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    This document is a midterm exam for a database course. It consists of 3 questions worth a total of 40 marks. Question 1 is worth 9 marks and involves short answer definitions. Question 2 is worth 10 marks and involves ER diagrams and the relational model. Question 3 is worth 21 marks and involves writing relational algebra and SQL queries over sample database schemas.

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    NAME: STUDENT NUMBER:

    COSC 3P32 MIDTERM EXAMINATION


    FEBRUARY 14TH, 2019

    Time: 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.


    Total marks: 40

    No electronic or written materials are permitted.


    Answer all questions in this exam booklet.

    Question Value Mark


    1 9
    2 10
    3 21
    Bonus 1
    Total: 40
    Question 1 – Definitions and Short Answer [9 marks]

    a) [2x2 marks] What is a view and how does it differ from a relation? Give one reason why a view
    might be used.

    b) [2 marks] Briefly describe what a write-ahead log (WAL) is, and how it is used.

    c) [3 marks] Consider the relation EnrolledIn(sid, cid, grade). This relation stores information on
    students (identified by sid) enrolled in courses (identified by cid), and the grade the student
    obtained in that course. Suppose that the key of the relation were changed to just sid. How does
    this change the semantics (meaning) of the data?
    Question 2 – ER Diagrams and the Relational Model [10 Marks]
    Consider the following ER diagram:

    model year seats

    Vehicle

    ISA towcap
    trunksize

    Car Truck

    The above diagram represents information pertaining to vehicles. Some vehicles are cars, and for
    these, we also wish to know trunk size; some other vehicles are trucks, and for these, we also wish
    to know towing capacity (towcap).

    a) [2x2 marks] Identify suitable overlap and covering constraints and briefly justify your
    decisions.

    b) [6 marks] Write the SQL statements to create the necessary tables to represent the above
    diagram, representing as many constraints as possible. Note: you do not need to worry about
    specifying types for the fields, but you do need to provide suitable foreign key options.
    Question 2, continued (workspace)
    Question 3 – Queries [21 Marks]
    Consider the following database schema:
    Student(sid, sname, major)
    EnrolledIn(sid, cid, grade)
    Course(cid, cname, dept, credits)
    In the above schema, Student lists information on all students, Course lists information on all
    courses, and EnrolledIn specifies which students have taken which courses, along with their grade.

    a) [2x3 marks] Express the following query in both (i) Relational Algebra and (ii) SQL:
    Find the majors of students enrolled in the course named “Databases”.

    (i)

    (ii)

    b) [2x3 marks] Express the following query in both (i) Relational Algebra and (ii) SQL:
    Find the sids of students who are not enrolled in any course.

    (i)

    (ii)
    Question 3, continued.
    c) [2x3 marks] Express the following query in both (i) Relational Algebra and (ii) SQL:
    Find the sids of students enrolled in all courses in the Computer Science department

    (i)

    (ii)

    d) [3 marks] Express the following query in SQL only:


    For each cid listed in EnrolledIn, find the average grade obtained in the course with that cid.

    Bonus Question [1 mark]: What is returned by the following query?


    sid(sname = ‘Fred’ ^ sname = ‘George’ (Student))

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