Model Paper: M.Sc. (Mathematics) II Semester Paper - Database Management Systems
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M.Sc.(Mathematics) II Semester
Paper--Database Management Systems
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks:40
The paper is divided into three Sections. Students are required to attempt FIVE questions in all, selecting
not more than TWO questions from each Section.
SECTION A
Q.1
Q.2
Q.3
(a) Write down the advantages of database approach over file-oriented approach.
(b) A DBMS has different categories of users--Expalin.
(a) Describe the three-level architecture of DBMS.
(b) Illustrate the concepts of generalization and aggregation with suitable example.
The Central Library of your University needs to be computerized. The main functions to
be supported are to query existing titles based on either author/title or key strings. Users
are registered to borrow the books. All transactions, i.e. to issue and return are stored.
User can put the claim. Write any assumption you make.
(a) Draw E-R Diagram for the above requirements. Show relationship types and primary
key of entities.
(b) Convert E-R diagram into set of relation schema.
SECTION B
Q.4
Q.5
(a) Consider a relation PAITENT-DOCTOR in 1NF:PAITENT-DOCTOR (PATIENT-NAME, DATE-OF-BIRTH, DOCTOR-NAME,
CONTACT-NO, DATE-TIME, DURATION-MINITS).
Convert this 1NF in 2NF and 3NF.
(b) Write down the various locking techniques used in transaction processing.
(a) What are the ACID properties of a Transaction? Why are they important? Explain with
an example.
(b) List down the various phases of the optimistic approach of concurrency scheme.
Q.6
(a) Consider the following relational schema:
Employee (empno, name, office, age)
Books (isbn, title, authors, publisher)
Loan (empno, isbn, date)
Write the following queries in Relational Algebra.
i. Find the names of employees who have borrowed a book published by Springer.
ii. Find the names of employees who have borrowed more than five different books
published by PHI.
iii. For each publisher, find the names of employees who have borrowed more than
five books of that publisher.
(b) Explain the The Systematic treatment of NULL values (Rule 3 of Dr. E.F.Codd).
SECTION C
Q.7
Q.8
Q.9
(a) Write down in detail about the various recovery facilities provided by DBMS.
(b) What are the different types of integrity constraints?
(a) Compare and contrast OLTP and data warehouse.
(b) Discuss the problem of Deadlock. How can a deadlock be avoided?
(a) A distributed DBMS should provide a number of features which make the distributed
nature of the DBMS transparent to the user. Illustrate with suitable examples.
(b) Distinguish between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Databases.
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