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COURSE CODE: DCAP204


B
COURSE TITLE: MANAGEMENT DATABASE
Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 80

1. This paper contains 10 questions divided in two parts on1 page.


2. Part A is compulsory.
3. In Part B (Questions 2 to 10), attempt any 6 questions out of 9. Attempt all parts of the selected
question.
4. The marks assigned to each question are shown at the end of each question in square brackets.
5. Answer all questions in serial order.
6. The student is required to attempt the question paper in English medium only.

Part –A
Q1: a) What are the various advantages of DBMS? [2 Marks]
b) Explain difference between DDL and DML statements. [2 Marks]
c) Explain Aggregate functions. [2 Marks]
d) What is a view? How a view is created? [2 Marks]
e) Explain Weak Entity Sets. [2 Marks]
f) What are the advantages of normal forms? [2 Marks]
g) List the various validation based protocols. [2 Marks]
h) What do you mean by the term deadlock? [2 Marks]
i) What do you mean by nested subquery? Give example. [2 Marks]
j) Explain Buffer management. [2 Marks]
Part –B
Q2. a) What do you mean by data independence? Explain various types of data independence.
[5 Marks]
b) Explain the various differences between file processing system and DBMS. [5 Marks]
Q3. Write a short note on following concept:
a) Lock based protocols [5 Marks]
b) Timestamp based protocol [5 Marks]
Q4. Explain log based recovery with suitable example. [10 marks]
Q5. Draw ER model of Library Management System. [10 Marks]
Q6. What is transaction? What are the states of transaction? Discuss the ACID properties of transactions.
[10 Marks]
Q7. Explain various types of joins in SQL with suitable examples. [10 Marks]
Q8. "DCL statements begin with one of the following keywords: GRANT or REVOKE". Discuss the reason
behind this. Explain with suitable example. [10 Marks]
Q9. Write the procedure of testing for serializability. Support your answer with suitable example. [10 marks]
Q10. Sketch with examples the differences between the Third Normal Form (3NF) and Boyce Codd Normal
Form. [10 Marks]

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