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Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 3
MI0034-Database Management System
(Book ID: B1966)
Assignment (60 Marks)
Note: Answer all questions must be written within 300 to 400 words each.
Each Question carries 10 marks 6 X 10=60
Q1. What is Database Management System (DBMS)? Briefly explain the
important properties of database.
Explain Database Management System - 4
Important properties of database - 6
Answer. The major component in the database is data. Data is a raw fact that can
be recorded and has specific meaning. The processed data is called information. For
example, the combination of letters E L E P H A N T has no meaning to
us unless it is used as a noun word Elephant. Here, the letter E is a data and
Elephant is information. The collection of data in rows and columns is called
database.

Q2. Explain the different operations of relational algebra with suitable


examples.
Answer. Relational Algebra
Relational algebra is a language in which one relation gets defined by another relation
without the original relation getting changed. There are many operations that work
with relational algebra. Some of them are given below:

Q3. What is clientserver model? Briefly explain the advantages of client


server model.
Define client-server model with different parts - 7
List 3 advantages of client-server model - 3
Answer. Clientserver model
The clientserver model is basic to distributed systems; it allows clients to make
requests that are routed to the appropriate server in the form of transactions. The
clientserver model consists of three parts.
1. Client The client is the machine (workstation or PC) running the frontend
applications. It interacts with a user through the keyboard, display and mouse. The
client has no direct data access responsibilities. The client machine provides front-end
application software for accessing the data on the server. The clients initiate
transactions and the server processes the transactions.

Q4. a. Define SQL


b. Explain the different types of SQL
Answer. a. SQL is a relational database language used to communicate with a
database. The American National Standards Institute declared the standard language
for RDBMS. Accordingly, the common relational database management systems that
SQL uses are Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, Access, and so on. When the
database is structured using the relational data model, SQL is a suitable language
because SQL is

Q5. a. Explain the two-phase locking protocol with various phases.


b. Elaborate advantages and disadvantages of Distributed database
management system.
Answer. a. The two-phase locking protocol
The two-phase locking protocol is a process to access the shared resources as their
own without creating deadlocks. This process consists of two phases.
1. Growing phase In this phase, the transaction may acquire lock, but may not
release any locks. Therefore, this phase is also called as resource acquisition activity.

Q6. Briefly explain the basic concepts of object-oriented data model.


Answer. A data model is a logic organisation of the real-world objects (entities),
constraints put on them and the relationships that exists among objects.
The basic concepts of object-oriented data model are the following:
Object identity
Any real-world entity is uniformly modelled as an object. They are attached with a
unique ID which is used to refer the object for retrieval. You can see an object
retaining its identity even if some or all of the values of variables or definitions of
methods change over time. This concept of object identity is necessary in

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