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DBMS Q&a

This document contains 20 questions and answers related to database management systems. It covers topics such as the definition of a database management system, database languages like SQL, database concepts like relations, attributes, keys, normalization, integrity rules, and the ACID properties that ensure reliable data transactions. The questions target foundational knowledge about database systems, querying, structures, relationships, and properties.

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DBMS Q&a

This document contains 20 questions and answers related to database management systems. It covers topics such as the definition of a database management system, database languages like SQL, database concepts like relations, attributes, keys, normalization, integrity rules, and the ACID properties that ensure reliable data transactions. The questions target foundational knowledge about database systems, querying, structures, relationships, and properties.

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Database Management Systems Interview

Questions & Answers

1. A Database Management System is a type of _________software. (system software)


2. The number of attributes in a relation is called ________________(Degree of relation)
3. Which database language is used to define the structure of the relation, deleting relations
and relating schemas? (DDL(Data Definition Language))
4. Which command is used to remove the existing row in a table?(delete)
5. Which commands is used to save any transaction permanently into the
database?(commit)
6. Which key is generally used to represents the relationships between the tables? (Foreign
key)
7. Which keyword is used to find out the number of values in a column? (count)
8. Which commands is used to modify a column inside a table? (alter)
9. Which is a group of one or more attributes that uniquely identifies a row? (key)
10. In the relational model, relationships between relations or tables are created by using
_______________(foreign key)
11. A functional dependency is a relationship between or among___________(attributes)
12. What indicates the maximum number of entities that can be involved in a relationship?
(cardinality)
13. What is weak entity?
14. What is a trigger? A trigger is a special kind of a store procedure that executes in
response to certain action on the table like insertion, deletion or updation of data.
15. The ________ clause is used to list the attributes desired in the result of a query (select)
16. Do we consider NULL values the same as that of blank space or zero?
A NULL value is not at all same as that of zero or a blank space. The NULL value
represents a value which is unavailable, unknown, assigned or not applicable
whereas zero is a number and blank space is a character.

17. What are the ACID properties in DBMS?


ACID stands for Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability. It is used to ensure
that the data transactions are processed reliably in a database system.
18. What is super key?
Super Key – This is a set of attributes which can uniquely identify a tuple. So, a
candidate key, primary key, and a unique key is a superkey, but vice-versa isn’t
true.
19. What is normalization and what are the different types of normalization?
The process of organizing data to avoid any duplication of data and redundancy is
known as Normalization.
20. What are the different integrity rules present in the DBMS?
Entity Integrity and Referential Integrity

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