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CS8492 dms 16 mark important Questions

Unit 1
16 MARKS QUESTIONS

1.Briefly explain about Database system architecture:

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2.Explain about the Purpose of Database system.

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3. Briefly explain about Views of data.

4. Explain E-R Model in detail with suitable example.

5. Explain about various data models.

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6. Draw an E – R Diagram for Banking, University, Company, Airlines, ATM, Hospital, Library,
Super market, Insurance Company.

7. Explain 1NF, 2Nf and BCNF with suitable example.

8. Consider the universal relation R={ A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I} and the set of functional
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F={(A,B)->{C],{A}>{D,E},{B}->{F},{F}->{G,H},{D}->[I,J}.what is the key for Decompose
R into 2NF,the 3NF relations.

9. What are the pitfalls in relational database design? With a suitable example, explain the role
of functional dependency in the process of normalization.
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10. What is normalization? Explain all Normal forms.

11. Write about decomposition preservation algorithm for all FD s.

12.Explain functional dependency concepts

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13.Explain 2NF and 3NF in detail

14.Define BCNF .How does it differ from 3NF.

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15.Explain the codd s rules for relational database design

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Unit 2
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1.Consider the following tables:

Employee (Emp_no, Name, Emp_city)
Company (Emp_no, Company_name, Salary)

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i. Write a SQL query to display Employee name and company name.

ii. Write a SQL query to display employee name, employee city ,company name and salary of all
the employees whose salary >10000

iii. Write a query to display all the employees working in “XYZ company

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2.Consider the following relational schema

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Employee (empno,name,office,age)
Books(isbn,title,authors,publisher)
Loan(empno, isbn,date)

Write the following queries in relational algebra.

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a. Find the names of employees who have borrowed a book Published by McGraw-Hill.

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b. Find the names of employees who have borrowed all books Published by McGraw-Hill.

c. Find the names of employees who have borrowed more than five different books published by
McGraw-Hill.
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d. For each publisher, find the names of employees who have borrowed more than five books of
that publisher.

3. Explain Embedded and Dynamic SQL.

4.Explain briefly about the steps required in query processing.

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5..Explain the three kinds of database tunning.

6.Write about the following

i.Nested loop join

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ii.Block Nested loop join

iii. Merge join

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iv Hash join
Unit 3
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16 MARK QUESTIONS
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1. Explain in detail about Lock based protocols and Timestamp based protocols.

2. Write briefly about serializability with example.

3. Explain Two phase locking protocol in detail.

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4. Write about immediate update and deferred update recovery techniques.

5. Explain the concept of Deadlock avoidance and prevention in detail.

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Unit 4

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16 MARK QUESTIONS

1.How the records are represented and organized in files . Explain with suitable example

2.Write about the various levels of RAID with neat diagrams

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3. Construct a B+ tree with the following (order of 3)
5,3,4,9,7,15,14,21,22,23

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4. Explain detail in distributed databases and client/server databases.

5.Explain in detail about Dataware housing and data mining

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6.Explain in detail about mobile and web databases

Unit 5
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16 MARKS

1. What is XML? Explain Breifly

2. Explain the concepts of data mining and data warehousing in detail.

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3. Explain clearly the Classification& clustering techniques.

4. Explain in detail about Association & regression

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5. Explain briefly the retrieval of information.

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