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BCS4 B05 Database Management System and RDBMS

The document provides instructions for a B.Sc. degree exam in Database Management Systems and RDBMS. It contains 3 sections - the first asks short answer questions in 2-3 sentences each, the second asks longer paragraph answers to questions, and the third asks an essay question to be answered. The questions cover topics like database characteristics, normalization, joins, triggers, queries and more.

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BCS4 B05 Database Management System and RDBMS

The document provides instructions for a B.Sc. degree exam in Database Management Systems and RDBMS. It contains 3 sections - the first asks short answer questions in 2-3 sentences each, the second asks longer paragraph answers to questions, and the third asks an essay question to be answered. The questions cover topics like database characteristics, normalization, joins, triggers, queries and more.

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U 227426 Name: .......................................

Reg. No. ....................................

FOURTH SEMESTER B.Sc. (CBCSS) DEGREE EXAMINATIONS,


APRIL 2022
(Regular – 2020 Admission)
Core Course
BCS4 B05: Database Management System and RDBMS
Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 60

I. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences


(Each question carries 2 Marks): (Ceiling 20 Marks)
1. List down any two characteristics of the database.
2. What are the two levels of independence?
3. Explain selection and projection operation with example.
4. Define mapping constraints.
5. Given relation R with attributes A, B, C, D, E, F and set of FDs as A-> BC, E-> CF, B ->E
and CD->EF. Find out closure {A, B}+ of the set of attributes.
6. List out the desirable properties of decomposition.
7. What is 4NF and 5NF?
8. What are the categories of SQL command?
9. Distinguish between commands: drop table and delete.
10. What is the significance of NULL values?
11. Give the structure of If-else statement in RDBMS.
12. Define timestamps.

II. Answer the following questions in a paragraph


(Each question carries 5 Marks): (Ceiling 30 Marks)
13. What is a data model? List the types of data model used today.
14. Explain the major constraints on Entity-Relationship model.
15. What is a join? Explain cross join and self join with example.
16. Should all relational databases be normalised? Justify your answer.
17. What is a trigger? Explain trigger creation with example.
18. What is meant by data model? Explain relational Model.
19. Consider the following relational database: Politician (pno, pname, description, partycode)
Party (partycode, partyname). Write a clustor to display partywise details of politicians.

III. Write an essay on any one of the following: (1 x 10 = 10 Marks)


20. Briefly explain database system architecture.
21. Explain SELECT query using various clauses with syntax and examples.

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