Subject Code: 2620003

Subject: Database Management System

MCA
Question List Mid-Semester - I Examination
UNIT - 1 1. Explain advantages of database over file system 2. Describe Three Level Architecture. 3. Explain Data Independence with its Types and Examples. 4. Definition : 1) Assertion 2) Authorization 5. Explain Object-Oriented Data Model 6. Explain Semi-Structured Data Model. 7. Explain Database System Architecture. 8. Explain Duties of Database Administrator. UNIT - 2 9. What are the steps involved in designing a database application? Explain with an example. 10. What is E-R Model? What is purpose of E-R Model? 11. Explain Entity and Entity Sets with Examples. 12. Explain Relation and Relationship Sets with Examples. 13. What is Attributes? Explain types of Attributes with Example 14. What Cardinalities in Database System? Explain types of cardinalities. 15. Explain Superkey, Candidate Key and Primary key with proper example. 16. Explain Participation Constraint with Example. 17. Explain Weak Entity Set. 18. Explain E-R diagram components. 19. Explain Subtype and Supertype with Example. 20. Explain Generalization and Specialization with Example. 21. Explain Aggregation Relationship with Example. NOTE: IN UNIT 2 NOT INCLUDE E-R DIAGRAM QUESTION.
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Subject: Database Management System

UNIT 3 22. What is Normalization? Why we need normalization in database? Explain Pros and Cons of Normalization. 23. Explain different Normalization Forms Rules. 24. What is Functional Dependency? What is use of Functional Dependency? Explain with Example. 25. Explain with Example: 1) Full Functional Dependency 2) Partial Functional Dependency 3) Trivial Functional Dependency 4) Multivalued Dependency 26. Explain NORMALIZATON FORMS with proper Example. 27. Explain Closer Set of Functional Dependency Algorithm. 28. Explain Armstrongs Axioms 29. Canonical Cover 30. Lossless Decomposition 31. Explain Multivalued Dependencies 32. Explain 4NF and 4NF Decomposition

NOTE: IN UNIT 2 NOT INCLUDE FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCY CALCULATION QUESTIONS.

UNIT 4 33. Explain following relational operations with example. a. Select Operation b. Project Operation c. Union Operation d. Set-Difference Operation e. Cartesian Product Operation f. Rename Operation g. Set-Intersection Operation h. Natural-join Operation i. Division Operation j. Assignment Operation. NOTE: IN UNIT 3 NOT INCLUDE RELATIONAL ALGEBRA QUERY QUESTIONS. UNIT 5
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Chapter - 15

Subject: Database Management System

34. What is Transaction? Explain transaction properties. 35. What is transaction??Explain its properties (ACID Properties) 36. Explain Transaction state 37. Explain concept of Shadow Copy 38. Explain Serializability in Transaction 39. Describe about the Testing of serializability 40. Explain various recovery techniques during transaction in detail 41. Explain the different forms of Serializability. 42. Discuss on two-phase locking protocol. 43. What benefit is provided by strict-two phase locking? What are the disadvantages results? Chapter - 16 44. What is a Deadlock? How can a deadlock occur? Explain. 45. Briefly explain one deadlock prevention algorithm 46. How can deadlocks be avoided when using 2PL 47. Explain Deadlock Detection and Recovery 48. Explain insert and delete operations in concurrency control 49. Short note on : Phontom Phenomenon Chapter 17 50. Types of Failure classification 51. Log Based Recovery 52. What is database recovery?Discuss various recovery techniques in details. 53. What is Deadlock and Starvation? 54. How deadlock can be avoided and detected in Database?

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