Question Paper Code: 20418PD10C

Register Number:
KARPAGAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
(Autonomous)
Coimbatore – 32
END SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS – MAY 2021
B.E /B.TECH
18PD10/18FD10 – DATA WAREHOUSING AND DATA MINING
Time: 3 hrs Max. Marks: 100
Answer ALL questions
PART- A (10x2 = 20 marks)
1. What is online transactional processing (OLTP)?
2. What are the Merits of Data Warehouse?
3. Mention some of the data mining techniques.
4. Define data reduction.
5. Define support and confidence in association rule mining.
6. What are the tree pruning methods available?
7. Define clustering.
8. List some of the requirements of clustering in data mining.
9. What is hierarchical method?
10 . Define spatial databases.

PART - B (5x16 = 80 marks)

11. i) Differentiate online transactional processing (OLTP) and online analytical processing
(OLAP). (6)
ii) Why do we need separate data warehouse even though we are having database? (6)
iii) Write short notes about update – driven approach. (4)
(OR)
12. i) Discuss multiway array aggregation for full cube computation. (6)
ii) Examine the different types of online analytical processing servers. (6)
iii) Sketch the recommended approach for data warehouse development. (4)

13. i) Explain the evolution of database technology. (6)

ii) Discuss the importance of data mining process. (6)
iii) Write short notes on knowledge discovery database (KDD). (4)
(OR)
14. i) Explain the data mining functionalities in detail. (6)
ii) Does a data mining system generate only interesting patterns? If so give reason. (4)
iii) Describe data characterization and discrimination of data mining. (6)

15. i) Why do we apply data reduction techniques? (4)

ii) Write short notes on data cube aggregation. (6)
iii) Discuss about concept hierarchy generation for categorical data. (6)
(OR)
16. i) Explain bayesian classification technique. (5)
ii) Write bayes theorem and explain. (5)
iii) How naive bayesian classifiers works? (6)
17. i) Discuss some of the typical application of clustering. (6)
ii) Discuss about different partitioning methods of clustering. (6)
iii) Discuss about the types of data structures used in clustering. (4)
(OR)

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18. i) What is hierarchical clustering? Discuss about its types. (6)
ii) Discuss about BIRCH hierarchical clustering method. (6)
iii) List various advantages of BIRCH hierarchical clustering method. (4)

19. i) What is a multimedia database? Explain about similarity search in multimedia database. (8)
ii) What kind of dimensions can a multimedia data cube have? (4)
iii) What kinds of associations can be mined in multimedia data? (4)
(OR)
20. i) Describe the approaches for text mining in detail. (6)
ii) Discuss about document clustering analysis. (6)
iii) List the challenges in web data mining. (4)
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