Assignment questions for DWDM

Assignment on Unit 1

Q1. Explain differences between OLTP and OLAP point wise.

Q2. Explain 3 tier architecture of data warehouse in detail.

Q3. What do you understand by ETL Process? Why is it required in data warehouse?

Assignment on Unit 2 and Unit 3 on Topics Covered

Part A (Unit 2)

Q1. Brief Explain Functions of Data Warehouse and how to perform these functions with suitable
examples.

Q2. Discuss about some important and popular data warehouse tools available.

Q3. What do you understand by DAC? Discuss its important features.

Part B (Unit 3)

Q1. What are the various categories of data mining?

Q2. Explain any two of the following in detail.

a) Knowledge discovery using statistical techniques (e.g. regression).

b) Knowledge discovery using neural networks

c) Knowledge discovery using fuzzy technology

d) Knowledge discovery using genetic algorithms

Assignment on Unit 4

Q1. Differentiate between top down and bottom up design methodologies of data warehouse
design.

Q2. Discuss the basic components of Oracle Warehouse Builder with help of suitable diagram. Briefly
explain the role of each component in design of a data warehouse.

Q3. Discuss the Apriori algorithm for mining of frequent item sets.