VIT

UNIVERSITY
(Estd. u/s 3 of UGC Act 1956)

Vellore - 632 014, Tamil Nadu, India School of Information Technology & Engineering Continuous Assessment Test I, August 2011 F1 Slot

Course Subject Duration

: MS

Branch: SE

Semester

:V

: SWE413-Data Warehousing & Data Mining : 90 Minutes

Date of Exam : 26-08-11 Max. Marks : 50

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS Part A 4 x 5 = 20 Marks

1. Write any two major features of OLAP and OLTP and explain how both differ based on the above features. 2. Illustrate roll up, dice and drill across operations. 3. Suppose that the data for analysis includes the attribute age. The age values for the data tuples are (in increasing order): 21, 22, 22, 25, 25, 30, 33, 33, 35, 36, 40 Use min-max normalization to transform the value 35 for age onto the range [0, 1]. 4. Discuss the major issues in data mining regarding diverse data types.

Part B

3 x 10 = 30 Marks

5. Explain the various types of Multidimensional database schemas with suitable examples. 6. Discuss the various data smoothing techniques for noisy data with relevant examples. 7. With neat diagram, explain the architecture of Data Mining.

VIT
UNIVERSITY
(Estd. u/s 3 of UGC Act 1956)

Vellore - 632 014, Tamil Nadu, India School of Information Technology & Engineering Continuous Assessment Test I, August 2011 F2 Slot Course Subject Duration : MS Branch: SE Semester :V

: SWE413-Data Warehousing & Data Mining : 90 Minutes

Date of Exam : 26-08-11 Max. Marks : 50

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS Part A 1. Differentiate ROLAP, MOLAP and HOLAP servers. 2. Illustrate drill down, slice and drill through operations. 3. Suppose that the data for analysis includes the attribute age. The age values for the data tuples are (in increasing order): 21, 25, 30, 32, 33, 36, 40 Use z-score normalization to transform the value 35 for age. 4. How is association analysis used to find the various kinds of patterns? 4 x 5 = 20 Marks

Part B

3 x 10 = 30 Marks

5. Explain the three-tier data warehouse architecture with a neat diagram. 6. Discuss the various issues during data integration. Also discuss the various filling methods for missing value of the particular attribute. 7. Write short notes on mining methodology and user interaction issues.