Directorate of Online Education

INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT

SESSION NOV-DEC 2023

PROGRAM BCA
SEMESTER III
COURSE CODE & NAME DCA2102 & DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
CREDITS 4
NUMBER OF ASSIGNMENTS & 02
MARKS 30

Note:
• There will be two sets of assignments for every course, and all questions are compulsory in both sets.
• The average of both assignments’ marks scored will be considered as Internal Assessment Marks.
• Answers for 10-mark questions should be approximately 400-500 words.

SET-I
Q. No Questions Marks Total Marks
What is a database. Differentiate between physical data
1. 10 10
independence and logical data independence.
Construct an E-R diagram for a hospital with a set of
patients and a set of medical doctors. Associate with each
2. 10 10
patient a log of the various tests and examinations
conducted.
What is the goal of query optimization? Why is it
3. 10 10
important?
SET-II
Q. No Questions Marks Total Marks
Explain any two important properties of transactions that
4. a DBMS must ensure to maintain data in the face of 10 10
concurrent access and system failures.
What is relational completeness? If a query language is
5. relationally complete, can you write any desired query in 10 10
that language?
Explain sort-merge strategy in external sorting with the
6. 10 10
help of example.

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