[Nov-14]

[SPRCA-305A]

MCA Degree Examination

III SEMESTER
ADVANCES IN DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
(Effective from the admitted batch 201213)
Time: 3 Hours
Max. Marks: 60
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instructions: Each Unit carries 12 marks.
Answer all units choosing one question from each unit.
All parts of the unit must be answered in one place only.
Figures in the right hand margin indicate marks allotted.
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UNIT-I
1. a) Explain nested queries in SQL
b) Explain group by clause in SQL

6
6

OR
2. a) What is multivalued dependency? Explain
b) Explain Transaction support in SQL

6
6

UNIT-II
3. a) Explain the process of design and tuning of practical database
b) Explain cost estimates in query processing

6
6

OR
4. Explain dynamic programming with an example

12

UNIT-III
5. Explain Distributed System types in detail

12

OR
6. What are the objectives of Query parallelism? Describe the
characterization of Query parallelism

12

UNIT-IV
7. What is serializable schedule? Discuss how serializability is used to
enforce concurrency control in a database system
12
OR
8. Explain:
a) Bench mark
b) Legacy system

6
6
UNIT-V

9. Explain Multimedia database in detail

12

OR
10. Explain techniques in Transaction processing

12
[37/III S/214]