KARPAGAM ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION

(Deemed University)
(Established Under Section 3 of UGC Act 1956)
Coimbatore – 641 021
(For the candidates admitted in 2020 onwards)
Subject: Relational Database Management System
Unit 1 Sub.code:

S.No Question Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Answer

1 ___________is a Collection of
DBMS Database Relationships Entities Database
data
____________is a software
2 designed to assist in maintaining
Database DBMS Entities attributes. DBMS
and utilizing large collections of
data.
The data stored in database at a
3 particular moment of time is schema instance model system instance
called ________ of database.

4 The overall design of a database

Model Instance Design Schema Schema
is called
5 _____ model is also called
External Internal Conceptual Logical External
Application interface
Segment Structured Structured
6 Select Query Secured Query
What is a SQL? Query Query Query
Language Language
Language Language Language
_______ is used to define that
7 Conceptual Physical External Physical
how the data will be stored in a View Schema
Schema Schema Schema Schema
block.
 Metadata itself follows a layered
architecture, so that when we Data
8 Data Data
change data at one layer, it does Independence Data Security Data Integrity
Consistency Independence
not affect the data at another
level is called as _______
9 The Grant task is in ________. DDL DML DCL TCL DCL
10 The task used to remove all
truncate create alter drop truncate
records from a table
________________model is used
11 Physical data Hierarchical
to represent parent-child ER model structure chart ER model
model model
relationship.

12 A structure of data in a data

Schema relation record entities Schema
model is called___________
13 Field is otherwise known as
Column Entity Relationship Relation Column
____________
14 Column is otherwise known as
Entity Relationship Relation attribute attribute
____________
15 __________________is used to
DDL DML DCL TCL DDL
define schemas of a table.
Information about the
16 conceptual,external and physical Information System
Directory System Catalogs IMS
schemas is stored in System Catalogs
______________

17 _____ is used to define database

TCL DML DDL DCL DDL
structure or pattern.
18 Conceptual schema otherwise Physical Logical
Internal Schema relations Logical Schema
called as _____________ Schema Schema
19 Physical Schema specifies
Information data Storage relationships Storage
______________details
20 Online,
DBMS states are __________ Submit, Run Ready, Run Submit, block Online, Offline
Offline
 The process of arriving at a good Conceptual
21 Physical database Logical Physical
physical schema is database schema
design Schema database design
called_____________ design
A DBMS enable users to create,
22 modify and query data through a DDL DML TCL DCL DML
_______________
A DBMS provides a specialized Object Structured Structured
23 English-like
language Grammar Oriented Query Query
language
called_________________ Language Language Language
________ are the one who really Database Database
24 Database
use and take the benefits of administrators Database users assistants Database users
associates
database.
Data Data
25 Data Commit Data Control Data Control
DCL stands for ________ Consistency Concurrency
Language Language Language
Language Language
_______________is any one
26 Compiled concurrent
execution of a user program in a transaction user output transaction
program execution
DBMS
_________________is a
27 mechanism used to control access stop terminate Authorization Restriction Authorization
to database objects

28 The task come under DML is

Select Commit Grant Create Select
______________
Departmental
29 The term DBA is Database Database Data Based Database
Based
______________ Assistant Administrator Administration Administrator
Assistant
________________is a collection
30 of pages or a collection of Indexes record blocks files Query files
records.
In DBMS, which one contains
31 Data
metadata i.e., data about the Database RDBMS DBA Data Dictionary
Dictionary
database?
32 ______________is an object in
Entity Attribute Relationship Property Entity
the real world
33 Collection of similar entities are
Attributes Entity Entity Set Relationship Entity Set
called___________
34 An Entity is described using a set
Entity Entity Set Attributes Relationship Attributes
of ___________

35 ____________is used to uniquely

Key Lock Attributes Entity Key
identify an entity in the set.

36 ________________is used to
Candidate Key Primary Key foreign Key Referential key Primary Key
uniquely identify a particular row

37 A ____________is an association
Attributes Entity Sets Key Relationships Relationships
among two or more entities

Indicated by using arrow from

38 entities to relationships in the ER Arrow Thick line Dotted line Shaded line Arrow
diagram.
Derived attribute is indicated by
39 _________________in ER Solid line Thick line Thin line Dotted line Dotted line
diagram

40 ______________is a set of
Entity Attribute Relationships Domain Domain
associated values
____________consists of a
41 relation schema and a relation relation table domain entity relation
instance.

42 An instance of a relation is a set

tuple domain attribute relationships tuple
of __________
43 Each tuple is a
Column row table instance row
_______________
Which among the following is
44 Developer
not used to develop Application Power Builder Visual Basic Oracle Oracle
2000
interface?
45 Centralized control of the Application
Naïve Online DBA DBA
database is exerted by _____ user Programmer

______ users communicate with

46 Application
the database directly via an Naïve Online DBA Online
Programmer
online terminal

47 ________ is not the ACID

Atomicity Consistency Isolation Desirability Desirability
property.
48 Data Dictionary is also called Data
Data files Meta Data Data manager Meta Data
______ compiler
The data dictionary is
automatically updated by the Intellegent
49 Passive Data Active Data Independent Active Data
database management system Data
Dictionary Dictionary Data Dictionay Dictionary
when any changes are made in Dictionay
the database is known as
50 Which one is the task of TCL? Grant Create Drop Rollback Rollback
______ is the process of
51 reconstructing the data in case of Recovery Backup Integrity Consistency Recovery
failure
___________ is a logically
Object
52 interrelated collection of shared Relational Distributed Distributed
Database oriented
data physically distributed over Database Database Database
database
a computer network.

53 ______ relationship uses the

Optional Mandatory Recursive Many-many Mandatory
keyword 'must'
54 ______ relationship uses the
Optional Mandatory Recursive Many-many Optional
keyword 'may'
______ is a circular relationship
55 that exists between two attributes Optional Mandatory Recursive Many-many Recursive
in the same entity.

56 The degree of a relation is also

arity instance relation Schema arity
called __________
 A _____ is the person who
57 accepts the privileges provided to Granter Grantee Administrator Revoker Grantee
him
_____ keyword is used to
58 provide a specific privilege to all Public All All Users Public users Public
the users of database.
____ the command used to
59 withdraw the access privilege Withdraw Revoke Remove Extract Revoke
given already
____ the command used to
60 provide access privilege to the Withdraw Revoke Grant Allow Grant
user.