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Part - A Answer All Questions:: Unit Test - 1

This document contains a unit test question paper for a database management systems course. The paper has two parts, with Part A containing 5 short answer questions worth 2 marks each. Part B contains 4 long answer questions worth 10 marks each, from which students must answer any 4. The questions cover topics like the differences between database and file approaches, relational database concepts like functional dependency and primary keys, entity-relationship modeling, and relational algebra operations.

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Part - A Answer All Questions:: Unit Test - 1

This document contains a unit test question paper for a database management systems course. The paper has two parts, with Part A containing 5 short answer questions worth 2 marks each. Part B contains 4 long answer questions worth 10 marks each, from which students must answer any 4. The questions cover topics like the differences between database and file approaches, relational database concepts like functional dependency and primary keys, entity-relationship modeling, and relational algebra operations.

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UNIT TEST - 1 Question paper Code : III

TOTAL MARKS: 50 DATE: 26-07-2017


YEAR/DEPT.: II IT TIME: 9.00 AM 10.30
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2017-18 (ODD SEM)
AMAMANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
SUBJ. CODE/NAME: CS6302 DATABASE

PART A
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS: 5 x 2 = 10 marks
1. Write the characteristics that distinguish the database approach with the file
approach.
2. Define: Functional dependency.
3. Define single valued and multivalued attributes.
4. What is primary key?
5. Define lossless join.

PART B
ANSWER ANY 4 QUESTIONS: 4 x 10 = 40 marks
6. Construct an ER diagram for car insurance company that has a set of customers,
each of whom owns one/more cars. Each car has associated with it zero to any
number of recorded accidents. Construct appropriate tables for the above ER
diagram.
7. Explain the database system structure with a neat diagram.
8. Explain the basic Relational Algebra operations with the symbol used and an
example for each.
9. Define data model. Explain the different types of data models with relevant
examples.
10. Explain the basic Relational Algebra operations with the symbol used and an
example for each.
UNIT TEST - 1 Question paper Code : III
TOTAL MARKS: 50 DATE: 26-07-2017
YEAR/DEPT.: II IT TIME: 9.00 AM 10.30
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2017-18 (ODD SEM)
AMAMANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
SUBJ. CODE/NAME: CS6302 DATABASE

PART A
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS: 5 x 2 = 10 marks
3. Write the characteristics that distinguish the database approach with the file
approach.
4. Define: Functional dependency.
3. Define single valued and multivalued attributes.
4. What is primary key?
5. Define lossless join.

PART B
ANSWER ANY 4 QUESTIONS: 4 x 10 = 40 marks
6. Construct an ER diagram for car insurance company that has a set of customers,
each of whom owns one/more cars. Each car has associated with it zero to any
number of recorded accidents. Construct appropriate tables for the above ER
diagram.
7. Explain the database system structure with a neat diagram.
8. Explain the basic Relational Algebra operations with the symbol used and an
example for each.
9. Define data model. Explain the different types of data models with relevant
examples.
10. Explain the basic Relational Algebra operations with the symbol used and an
example for each.

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