Register Number : Name of the Candidate :

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, 2011
( INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ) ( FOURTH SEMSTER ) ( PAPER - XIX )

411. DATA WAREHOUSING AND MINING May ] [ Time : 3 Hours Maximum : 100 Marks SECTION - A ( 8 5=40)

Answer any EIGHT questions. All questions carry equal marks. 1. Differentiate data mining and data warehousing. 2. Describe about concept learning. 3. Explain about visualization techniques. 4. Write notes on decision trees. 5. What are the warehouse system process ? Turn Over

2 6. Discuss about database schema. 7. Explain in detail about service level agreement. 8. Write short notes on backup and recovery. 9. Write in detail about tuning the data warehouse. 10. E x p l a i n i n d e t a i l a b o u t t e s t i n g t h e d a t a warehouses. SECTION - B ( 320 = 60)

3 15. (a) Explain about data warehouse features.(10) (b) Write notes on capacity planning. (10)

Answer any THREE questions. All questions carry equal marks. 11. (a) Differentiate data mining and query tools. (10) (b) Briefly discuss about data mining in marking. (10) 12. Briefly discuss in detail about knowledge discovery process. (20)

13. Explain briefly data warehouse architecture and design process. (20)

14. Briefly detail about hardware and operational design of data warehouses. (20)