all the courses taught in the fall 2012 semester but not in spring 2013 semester.
