CS403- Database Management Systems

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FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
CS403- Database Management Systems

Question No: 1 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which feature of database provides conversion from inconsistent state of DB to a consistent state ensuring
minimum data loss?

► User accessible catalog

► Data processing
► Authorization service
► Recovery service (Page 47)

Question No: 2 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following statements is true about the views?

► view is always a complete set of all the tables in a database

► View can not be used for retrieving data
► The results of using a view are not permanently stored in the database. Click here for detail
► Rows can not be updated or deleted in the view

Question No: 3 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is true about TRUNCATE?

► Can be Rolled back.

► Activates Triggers.
► is DML Command.
► Resets identity of the table. Click here for detail

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Question No: 4 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is the correct way to find out the size of cartesian product incase of CROSS JOIN?

► the number of columns in the first table multiplied by the number of columns in the second table.
► the number of columns in the first table multiplied by the number of rows in the second table.
► the number of rows in the first table multiplied by the number of columns in the first table.
► the number of rows in the first table multiplied by the number of rows in the second table.
Click here for detail

Question No: 5 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Suppose there are 8 rows and 4 columns in TABLE1 and 3 rows and 4 columns in TABLE2; what is the size
of the cartesian product incase of CROSS JOIN between these two tables?

► 24 ( The number of rows in the first table multiplied by the number of rows in the second table )
► 32
► 12
► 16

Question No: 6 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is not one of the properties of Transaction?

► atomicity
► consistency
► redundancy (Page 294)
► durability

Question No: 7 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is INCORRECT about VIEWS?

► It is not possible to left out the data which is not required for a specific view. (Page 280)
► A database view displays one or more database records on the same page.
► Views can be used as security mechanisms
► Views are generally used to focus the perception each user has of the database.

Question No: 8 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Each course section is assigned a particular faculty member, and each course section corresponds to a
particular course. Conceptually, what is the relationship between faculty and course (not course section).

► 1:1
► 1:M
► M:M Click here for detail
► Ternary

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Question No: 9 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is used to add or drop columns in an existing table?
► ALTER (Page 207)
► HAVING
► SELECT
► THEN

Question No: 10 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is a correct way of selecting all the columns from a table called PERSONS?

► SELECT FROM * Persons

► SELECT * FROM Persons (Page 216)
► SELECT * WHERE Persons
► SELECT WHERE * Persons

Question No: 11 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is NOT a feature of Indexed sequential files?

► Records are stored in sequence and index is maintained.

► Dense and nondense types of indexes are maintained.
► Track overflows and file overflow areas can not be ensured. (Page 264)
► Cylinder index increases the efficiency

Question No: 12 ( M a r k s: 1 )

Consider the given relations Student and Instructor as given below. Please note that Fname and Lname also
denote the First Name and Last Name respectively.
Which of the following statements is correct with respect to the two relations given above?

► The two relations are not union-compatible since their attribute names differ. (Page 152)
► The two relations are union-compatible since they have the same type of tuples.
► The set operations such as CARTESIAN PRODUCT and DIVISION can be pplied on these two
relations.
► To find out the students who are not instructors, it is necessary to perform the operation Student ÷
Instructor.
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Question No: 13 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following serves as a milestone or reference point in the log file?

► Constraints
► Relations
► Check points (Page 304)
► Transactions identities

Question No: 14 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is not true regarding DB transactions?

► A set of database operations that are processed partly (Page 291)

► A database transaction is a logical unit of database operations
► A database transaction must be atomic
► A database transaction must contains the ACID property

Question No: 15 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following are the general activities, which are performed during the development of application
programs?

► Data input programs

► Editing
► Display
► All of given (Page 238)

Question No: 16 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Browser based forms are developed in the following tools EXCEPT

► HTML
► Scripting language
► Front Page
► Web-based Forms (Page 241)

Question No: 17 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is not a form of optical disk?

► CD ROM
► WORM
► Erasable Optical
► EEPROM (Page 257)

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Question No: 18 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is the correct description of cache hit?

► When data is found in the cache (Page 256)

► When data is removed in the cache
► The number of times the cache is accessed directly by the processor
► When data is lost from the cache

Question No: 19 ( M a r k s: 1 )
In which of the following situations, Clustering is suitable:

► Frequently updating
► Relatively static (Page 192)
► Relatively deletion
► Relatively dynamic

Question No: 20 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Only one type of constraint can be enforced in any table by CREATE command
► True
► False (Page 205)

Question No: 21 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is disadvantage of chaining technique to handle the collisions?

► Unlimited Number of elements

► Fast re-hashing
► Overhead of multiple linked lists (Page 269)
► Maximum number of elements must be known

Question No: 22 ( M a r k s: 1 )

Consider the following relation R and its sample data. (Consider that these are the only tuples for the given
relation)
Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

► The functional dependency ProjNo -> DeptNo holds over R.

► The functional dependency (EmpNo, ProjNo) -> DeptNo holds over R.
► The functional dependency DeptNo -> ProjNo holds over R.
► The functional dependency EmpNo -> DeptNo holds over R.

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Question No: 23 ( M a r k s: 1 )
An entity type is

► defined when the database is actually constructed

► a specific type such as an integer, text, date, logical etc
► a coherent set of similar objects that we want to store data on (e.g. STUDENT, COURSE, CAR)
► defined by the database designer

Question No: 24 ( M a r k s: 1 )
An entity can be logically connected to another by defining a ____.

► hyperlink
► common attribute Click here for detail
► primary key
► superkey

Question No: 25 ( M a r k s: 1 )
You can’t modify more than one table at a time through a view.

► True Click here for detail

► False

Question No: 26 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is one of the purposes of using DML commands?

► Creating databases
► Destroying databases
► Inserting data in tables (Page 208)
► Non of the above

FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
CS403- Database Management Systems
Question No: 1 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following statements is true about the views?

► view is always a complete set of all the tables in a database

► View can not be used for retrieving data
► The results of using a view are not permanently stored in the database. Click here for detail rep
► Rows can not be updated or deleted in the view

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Question No: 2 ( M a r k s: 1 )
What is the alternate name of Data Dictionary?

► Index
► Metadata
► Data
► System Catalog Click here for detail

Question No: 3 ( M a r k s: 1 )
IN function helps reduce the need to use multiple AND conditions.

►True
► False (Page 218)

Question No: 4 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Browser based forms are developed in the following tools EXCEPT

► HTML
► Scripting language
► Front Page
► Web-based Forms (Page 241) rep

Question No: 5 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following are the general activities, which are performed during the development of application
programs?

► Data input programs

► Editing
► Display
► All of given (Page 238) rep

Question No: 6 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is not true about De-normalization?

► It is the process of attempting to optimize the performance of a database

► De-normalization is a technique to move from lower to higher normal forms of database modeling
(Page 187)
► It enhances the performance of DB
► In de-normalization it is required to add redundant data.

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Question No: 7 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following gives all the fields from employee table named as EMP?

► SELECT * from EMP; (Page 216)

► SELECT emp* from EMP'
► SELECT emp_id where EMP;
► SELECT * where EMP;

Question No: 8 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following types of partitioning reduces the chances of unbalanced partitions?

► Vertical
► List
► Hash (Page 189)
► Range

Question No: 9 ( M a r k s: 1 )
While recovering data, which of the following files does a recovery manager examines at first?

► A system file
► Log file (Page 303)
► Data dictionary
► Metadata

Question No: 10 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is NOT a feature of Indexed sequential files?

► Records are stored in sequence and index is maintained.

► Dense and nondense types of indexes are maintained.
► Track overflows and file overflow areas can not be ensured. (Page 264) rep
► Cylinder index increases the efficiency

Question No: 13 ( M a r k s: 1 )
ALTER TABLE exams
RENAME COLUMN Q_description TO Question_Descp, Std_ID to Student_ID.
Syntax of ALTER TABLE is NOT correct.

► True
► False

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Question No: 14 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following SQL commands deletes a record of an employee with the employee_id 12345, from a
table named PERSON.

► DELETE FROM person WHERE employee_id = ‘12345’

► DELETE WHERE person FROM employee_id = 12345
► DROP FROM person WHERE employee_id = 12345
► DELETE WHERE person WHERE employee_id = 12345

Question No: 15 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is not a form of optical disk?

► CD ROM
► WORM
► Erasable Optical
► EEPROM (Page 257) rep

Question No: 16 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is the correct description of cache hit?

► When data is found in the cache (Page 256) rep

► When data is removed in the cache
► The number of times the cache is accessed directly by the processor
► When data is lost from the cache

Question No: 17 ( M a r k s: 1 )
In which of the following situations, Clustering is suitable:

► Frequently updating
► Relatively static (Page 192) rep
► Relatively deletion
► Relatively dynamic

Question No: 18 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is disadvantage of chaining technique to handle the collisions?

►Unlimited Number of elements

► Fast re-hashing
► Overhead of multiple linked lists (Page 269) rep
► Maximum number of elements must be known

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Question No: 19 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is NOT a component of a DFD? Select correct option:

►Dataflow
►Datastore
►External entities
►Relationship between external entities (Page 57)

Question No: 20 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Laser records data by burning microscopic holes in the surface of the disk with a

► Hard disk
► RAM
► Optical disk (Page 257)
► Floppy disk

Question No: 21 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following concepts is applicable with respect to 3NF?

► Full functional dependency

► Any kind of dependency
► Transitive dependency (Page 180)
► Partial functional dependency

Question No: 22 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is NOT a feature of a good interface?

► Consistency
► Process based
► Data structure based (Page 243)
► User friendly

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 FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
CS403- Database Management Systems
Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Making a change to the conceptual schema of a database but not affecting the existing external schemas is an
example of

► Physical data independence.

► Concurrency control
► Logical data independence. Click here for detail
► Functional dependency

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

GRANT SELECT, UPDATE(Designation) ON Employee TO Amali,Hiruni WITH GRANT
OPTION;
What does this SQL statement do?

► Grant permission to Amali,only to retrieve data from Employee table and grant permission to Hiruni, only to
update the designation from Employee table.
► Grant permission to Hiruni in order to grant, select and update permission to Amali.
► Grant permission to Amali & Hiruni to update designation of employees in the Employee table
► Grant permission to Amali and Hiruni to update all data except designation in Employee table
Click here for detail

Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which key word is available in SQL to enforce referential integrity?

► Check
► Primary Key (Page 134)
► Set Default
► Unique

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following statements are Data Definition Language command?

► INSERT
► UPDATE
► GRANT
► TRUNCATE Click here for detail

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Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
How many clustered index(es) do each database table have?

►2
►3
►5
►1 (Page 275)

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is true about DELETE command?

► is DDL Command.
► Resets identity of the table
► cannot activate a trigger
► Can be Rolled back Click here for detail

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following will be deleted relating to a table if you use TRUNCATE command?
► all rows in a table (Page 207)
► indexes
► table structure and its columns
► constraints

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is not true about De-normalization?

► It is the process of attempting to optimize the performance of a database

► De-normalization is a technique to move from lower to higher normal forms of database modeling
(Page 187) rep
► In de-normalization it is required to add redundant data.
► It enhances the performance of DB

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is not a feature of TRANSACTION?

► Users should be able to regard the execution of each transaction as atomic.

► Each transaction, run by itself.
► must preserve the consistency of the database
► dependant on other concurrent transactions (Page 294)

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Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following gives all the fields from employee table named as EMP?

► select * from EMP; (Page 216) rep

► select emp* from EMP'
► select emp_id where EMP;
► select * where EMP;

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Suppose there are 4 fields in a table named CUST (customer_id, first_name, last_name, phone). Which of the
following gives all the information of the customers in the table whose last name is ALI?

► SELECT * FROM CUST WHERE last_name='ALI'; (Page 216)

► SELECT * FROM CUST WHERE last_name=ALI;
► SELECT * FROM CUSTOMER WHERE name=ALI;
► SELECT * FROM CUSTOMER WHERE last_name=ALI;

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Identify the correct statement with respect to normalization.

► Normalization is a formal technique that can be used only at the starting phase of the database design.
► Normalization can be used as a top-down standalone database design technique.
► The process of normalization through decomposition must achieve the lossless join
property at any cost whereas the dependency reservation property is sometimes sacrificed.
► The process of normalization through decomposition must achieve the dependency reservation
property at any cost whereas the lossless join property is sometimes sacrificed.

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is not true with respect to denormalization ?

► A denormalized data model is not the same as a data model that has not been normalized
► Denormalization takes place before the normalization process
► It is an attempt to optimize the performance of database
► Denormalization process can not be initiated before the Database design

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is incorrect with respect to indexed sequential files?

► New records are added to an overflow file

► Record in main file that precedes it is updated to contain a pointer to the new record
► The overflow is merged with the main file during a batch update
► Multiple indexes for the same key field cannot be setup (Page 264)

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Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following types of partitioning reduces the chances of unbalanced partitions?
► vertical
► List
► Hash (Page 189) rep
► Range

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

DML commands are used for:

► inserting data into databases (Page 208)

► creating databases
► destroying databases
► creating DB objects

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is INCORRECT with respect to file systems?

► At the physical level, pointer or hashed address scheme may be employed to provide a certain degree of data
independence at the user level.
► A logical record is concerned with efficient storage of information in the secondary storage devices.
► Some physical organisations use pointers to record blocks to locate records on disk.
► The efficiency of a file system depends on how efficiently operations such as retrieve, insert, update, delete
may be performed on the information stored in the file.

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is correct regarding Dataflow diagram?

► Single DFD is required to represent a system

► The dataflow must be bidirectional
► Created at increasing levels of detail Click here for detail
► Used to represent the relationships among the external entities

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Select the correct statement among the following on proper naming of schema constructs:

► Entity type name applies to all the entities belonging to that entity type and therefore a plural name is
selected for entity type.
► In the narrative description of the database requirements, verbs tend to indicate the names of
relationship types. Click here for detail
► The nouns arising from a database requirement description can be considered as names of attributes.
► Additional nouns which are appearing in the narrative description of the database requirements represent the
weak entity type names.

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Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Structural constraints of a relationship type refer to

► identifying the owner entity type relevant to a given entity type

► whether the existence of an entity depends on it being related to another entity via the relationship
type. Click here for detail
► the role that a participating entity from the entity type plays in each relationship instance.
► the constraints applicable in granting access to tables, columns and views in a database schema.

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Identify the correct statement.
► Entity integrity constraints specify that primary key values can be composite.
► Entity integrity constraints are specified on individual relations. Click here for detail
► Entity integrity constraints are specified between weak entities.
► When entity integrity rules are enforced, a tuple in one relation that refers to another relation must refer to an
existing tuple.

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

What is the impact of setting multiple indexes for the same key, in index sequential files?

► Multiple indexes for the same key can not be set

► It increases efficiency (Page 263)
► It decreases efficiency
► It will increase complexity as the access time will be increased

Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is not true regarding Indexes?

► Index can be defined even when there is no data in the table

► It support Range selections
► It can be created using ‘Create Index’ statement
► It can not be created on composite attributes (Page 273)

Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

While recovering data, which of the following files does a recovery manager examines at first?

► A system file
► Log file (Page 303) rep
► Data dictionary
► Metadata

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Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The main memory of a computer system is also known as

► ROM
► RAM (Page 256)
► PROM
► Hard disk

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

_______is a control that enables users to select one option from an associated list; users can also type an option.

► Combo box Click here for detail

► Button
► Text box
► Static area

Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

_______ records data by burning microscopic holes in the surface of the disk with a
laser.

► Hard disk
► RAM
► Optical disk (Page 257) rep
► Floppy disk

Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of following is NOT generally the aim of data partitioning and placement of data?

► Reduce Workload
► Balance Workload
► Merging different relations (Page 189) rep
► Speed up rate of useful works.

Question No: 29 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

ALTER TABLE exams
RENAME COLUMN Q_description TO Question_Descp, Std_ID to Student_ID.

Syntax of ALTER TABLE is NOT correct.

► True
► False rep

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Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following is true regarding Index?
► Index can only be created for a single table in database
► Index can maximum be created for two tables in database
► Index should be created for every table in the database
► Index can be created for every table in the database

FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
CS403- Database Management Systems (Session - 1)
Question No: 1 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one
Which feature of database provides conversion from inconsistent state of DB to a consistent state ensuring
minimum data loss?

► User accessible catalog

► Data processing
► Authorization service
► Recovery service (Page 47) rep

Question No: 2 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Which of the following statements is true about the views?

► view is always a complete set of all the tables in a database

► View can not be used for retrieving data
► The results of using a view are not permanently stored in the database. Click here for detail rep
► Rows can not be updated or deleted in the view

Question No: 3 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Which of the following is true about TRUNCATE?

► Can be Rolled back.

► Activates Triggers.
► is DML Command.
► Resets identity of the table. Rep Click here for detail

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Question No: 4 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one
Which of the following will be deleted relating to a table if you use TRUNCATE command?

► all rows in a table (Page 207) rep

► indexes
► table structure and its columns
► constraints

Question No: 5 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Which of the following is not true about relational tables?

► Column values are of the same kind.

► Each row is unique.
► Each column must have a unique name.
► The sequence of rows is significant. Click here for detail

Question No: 6 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Which of the following is not true about De-normalization?

► It is the process of attempting to optimize the performance of a database

► De-normalization is a technique to move from lower to higher normal forms of database modeling
(Page 187) rep
► In de-normalization it is required to add redundant data.
► It enhances the performance of DB

Question No: 7 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Which of the following is the correct way to find out the size of cartesian product incase of CROSS JOIN?

► the number of columns in the first table multiplied by the number of columns in the second table.
► the number of columns in the first table multiplied by the number of rows in the second table.
► the number of rows in the first table multiplied by the number of columns in the first table.
► the number of rows in the first table multiplied by the number of rows in the second table. rep
Click here for detail

Question No: 8 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Which of the following is INCORRECT about VIEWS?

► It is not possible to left out the data which is not required for a specific view. (Page 280) rep
► A database view displays one or more database records on the same page.
► Views can be used as security mechanisms
► Views are generally used to focus the perception each user has of the database.

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Question No: 9 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one
What is the maximum limit of keys in context with Indexed sequential files?

►7
► 255 (Page 236)
►1
► 235

Question No: 10 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Structural constraints of a relationship type refer to

► identifying the owner entity type relevant to a given entity type

► whether the existence of an entity depends on it being related to another entity via the relationship
type. Click here for detail
► the role that a participating entity from the entity type plays in each relationship instance.
► the constraints applicable in granting access to tables, columns and views in a database schema.

Question No: 11 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

What is the impact of setting multiple indexes for the same key, in index sequential files?

► Multiple indexes for the same key can not be set

► It increases efficiency (Page 263) rep
► It decreases efficiency
► It will increase complexity as the access time will be increased

Question No: 12 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Which of the given techniques is/are used to improve query performance in database?

► Good File organization

► Indexing Click here for detail
► Both Indexing and Good File organization
► Select only one record per query

Question No: 14 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

While recovering data, which of the following files does a recovery manager examines at first?

► A system file
► Log file (Page 303) rep
► Data dictionary
► Metadata

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Question No: 15 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one
_______ is a control that users click to perform an action, set or toggle a state, or set an option.

► Button Click here for detail

► Text box
► Input form
► Report

CS403 Question No: 15

_______is a control that enables users to select one option from an associated list; users can also type an option.

► Combo box Click here for detail

► Button
► Text box
► Static area

Question No: 16 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Partitions may become unbalanced in:

► Range partitioning (Page 189) rep

► Hash partitioning
► List partitioning
► Vertical partitioning

Question No: 17 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Only one type of constraint can be enforced in any table by CREATE command
► True
► False (Page 205) rep

Question No: 18 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

ALTER TABLE exams
ALTER COLUMN Q_description varchar(50)
Syntax of ALTER TABLE is NOT correct.

► True
► False (Page 207)

Question No: 19 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Which of the following is disadvantage of chaining technique to handle the collisions?

► Unlimited Number of elements

► Fast re-hashing
► Overhead of multiple linked lists (Page 269) rep
► Maximum number of elements must be known

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Question No: 20 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one
In which of the following, Materialized Views are suitable

► Data warehousing
► Decision support
► Mobile computing
► All of the Given (Page 290)

Question No: 21 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

A software package designed to store and manage databases

► Database
► DBMS (Page 18)
► Data model
► Data

Question No: 22 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

A superkey that does not contain a subset of attributes that is itself a superkey is called a ____.

► candidate key (Page 82)

► primary key
► superkey
► secondary key

Question No: 23 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

A ____ relationship exists when an association is maintained within a single entity.

► unary (Page 144)

► ternary
► binary
► weak

Question No: 24 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways of resolving deadlocks?

► Undoing all the updates made by the particular transaction which is the cause of deadlock.
► A message is passed to the victim and depending on the system the transaction may or may not be
started again automatically.
► Picking a list of all previously completed transactions and undoing all the updates. (Page 323)
► Rollback `victim' transaction and restart it.

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Question No: 25 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one
You can’t modify more than one table at a time through a view.

► True rep Click here for detail

► False

Question No: 26 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one

Which of the following is one of the purposes of using DML commands?

► Creating databases
► Destroying databases
► Inserting data in tables (Page 208) rep
► Non of the above

FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
CS403- Database Management Systems

Question No: 1 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which one of the following E-R diagrams most correctly represents the relationship between Student and
Grade entities?

Click here for detail

Question No: 2 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following statements are Data Definition Language command?

► INSERT
► UPDATE
► GRANT
► TRUNCATE Click here for detail rep
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Question No: 3 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following statements is true about the views?

► view is always a complete set of all the tables in a database

► View can not be used for retrieving data
► The results of using a view are not permanently stored in the database. Click here for detail rep
► Rows can not be updated or deleted in the view

Question No: 4 ( M a r k s: 1 )
How many clustered index(es) do each database table have?

►2
►3
►5
► 1 (Page 275) rep

Question No: 5 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Suppose there are 4 rows and 3 columns in TABLE1 and 6 rows and 5 columns in TABLE2; what is the size of
the Cartesian product incase of CROSS JOIN between these two tables?

► 24 Click here for detail rep

► 20
► 18
► 15

Question No: 6 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is not one of the properties of Transaction?

► atomicity
► consistency
► redundancy (Page 294) rep
► durability

Question No: 7 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is INCORRECT about VIEWS?

► It is not possible to left out the data which is not required for a specific view. (Page 280) rep
► A database view displays one or more database records on the same page.
► Views can be used as security mechanisms
► Views are generally used to focus the perception each user has of the database.

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Question No: 8 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following gives all the fields from employee table named as EMP?

► select * from EMP; (Page 216) rep

► select emp* from EMP'
► select emp_id where EMP;
► select * where EMP;

Question No: 9 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Consider the relation Interview(CandidateNo, InterviewDate, InterviewTime, StaffNo, RoomNo)
and the following functional dependencies.
FD1 : CandidateNo, InterviewDate -> InterviewTime, StaffNo, RoomNo
FD2 : RoomNo, InterviewDate, InterviewTime -> StaffNo, CandidateNo
FD3 : StaffNo, InterviewDate -> RoomNo
Which of the following is correct?

► The relation Interview is in 3NF Click here for detail

► The relation Interview is in BCNF.
► The FD3 violates 3NF.
► The FD2 violates 2NF.

Question No: 10 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following types of partitioning reduces the chances of unbalanced partitions?

► vertical
► List
► Hash (Page 189) rep
► Range

partitions to a large extent Question No: 11 ( M a r k s: 1 )

Which of the following is one of the purposes of using DDL commands?

► inserting records into databases

► updating records into databases
► manipulating databases
► creating and destroying databases (Page 196)

Question No: 12 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following statements creates a database named COMPANY.

► CREATE DATABASE company

► CREATE DB company
► ADD DATABASE copmany
► CREATE company DATABASE

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Question No: 13 ( M a r k s: 1 )
What is the impact of setting multiple indexes for the same key, in index sequential files?
► Multiple indexes for the same key can not be set
► It increases efficiency (Page 263) rep
► It decreases efficiency
► It will increase complexity as the access time will be increased

Question No: 14 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Consider a transaction which includes following operations
Z= Z + 10
Write Z
...
Suppose that the value of Z after addition and the execution of this operation is 17. Now against the write
operation the entry made in the log file will be
What does Z reflects in the above entry?

► Object being updated (Page 302)

► Identity of the transaction
► Object value
► Identity of the next transaction to be executed

Question No: 15 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is not true regarding DB transactions?

► A set of database operations that are processed partly (Page 291) rep
► A database transaction is a logical unit of database operations
► A database transaction must be atomic
► A database transaction must contains the ACID property

Question No: 16 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is not true about input forms?

► Provide an easy, effective, efficient way to enter data into a table

► Especially useful when the person entering the data is not familiar with the inner workings
► Provide different controls to add data into the tables
► One input forms can populate one table at a time (Page 246)

Question No: 17 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is an example of volatile memory?
► RAM
► ROM
► Flash memory
► CPU

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Question No: 18 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of following is NOT generally the aim of data partitioning and placement of data?

► Reduce Workload
► Balance Workload
► Merging different relations (Page 189) rep
► Speed up rate of useful works.

Question No: 19 ( M a r k s: 1 )
ALTER TABLE exams
RENAME COLUMN Q_description TO Question_Descp, Std_ID to Student_ID.
Syntax of ALTER TABLE is NOT correct.

► True
► False rep

Question No: 20 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is Advantage of Re-Hashing technique to handle the collisions?

► Collisions don’t use primary table space

► Unlimited number of elements
► Fast access through use of main table space (Page269 )
► Overhead of multiple linked lists

Question No: 21 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Materialized views and Indexes are NOT similar by the following way(s).

► They consume storage space

► They must be refreshed when the data in their master tables changes.
► They can be accessed directly using a SELECT statement (Page 291)
► All of the Given

Question No: 22 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Select 'NORTH', CUSTOMER From CUST_DTLS Where REGION = 'N' Order By
CUSTOMER Union Select 'EAST', CUSTOMER From CUST_DTLS Where
REGION = 'E' Order By CUSTOMER
The above statement:

► Has an error - the string should be in double quotes.

► Has an error - ORDER BY clause. Click here for detail
► Does not have an error.
► Has an error - the string in single quotes 'NORTH' and 'SOUTH'.

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Question No: 23 ( M a r k s: 1 )
A software package designed to store and manage databases

► Database
► DBMS (Page 18) rep
► Data model
► Data

Question No: 24 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Who is responsible for authorizing access to the database, for coordinating and monitoring its use ?

► Database Designers
► Database Administrators (Page 26)
► End Users
► Application Programmers

Question No: 25 ( M a r k s: 1 )
A super key that does not contain a subset of attributes that is itself a super key is called a ____.

► candidate key (Page 82) rep

► primary key
► superkey
► secondary key

Question No: 26 ( M a r k s: 1 )
A ____ entity has a primary key that is partially or totally derived from the parent entity in the relationship.

► strong
► weak Click here for detail
► business
► relationship

FINALTERM EXAMINATION - Fall 2009

CS403- Database Management Systems (Session - 4)
Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following SQL keywords is not used with DDL statements?

► Table
► Update Click here for detail
► Create
► Alter

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Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Identify the constraint that limits the values that can be placed in a column.

► NOT NULL
► CHECK Click here for detail
► FOREIGN KEY
► UNIQUE

Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Suppose there are 8 rows and 4 columns in TABLE1 and 3 rows and 4 coulmns in TABLE2; what is the size of
the cartesian product incase of CROSS JOIN between these two tables?
► 24 rep
► 32
► 12
► 16

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Suppose there are 4 fields in a table named WORKER (Id, first_name, last_name, joining_year). Which of the
following gives all the information of the workers who have joined after 1965?
► SELECT * FROM WORKER WHERE joining_Year>1965;
► SELECT * FROM WORKER WHERE joining_Year>'1965';
► SELECT * FROM WORKER AND joining_Year>'1965';
► SELECT * WHERE joining_Year>1965;

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following enforces a relation into 1st normal form?
► The domain of attribute must include only atomic values. (Page 167)
► Every non-key attribute is fully functionally dependent on primary key
► non-key attribute is non-transitively dependent on primary key.
► Every non-key attribute is partially dependent on super key

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is NOT a feature of HASH ACCESS?
► indexes to search or maintain (Page 266)
► Very fast direct access
► Inefficient sequential access
► Use when direct access is needed, but sequential access is not.

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is NOT a feature of a good interface?
► data structure based (Page 243) rep
► user friendly
► consistency
► process based

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Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following is true about application programs?

► develop before the database design

► Tools selection is made after the development database
► meant to perform different operations by the user (Page 238)
► must to design before the designing and developing database

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is incorrect with respect to indexed sequential files?

► New records are added to an overflow file

► Record in main file that precedes it is updated to contain a pointer to the new record
► The overflow is merged with the main file during a batch update
► Multiple indexes for the same key field cannot be setup (Page 263)

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is one of the purposes of using DDL commands?

► inserting records into databases

► updating records into databases
► manipulating databases
► creating and destroying databases (Page 196) rep

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following statements creates a database named COMPANY.

► CREATE DATABASE company rep

► CREATE DB company
► ADD DATABASE copmany
► CREATE company DATABASE

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A relation (from the relational database model) consists of a set of tuples, which implies that

► Relational model supports multi-valued attributes whose values can be represented in sets.
► for any two tuples, the values associated with all of their attributes may be the same.
► for any two tuples, the values associated with one or more of their attributes must differ. Click
here for detail
► all tuples in a particular relation may have different attributes.

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Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Select the correct statement among the following on proper naming of schema constructs:

► Entity type name applies to all the entities belonging to that entity type and therefore a plural name is
selected for entity type.
► In the narrative description of the database requirements, verbs tend to indicate the names of
relationship types. Click here for detail rep
► The nouns arising from a database requirement description can be considered as names of attributes.
► Additional nouns which are appearing in the narrative description of the database requirements
represent the weak entity type names.

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Structural constraints of a relationship type refer to

► identifying the owner entity type relevant to a given entity type

► whether the existence of an entity depends on it being related to another entity via the relationship
type. Click here for detail rep
► the role that a participating entity from the entity type plays in each relationship instance.
► the constraints applicable in granting access to tables, columns and views in a database schema.

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

What is the impact of setting multiple indexes for the same key, in index sequential files?

► Multiple indexes for the same key can not be set

► It increases efficiency (Page 263) rep
► It decreases efficiency
► It will increase complexity as the access time will be increased

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The information regarding ‘views’ and ‘Integrity constraints’ are found in
► Both Data Dictionary and System Catalog
► System Catalog
► Data Dictionary
► Indexes

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of following is not the feature of Indexes?

► consume storage space.

► must be refreshed when the data in their master tables changes
► improve the performance of SQL execution when they are used for query rewrites
► can be accessed directly using a SELECT statement (Page 291)

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Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following is not true regarding DB transactions?

► A set of database operations that are processed partly (Page 291) rep
► A database transaction is a logical unit of database operations
► A database transaction must be atomic
► A database transaction must contains the ACID property

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following are the general activities, which are performed during the development of application
programs?

► Data input programs

► Editing
► Display
► All of given (Page 238) rep

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is not a type of user interface?

► Graphical User Interface (GUI)

► Forms
► DB tables (Page 240)
► Text based

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is not true about input forms?

► Provide an easy, effective, efficient way to enter data into a table

► Especially useful when the person entering the data is not familiar with the inner workings
► Provide different controls to add data into the tables
► One input forms can populate one table at a time (Page 246) rep

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is an example of volatile memory?

► RAM
► ROM
► Flash memory
► CPU

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Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Partitions may become unbalanced in:

► Range partitioning (Page 189) rep

► Hash partitioning
► List partitioning
► Vertical partitioning

Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In SQL queries, while creating tables or relations in database, key columns may be specified by
► Data type
► Null
► Not Null (Page 203)
► Owner

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is disadvantage of chaining technique to handle the collisions?
► Unlimited Number of elements
► Fast re-hashing
► Overhead of multiple linked lists (Page 269) rep
► Maximum number of elements must be known

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is Advantage of Re-Hashing technique to handle the collisions?
► Collisions don’t use primary table space
► Unlimited number of elements
► Fast access through use of main table space (Page 269) rep
► Overhead of multiple linked lists

Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Materialized views and Indexes are NOT similar by the following way(s).
► They consume storage space
► They must be refreshed when the data in their master tables changes.
► They can be accessed directly using a SELECT statement (Page 291)
► All of the Given

Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The ____ constraint specifies whether each entity supertype occurrence must also be a member of at least one
subtype.
► specialization Click here for detail
► uniqueness
► inheritance
► completeness

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Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In a conceptual model for a university, what type of relationship exists between Grade and Student entities?

► 1:1
► 1:M Click here for detail
► M:M
► Ternary

Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways of resolving deadlocks?
► Undoing all the updates made by the particular transaction which is the cause of deadlock.
► A message is passed to the victim and depending on the system the transaction may or may not be
started again automatically.
► Picking a list of all previously completed transactions and undoing all the updates. (Page 323) rep
► Rollback `victim' transaction and restart it.

FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Fall 2008
CS403- Database Management Systems (Session - 3)
Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
_______ records data by burning microscopic holes in the surface of the disk with a laser.
► Hard disk
► RAM
► Optical disk (Page 257) rep
► Floppy disk

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

______ is a control that presents a set of choices from which a user can select one or more items; items can be
text, graphics, or both.

► Text input
► Report
► Button
► List box Click here for detail

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Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
_______is a control that enables users to select one option from an associated list; users can also type an
option.

► Combo box click here for detail rep

► Button
► Text box
► Static area

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

_______ is a control that users click to perform an action, set or toggle a state, or set an option.

► Button click here for detail rep

► Text box
► Input form
► Report

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is not true about input forms?

► Provide an easy, effective, efficient way to enter data into a table

► Especially useful when the person entering the data is not familiar with the inner workings
► Provide different controls to add data into the tables
► One input forms can populate one table at a time (Page 246) rep

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following are the general activities, which are performed during the development of application
programs?

► Data input programs

► Editing
► Display
► All of given (Page 238) rep

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following should not be a property of a database transaction?

► Atomicity
► Isolation
► Durability
► Divergence ( page 291)

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Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The main memory of a computer system is also known as
► ROM (Page 256)
► PROM
► Hard disk

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

While recovering data, which of the following files does a recovery manager examines at first?
► A system file
►Log file (Page 303) rep
► Data dictionary
► Metadata

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is the correct way of removing the Index called branchNoIndex?

► DROP INDEX branchNoIndex;

► APPEND INDEX branchNoIndex;
► REMOVE INDEX branchNoIndex;
► DEL INDEX branchNoIndex;

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

What is the alternate name of Data Dictionary?
► Index
► Metadata
► Data
► System Catalog Click here for detail rep

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The information regarding ‘views’ and ‘Integrity constraints’ are found in

► System Catalog
► Data Dictionary
► Indexes
► Both Data Dictionary and System Catalog

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Identify the correct statement.
► Referential integrity constraints check whether the primary key values are unique.
► Referential integrity constraints check whether an attribute value lies in the given range.
► Referential integrity constraints are specified between entities having recursive relationships.
► When Referential integrity rules are enforced, a tuple in one relation that refers to another relation
must refer to an existing tuple. (Page 134)

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Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Select the correct statement among the following on proper naming of schema constructs:

► Entity type name applies to all the entities belonging to that entity type and therefore a plural name is
selected for entity type.
► In the narrative description of the database requirements, verbs tend to indicate the names
of relationship types. Click here for detail rep
► The nouns arising from a database requirement description can be considered as names of attributes.
► Additional nouns which are appearing in the narrative description of the database requirements represent
the weak entity type names.

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Consider the following diagram depicting a kind of a relationship type where X and Z are entities and Y is a
relationship type:

Select the correct statement among the following on the above diagram.

► The relationship type Y is of cardinality ratio 1 : N Click here for detail

► The diagram depicts existence dependencies.
► The participation of X in the Y relationship type is total.
► The participation of Z in the Y relationship type is partial.

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Identify the correct statement about ANSI/SPARC architecture.

► The external level is not concerned with individual user perceptions

► The internal level, in a database system, will always be relational
► Any given database has exactly one conceptual schema and one physical schema, but it may have several
external schemas.
► A data definition language is used to define the internal schema. Click here for detail

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Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following SQL commands deletes a record of an employee with the employee_id 12345, from a
table named PERSON.
► DELETE FROM person WHERE employee_id = ‘2345’
► DELETE WHERE person FROM employee_id = 12345
► DROP FROM person WHERE employee_id = 12345
► DELETE WHERE person WHERE employee_id = 12345

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is NOT a feature of a good interface?

► consistency
► process based
► data structure based (Page 243) rep
► user friendly

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Identify the correct statement with respect to normalization.

► Normalization is a formal technique that can be used only at the starting phase of the database design.
► Normalization can be used as a top-down standalone database design technique.
► The process of normalization through decomposition must achieve the lossless join property at any cost
whereas the dependency reservation property is sometimes sacrificed.
► The process of normalization through decomposition must achieve the dependency reservation
property at any cost whereas the lossless join property is sometimes sacrificed.

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following concept is applicable with respect to 2NF?

► Non-transitive dependency
► Full functional dependency (Page 167)
► Partial dependency
► Transitive dependency

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Suppose there are 4 fields in a table named CUST (customer_id, first_name, last_name, phone). Which of the
following gives all the information of the customers in the table whose last name is ALI?

► SELECT * FROM CUST WHERE last_name='ALI'; (Page 216) rep

► SELECT * FROM CUST WHERE last_name=ALI;
► SELECT * FROM CUSTOMER WHERE name=ALI;
► SELECT * FROM CUSTOMER WHERE last_name=ALI;

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Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following is INCORRECT about VIEWS?

► It is not possible to left out the data which is not required for a specific view. (Page 280) rep
► A database view displays one or more database records on the same page.
► Views can be used as security mechanisms
► Views are generally used to focus the perception each user.

Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Identify the advantage of DELETE command over TRUNCATE.

► Can be Rolled back. Click here for detail

► is DDL Command.
► cannot activate a trigger.
► faster and uses fewer system

Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is true about TRUNCATE?

► Can be Rolled back.

► Activates Triggers.
► is DML Command.
► Resets identity of the table. Click here for detail rep

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following statements is true about the views?

► view is always a complete set of all the tables in a database

► View can not be used for retrieving data
► The results of using a view are not permanently stored in the database. Click here for detail rep
► Rows can not be updated or deleted in the view

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following statements are Data Definition Language command?

► INSERT
► UPDATE
► GRANT
► TRUNCATE click here for detail rep

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Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
GRANT SELECT, UPDATE(Designation) ON Employee TO Amali,Hiruni WITH GRANT OPTION;
What does this SQL statement do?

► Grant permission to Amali,only to retrieve data from Employee table and grant permission to Hiruni, only
to update the designation from Employee table.
► Grant permission to Amali & Hiruni to retrieve data from Employee table.
► Grant permission to Hiruni in order to grant, select and update permission to Amali.
► Grant permission to Amali and Hiruni to update all data except designation in Employee table
rep click here for detail

Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Making a change to the conceptual schema of a database but not affecting the existing external schemas is an
example of

► Physical data independence.

► Concurrency control.
► Logical data independence. Click here for detail rep
► Functional dependency
► Logical data independence.

Question No: 29 Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Browser based forms are developed in the following tools EXCEPT

► HTML
► Scripting language
► Front Page
► Web-based Forms (Page 241) rep

Question No: 30 Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following statements are Data Manipulation Language command?

► INSERT Click here for detail rep

► GRANT
► TRUNCATE
► CREATE

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 CS403 - Database Management Systems
Solved Subjective JUNE 30,2012
From Final Term Papers
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CS403 - Database Management Systems

Final term Subjective Paper 2012 Fall

Question No: 1
Difference between Commit and Rollback. (Marks 2)
Answer:- Click here for detail
in sql commit is used for saving the changes made in database and roll back is to roll back them , changes will
not get saved in the database

Question No:2
Commonality between RAID technology and Tape Drive (Marks 2)
Answer:-
Commonality between RAID technology and Tape Drive that they both are used for backup.

Question No: 3
Read the statement if incorrect rewrite in correct form.
“Hashing provides slow, time consuming data retrieve from sequential files”. (Marks 2)
Answer:- (Page 265)
Hashing provides rapid, non-sequential, direct access to records.

Question No: 4
How do you explain Cross Reference Matrix? (Marks 2)
Answer:- (Page 65)
This is a tool available in the data dictionary and helps us in finding entities of the database and their
associations.

Question No: 5
Explain Redundant Data. How Data Redundancy work in sequence file. (Marks 3)
Answer:- (Page 14)
It means if different systems of an organization are using some common data then rather than storing it once
and sharing it, each system stores data in separate files. This creates the problem of redundancy or wastage of
storage and on the other hand the problem on inconsistency.

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Question No: 6
State the basic difference between Inner join and Left Outer Join. . (Marks 3)
Answer:- (Page 226 & 229)
Inner Join : Only those rows from two tables are joined that have same value in the common attribute while In a
left outer join, PROGRAM rows without a matching COURSE row appear in the result left table (i.e. the one
that precedes in SQL statement) regardless of the existence of matching records in the right table.

Question No: 7
Give one example of Deadlock. (Marks 3)
Answer:- Click here for detail
A simple computer-based example is as follows. Suppose a computer has three CD drives and three processes.
Each of the three processes holds one of the drives. If each process now requests another drive, the three
processes will be in a deadlock. Each process will be waiting for the "CD drive released" event, which can be
only caused by one of the other waiting processes. Thus, it results in a circular chain.

Question No: 8
Create unique index on “IndexNum” on Cust_Name attribute of Customer table.. (Marks 3)
Answer:- Click here for detail
CREATE INDEX IndexNum
ON Customer (Cust_Name)

Question No: 9
· Relate column 1 with column 2.. (Marks 5)

Column 1 Column 2
1. Sigma A. Procedural DML lang
2. Table B. Project operator
3. Relational Algebra C. Select operator
4. П D. Relational Data Model
5. Intersection operator E. Binary operation

Answer:-
1. Sigma C. Select operator (Page 149)
2. Table D. Relational Data Model
3. Relational Algebra A. Procedural DML lang
4. ÏÏ B. Project operator
5. Intersection operator E. Binary operation

Question No: 10
Crater a VIEW INSTRUCTOR_LIST which shows the list of instructor table with
Inst_Nam and City of these instructors belong to ISLAMABAD or KARACHI.
INSTRUCTOR (Inst_ID, Imst_Name, City) (Marks 5)

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Question No: 11
If a table 1 and table 2 have same entity and the table 1 is 20 index and the table 2 14 index. Then the sequential
file access use these operations (Insertion, updation or selection) on both table. Keep in mind the above
scenario and mark the below given statements correct or incorrect. (Marks 5)

I. Insertion in table 1 take greater time than table 2

II. Updation in table 2 take greater time then table 1
III. Retrieving a record from table 1 take lesser time than table 2.

Question No: 12
Analyze the below given statements and mark as correct and incorrect and also explain. (Marks 5)
1. Deadlock occurs when one transaction wants to read more than on object at same time.
2. The mechanism ―Wait for Graph‖ is used to apply join on multiple.

Answer:- (Page 320)

1. Deadlock occurs when one transaction wants to read more than on object at same time. (Incorrect)
Explanation: - A deadlock occurs when the first transaction has locks on the resources that the second
transaction wants to modify, and the second transaction has locks on the resources that the first transaction
intends to modify.

2. The mechanism ―Wait for Graph‖ is used to apply join on multiple. (Incorrect)
Explanation: - It is used for the detection of deadlock. It consists of nodes and links. The nodes represent
transaction, whereas arrowhead represents that a transaction has locked a particular data item.

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Final term Subjective Paper 2012(fall)
Question No: 1
Name two types of anomalies?
Answer:- (Page 162)
Two type of anomalies are:
1. Insertion
2. Deletion

Question No: 2
Name types of views?
Answer:- (Page 283)
• Materialized View • Simple Views • Complex View • Dynamic Views

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Question No: 3
Analyze the below given statements and mark as correct and incorrect and also explain.
1. Deadlock occurs when one transaction wants to read more than on object at same time.
Answer:- (Page 320)
The given statement is incorrect. The correct statement is A deadlock occurs when the first transaction has
locks on the resources that the second transaction wants to modify, and the second transaction has locks on the
resources that the first transaction intends to modify.

Question No: 4
2. The mechanism “Wait for Graph” is used to apply join on multiple.
Answer:- (Page 320)
The statement is incorrect and correct statement is
Wait – for Graph: It is used for the detection of deadlock

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Final term Subjective Paper 2012(fall)
Question No: 1
How many ways to create a new view in your data base? (Marks 2)
Answer:- (Page 283)
There are two ways to create a new view in your database. You can: • Create a new view from scratch. • Or,
make a copy of an existing view and then modify it.

Question No: 2
Write any two similarities between Materialized views and indexes? (Marks 2)
Answer:- (Page 290)
Materialized views are similar to indexes in several ways:
• They consume storage space.
• They must be refreshed when the data in their master tables changes.

Question No: 3
Which method is in DBMS to detect Deadlock? Briefly explain (Marks 3)
Answer:- (Page 300)
The lock manager maintains a structure called a waits-for graph to detect deadlock cycles.

Question No: 4
Create new view as Product_list from the table PRODUCT including all the columns of the table
PRODUCT? (Marks 5)

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Question No: 5
Given two tables DOCTOR (D_ID,D_CONTACT) , MEDICINE(M- CODE, Description)
(i) Create unique index D_ID on DOCTOT
(ii)Create unique index on both M-CODE, Description (Marks 5)

Answer:- Click here for detail

(i) CREATE UNIQUE INDEX D_ID
ON DOCTOT (D_ID,D_CONTACT)

Answer:-
(ii)CREATE UNIQUE INDEX D_ID
ON MEDICINE (M- CODE, Description)

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Final term Subjective Paper 2011(fall)
Question No: 1
What are two primary modes for taking locks (Marks 2)
Answer: (Page 319)
There are two primary modes for taking locks: optimistic and pessimistic.

Question No: 2
How minimum cardinality finding is important for relationship (Marks 2)
Answer: (Page 91)
It is very important to determine the minimum cardinality when designing a database because it defines the way
a database system will be implemented.

Question No: 3
What are purpose of INPUT form (Marks 2)
Answer: (Page 246)
Input forms are especially useful when the person entering the data is not familiar with the inner workings of
Microsoft Access and needs to have a guide in order to input data accurately into the appropriate fields.

Question No: 4
What are three concurrency problems (Marks 3)
Answer:- Click here for detail
The lost update problem.
The uncommitted dependency problem
The inconsistent analysis problem.
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Question No: 5
Define composite key (Marks 3)
Answer:- Click here for detail
A primary key can consist of one or more columns of a table. When two or more columns are used as a primary
key, they are called a composite key.

Question No:5
What is purpose behind HAVING clause (Marks 3)
Answer:- (Page 223)
The HAVING clause is used in combination with the GROUP BY clause. It can be used in a SELECT
statement to filter the records that a GROUP BY returns. At times we want to limit the output based on the
corresponding sum (or any other aggregate functions).

Question No: 6
Write down five features of VIEWS (Marks 5)
Answer: (Page 281)
1. A database view displays one or more database records on the same page.
2. A view can display some or all of the database fields.
3. Views have filters to determine which records they show.
4. Views can be sorted to control the record order and grouped to display records in related sets.
5. Views have other options such as totals and subtotals.

Question No: 7
What is purpose of VIEWS in DBMS (Marks 5)
Answer:- (Page 280,281)
Views are generally used to focus, simplify, and customize the perception each user has of the database. Views
can be used as security mechanisms by allowing users to access data through the view, without granting the
users permissions to directly access the underlying base tables of the view.

Most users interact with the database using the database views. A key to creating a useful database is a well-
chosen set of views. Luckily, while views are powerful, they are also easy to create.

Question No: 8
Write down syntax for IN clause --5 marks
Answer:- Click here for detail
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name IN (value1,value2,...)

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Question No: 9
Differentiate Total and Partial completeness (Marks 5)
Answer:- (Page 103)
Total Completeness:
Total Completeness constraint exist only if we have a super type and some subtypes associated with that
supertype, and the following situation exists between the super type and subtype.
All the instances of the supertype entity must be present in at one of the subtype entities, i.e.—there should be
not instance of the supertype entity which does not belong to any of the subtype entity.

Partial Completeness Constraint:

This type of completeness constraint exists when it is not necessary for any supertype entity to have its entire
instance set to be associated with any of the subtype entity.
This type of situation exists when we do not identify all subtype entities associated with a supertype entity, or
ignore any subtype entity due to less importance of least usage in a specific scenario.

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Final term Subjective Paper 2011(fall)
Question No: 1
What is a transaction? What are ACID properties?
Answer: (Page 291)
A transaction can be defined as an indivisible unit of work comprised of several operations, all or none of
which must be performed in order to preserve data integrity.
ACID properties:
Atomicity
Consistency:
Isolation:
Durability:

Question No: 2
What happened when lack of durability in transaction?
Answer:- Click here for detail
In case of lack of durability, if the transaction programs fails, or the operating system fails, once the transaction
has committed, all updates will be loss.

Question No: 3
What is alternate key?
Answer:- (Page 83)
Candidate keys which are not chosen as the primary key are known as alternate keys.

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Question No: 4
What are five features of Views?
Answer:- rep

Question No:5
Difference between Delete and truncate commands?
Answer:- Click here for detail
The DELETE command is used to remove rows from a table while TRUNCATE removes all rows from a table
After DELETE you need to COMMIT or ROLLBACK the transaction to make the change permanent or to
undo it while In TRUNCATE The operation cannot be rolled back
IN DELETE triggers will be fired while in TRUNCATE no triggers will be fired.
TRUCATE is faster and doesn't use as much undo space as a DELETE

Question No: 6
What is the purpose of DML commands?
Answer:- (Page 200)
Data Manipulation is retrieval, insertion, deletion and modification of information from the database. A DML is
a language, which enables users to access and manipulate data. The goal is to provide efficient human
interaction with the system.

Question No: 7
What is serial execution?
Answer:- (Page 312)
Serial execution is an execution where transactions are executed in a sequential order, that is, one after another.

Question No: 8
What are the features of indexed serial execution?

Question No: 9
What is Unary and Ternary relationship?
Answer:- (Page 87 & 88)
Unary Relationship An ENTITY TYPE linked with itself, also called recursive relationship.
Ternary Relationship A Ternary relationship is the one that involves three entities

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Final term Subjective Paper 2011(fall)
Question No: 1
What is the difference between Commit and rollback? (Marks 2)
Answer:- rep

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Question No: 2
What is the problem which occur in normalization of 1 form of normalization (Marks 2)
Answer:- (Page 167)
There is no multi valued (repeating group) in the relation multiple values create problems in performing
operations like select or join

Question No: 3
Why will you prefer direct access over sequential access? (Marks 2)
Answer:- (Page 261)
Sequential files provide access only in a particular sequence. That does not suit many applications since it
involves too much time. Some mechanism for direct access is required

Question No: 4
What type of information is stored in data dictionary? (Marks 3)
Answer:- (Page 64)
Data dictionaries store all the various schema and file specifications and their locations. They also contain
information about which programs use which data and which users are interested in which reports.

Question No: 5
What problem occurs when data concurrency is not controlled? (Marks 3)
Answer:- rep

Question No: 6
What is the purpose of file protection? (Marks 3)
Answer:- (Page 261)
When multiple users have access to files, it may be desirable to control by whom and in what ways files may be
accessed. This control is known as file protection.

Question No: 7
What are database objects? (Marks 5)
Answer:- Click here for detail
An object database (also object-oriented database management system) is a database management system in
which information is represented in the form of objects as used in object-oriented programming. Object
databases are different from relational databases and belong together to the broader database management
system.

Question No: 8
Write sql statement for display list of persons in table PERSON and show only that records whose first
name is Ahmed and who's Last name is Ali (Marks 5)
Answer:-
CREATE TABLE Persons1
(
FirstName varchar(15),
LastName varchar(15),

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Address varchar(15),
City varchar(15)
)

INSERT INTO Persons1

VALUES ('aslam','kashif','civil line','Karachi')

INSERT INTO Persons1

VALUES ('shahid','ali','Defence','Lahore')

INSERT INTO Persons1

VALUES ('kamran','shaheen','Shadman','Faisalabad')

INSERT INTO Persons1

VALUES ('Ahmad','Ali','Muslim Town','Multan')

INSERT INTO Persons1

VALUES ('shamas','khan','shah street','Koita')

SELECT *
FROM Persons1
WHERE FirstName='Ahmad' AND LastName='Ali'

Question No: 9
What is unary and ternary Relationship? (Marks 5)
Answer:- rep

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Final term Subjective Paper 2011(fall)
Question No: 1
Application programmer as user of database systems, (Marks 5)
Answer:- (Page 24)
Application programmers design the application according to the needs of the other users of the database in a
certain environment. Application programmers are skilled people who have clear idea of the structure of the
database and know clearly about the needs of the organizations.

Question No:2
Differentiate between rollback and rollforward. (Marks 5)
Answer:- Click here for detail
Rollback :- Undoing the changes made by a transaction before it commits or to cancel any changes to a
database made during the current transaction
RollForward :- Re-doing the changes made by a transaction after it commits or to overwrite the changed calue
again to ensure consistency
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Question No: 3
why will you prefer delete command on drop command while deleting a table (Marks 5)
Answer:- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1143915/what-is-the-difference-between-drop-table-
and-delete-table-in-sql-server
Drop table. it will delete complete table from th Database.it can not retrieved back.
Delete is used to deleting data from the table... Data can be retrieved using Rollback.

Question No: 4
how many number of clusters are used in database and reason of limit

Question No: 5
purpose of having clause
Answer:- rep

Question No: 6
purpose of protection
Answer:- rep

Question No: 7
explain data independency
Answer:- (Page 16)
Data and programs are independent of each other, so change is once has no or minimum effect on other. Data
and its structure is stored in the database where as application programs manipulating this data are stored
separately, the change in one does not unnecessarily effect other.

Question No: 8
two types of interface
Answer:- (Page 240)
Following are the two types of user interfaces:
• Text based
• Graphical User Interface (GUI) most commonly called as Forms

Question No: 9
Write DML statement that changes the values of one or more than one attribute based on some
condition.
Answer:- (Page 208)
The UPDATE statement changes the values of one or more columns based on some condition.

Question No: 10
Describe insertion anomaly
Answer:- Click here for detail
insertion anomaly indicates that we cannot insert a fact about one entity until we have an additional fact about
another entity. Suppose we want to store the information that the cost of car is Rs. 14,00,000, but we cannot

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enter this data into the relation until the data about the car is entered into the relation.

Question No: 11
COMMIT and ROLLBACK
Answer:- rep

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Final term Subjective Paper 2011(fall)
Question No: 1
What is the purpose of IN Functions?
Answer:- (Page 218)
The IN function helps reduce the need to use multiple OR conditions. It is sued to check in a list of values.

Question No: 2
In which situation join is used?
Answer:- Click here for detail
The JOIN keyword is used in an SQL statement to query data from two or more tables, based on a relationship
between certain columns in these tables.
Tables in a database are often related to each other with keys.

Question No: 3
What is serial execution?
Answer: - rep

Question No: 4
Write three advantages of views?
Answer: - rep

Question No: 5
What are locking protocols, explain?
Answer:- (Page 297)
A locking protocol is a set of rules to be followed by each transaction (and enforced by the DBMS), in order to
ensure that even though actions of several transactions might be interleaved, the net effect is identical to
executing all transactions in some serial order.

Question No: 6
What is rehashing?
Answer:- (Page 267)
Re-hashing schemes use a second hashing operation when there is a collision. If there is a further collision, we
re-hash until an empty "slot" in the table is found. The re-hashing function can either be a new function or a re-
application of the original one.

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Question No: 7
In which situation self join is used?
Answer:- (Page 231)
In self join a table is joined with itself. This operation is used when a table contains the reference of itself
through PK, that is, the PK and the FK are both contained in the same table supported by the referential
integrity constraint.

Question No: 8
Why direct access is preferred over sequential access?
Answer:- rep

Question No: 9
Define the domain of attribute? (Marks 2)
Answer:- (Page 76)
Domain is the set of possible values that an attribute can have, that is, we specify a set of values either in the
form of a range or some discrete values, and then attribute can have value out of those values.

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Final term Subjective Paper 2011(fall)

Question No:1
Explain Secondary key and give it‟s an example.
Answer:- Click here for detail
An entity may have one or more choices for the primary key. Collectively these are known as candidate keys.
One is selected as the primary key. Those not selected are known as secondary keys.

For example, an employee has an employee number, a National Insurance (NI) number and an email address. If
the employee number is chosen as the primary key then the NI number and email address are secondary keys.
However, it is important to note that if any employee does not have a NI number or email address (i.e.: the
attribute is not mandatory) then it cannot be chosen as a primary key.

Question No: 2
Three Factors when designing an indexed sequential file.
Answer:- (Page 261)
The simplest indexing structure is the single-level one: a file whose records are pair‘s key-pointer, where the pointer is
the position in the data file of the record with the given key.

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Question No: 3
Procedure which truncates command removes the data.
Answer:- (Page 207)
The TRUNCATE is used to delete all the rows of any table but rows would exist. If we want to remove all
records we must use TRUNCATE.

Question No:
What is the mean of “Operational maintenance” of database?
Answer:- (Page 56)
Maintenance means to check that all parts of the system are working and once the testing of the system is
completed the periodic maintenance measure are performed on the system to keep the system in working order.

Question No:
Three problems which concurrency not controlled.
Answer:- rep

Question No:
Two primary modes of taking locks.
Answer:- rep

Question No:
What is the basics purpose of window control? Give an example.
Answer:- (Page 244)
Used to take input and display output like buttons, checkboxes etc.

Question No:
Why prefer direct access over sequential access of files.
Answer:- rep

Question No:
Name two types of completeness Constraint.
Answer:- (Page 103)
There are two types of completeness constraints, partial completeness constraints and total completeness
constraints
Question No:
Basic Syntax of INDEX.
Answer:- Click here for detail
CREATE INDEX index_name
ON table_name (column_name)

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Final term Subjective Paper 2011(fall)

Question No:
Write any two similarities between matererialized views and indexs (Marks 2)
Answer:- rep

Question No:
Name two types of data dictionary (Marks 2)
Answer:- (Page 65)
Types of Data Dictionaries:
Integrated
Free Standing

Question No:
What is the role of commit (Marks 2)
Answer:- rep

Question No:
Write an sql statement to remove an index called Index Number (Marks 2)
Answer:- Click here for detail
DROP INDEX Syntax for MS SQL Server:
DROP INDEX table_name. Index Number

Question No:
In context with transaction what does the ACID Stands for (Marks 2)
Answer:- (Page 291)
Atomicity Consistency isolation durability.

Question No:
States the major disadvantage of creating and using index (Marks 3)
Answer:- Click here for detail
Firstly, the indexes take up disk space.
Secondly, the indexes slow down the speed of writing queries, such as INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE.

Question No:
Write two factors which enforce a relation into send normal form (Marks 3)
Answer:- (Page 166)
eliminate redundant data
ensure data dependencies make sense

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Question No:
Write any five advantage of database system (Marks 5)
Answer:- Click here for detail
Reduced data redundancy
Reduced updating errors and increased consistency
Greater data integrity and independence from applications programs
Improved data access to users through use of host and query languages
Improved data security

Question No:
Describe To_Date() function (Marks 5)
Answer:- Click here for detail
The TO_DATE function converts a formatted TEXT or NTEXT expression to a DATETIME value. This
function is typically used to convert the formatted date output of one application (which includes information
such as month, day, and year in any order and any language, and separators such as slashes, dashes, or spaces)
so that it can be used as input to another application.

Question No:
Explain database objects 5
Answer:- rep

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Final term Subjective Paper 2011(fall)
Question No:
Q1- What is Logical data base?
Answer:- (Page 187)
In logical data base design we group things logically related through same primary key.

Question No:
Q2- How do we DELETE row by row from the table ?
Answer:- Click here for detail
It is possible to delete all rows in a table without deleting the table. This means that the table structure,
attributes, and indexes will be intact:
DELETE * FROM table_name

Q3- Write down the Three types of view.

Answer:- rep

Q4- Write down the syntax of command CREATING INDEX.

Answer:- rep
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Q5- What do u mean by GROUP By command
Answer:- Click here for detail
The GROUP BY statement is used in conjunction with the aggregate functions to group the result-set by one or
more columns.

Q6- Give the implementation of One to many relationship

Answer:- (Page 92)

Q7- Give similarities between Materialized view and indexes

Answer:- rep

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Final term Subjective Paper 2011(fall)
Q no: 1
Write the two types of ordered indices?
Answer:- (Page 276)
There are Two types of ordered indices:
Dense Index:
Sparse Index:

Q no: 2
Write three types of data Independence?
Answer:- Click here for detail
1. Logical Data Independence
2. Physical Data Independence
3. View Data Independence

Q no: 3
How do we prevent deadlock in DBMS?
Answer:- (Page 299)
We can prevent deadlocks by giving each transaction a priority and ensuring that lower priority transactions are
not allowed to wait for higher priority transactions (or vice versa).
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Q no:4
How the lost Updates are in DBMS?
Answer:- (Page 308)
Lost Update Problem This problem occurs when multiple users want to update same object at the same time.

Q no: 5
Differentiate b/w Clustered Indexes and non Clustered Indexes?
Answer:- Click here for detail
Cluster Index
1 A cluster index is a form of tables which consist of column and rows.
2 Cluster index exists on the physical level
3 It sorts the data at physical level
4 It works for the complete table
5 There is a whole table in form of sorted data 6 A table can contain only one cluster index

Non Cluster Index

1 A non cluster index is in the form of a report about the tables.
2 They are not created on the physical level but at the logical level
3 It does not sort the data at physical level
4 A table has 255 non clustered indexes
5 A table has many non clustered indexes.
6 It work on the order of data

Q no: 6
what are the purposes of creating views in DBMS?
Answer:- rep

Q no: 7
Write about NOT operators?
Answer:- Click here for detail
If you want to find rows that do not satisfy a condition, you can use the logical operator, NOT. NOT results in
the reverse of a condition. That is, if a condition is satisfied, then the row is not returned.

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Final term Subjective Paper 2011(fall)

Question#1 (Marks 2)
SELECT * FRO Persons
WHERE Firstname Like ―% da %‖;
What does the above statement returne?
Answer:-
Return all records containing L in attribute name ‗Firstname‘ from persons table.

Question#2 (Marks 2)
What is the difference between Primary key and a unique key with reference to clustered and non-clustered
indexes?
Answer:- Click here for detail
Primary key can not be null but unique can have only one null value.
Primary key create the cluster index automatically but unique key not.
A table can have only one primary key but unique key more than one.

Question#3 (Marks 5)
Create a simple index, named ―Personal Index‖ on the LastName field of the person table?

Answer:- Click here for detail

TABLE person
(
FirstName char(15),
LastName char(15),
Address char(50),
City char(50),
Country char(25),
)
CREATE INDEX new_person_ LastName
on person (LastName)

Question#4 (Marks 5)
Writing the basic syntax of adding a record to a table.
Answer:- Click here for detail
INSERT INTO table_name
VALUES (value1, value2, value3...)

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Question#5 (Marks 5)
Give 4 similarities between Materialized views and indexes?
Answer:- (Page 290)
• They consume storage space.
• They must be refreshed when the data in their master tables changes.
• They improve the performance of SQL execution when they are used for query rewrites.
• Their existence is transparent to SQL applications and users.

Question#6 (Marks 3)
How the stamping approach does works to give priorities to the transactions?

Question#7 (Marks 3)
Name the primary key modes for taking locks?
Answer:- rep

Question#8 (Marks 2)
State any two problems that can come up as a result of inconsistent data base?
Answer:- (Page 307)
Lost Update Problem
Uncommitted Update Problem
Inconsistent Analysis Problem

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Final term Subjective Paper 2011(fall)
Question No:
Q# briefly describes the dynamic view. (Marks 5)
Answer:- (Page 284)
Dynamic views are those types of views for which data is not stored and the expressions used to build the view
are used to collect the data dynamically. These views are not executed only once when they are referred for the
first time, rather they are created and the data contained in such views is updated every time the view is
accessed or used in any other view or query. Dynamic views generally are complex views, views of views, and
views of multiple tables.

Question No:
Q# briefly explains the significance of not null constraint. (Marks 5)
Answer:- Click here for detail
NOT NULL constraints in Microsoft SQL Server allow you to specify that a column may not contain NULL
values. When you create a new NOT NULL constraint on a database column, SQL Server checks the column‘s
current contents for any NULL values. If the column currently contains NULL values, the constraint creation
fails. Otherwise, SQL Server adds the NOT NULL constraint and any future INSERT or UPDATE commands
that would cause the existence of a NULL value fail.
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Question No:
Q# what is truncation and what are ACID properties? (Marks 5)
Answer:- rep

Question No:
Q# briefly explains the mechanism of optimistic locking mod. (Marks 3)
Answer:- (Page 319)
In an optimistic locking mode, the first transaction accesses data but does not take a lock on it. A second
transaction may change the data while the first transaction is in progress. If the first transaction later decides to
change the data it accessed, it has to detect the fact that the data is now changed and inform the initiator of the
fact.

Question No:
Q# writes the procedure following which the truncate command removes the data. (Marks 3)
Answer:- (Page 207)
The TRUNCATE is used to delete all the rows of any table but rows would exist. If we want to remove all
records we must use TRUNCATE.
TRUNCATE TABLE table_name

Question No:
Q# why do we need meta data? (Marks 3)
Answer:- (Page 23)
For storage of the data related to any entity or object existing at real world level we define the way the data will
be stored in the database. This is called Meta data.

Question No:
Q# name three difference classification of indexes? (Marks 3)
Answer:- (Page 272)
Indexes are classified as under:
• Clustered vs. Un-clustered Indexes
• Single Key vs. Composite Indexes
• Tree-based, inverted files, pointers

Question No:
Q# suppose you want to delete a table row by row and record an entry in the transaction log for each delete
row. Which DML command will you use? (Marks 2)
Answer:- rep

Question No:
Q# writes an SQL statement to remove an index called ‗IndexNumber‘? (Marks 2)
Answer:- Click here for detail
DROP INDEX table_name.IndexNumber

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Question No:
Q# what are the participant of a relationship? (Marks 2)
Answer:- (Page 86)
Entities enrolled in a relationship are called its participants

Question No:
Q# writes any tow similarities between materialized view and indexes? (Marks 2)
Answer:- rep

FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
CS403- Database Management Systems
Question No: 28 ( M a r k s: 2 )
Define domain of an attribute.
Answer:- rep

Question No: 29 ( M a r k s: 2 )
Write the main feature of volatile storage media?
Answer:- (Page 255)
Computer storage that is lost when the power is turned off is called as volatile storage. For example RAM

Question No: 30 ( M a r k s: 2 )
Suppose you want to delete a table row by row and record an entry in the transaction log for each deleted row.
Which DML command will you use?
Answer:- rep

Question No: 31 ( M a r k s: 3 )
Write three benefits of using VIEWS.
Answer:- rep

Question No: 32 ( M a r k s: 3 )
SELECT * FROM Persons
WHERE FirstName LIKE '%da%';

Question No: 33 ( M a r k s: 3 )
What is the difference between a primary key and a unique key with reference to clustered and nonclustered
indexes?
Answer:- rep

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Question No: 34 ( M a r k s: 5 )
Consider a table named COMPANY with fields COMPANY_NAME,
DESCRIPTION, ORDER_NUMBER. Write an SQL statement to display company names in reverse
alphabetical order.
Answer:- Click here for detail
select COMPANY_NAME
from COMPANY order by COMPANY_NAME desc;

Question No: 35 ( M a r k s: 5 )
Name the five main components of Database management systems software.
Answer:- Click here for detail
1. DBMS engine
2. Data definition subsystem
3. Data manipulation subsystem
4. Application generation subsystem
5. Data administration subsystem

Question No: 36 ( M a r k s: 5 )
Give 4 similarities between Materialized views and indexes.
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FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
CS403- Database Management Systems (10 Aug 2010)
Question No: 23 ( M a r k s: 2 )
Give 2 similarities between Materialized views and indexes.
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Question No: 24 ( M a r k s: 2 )
What are the forms of cache normally used in desktop computers
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Two types of caching are commonly used in personal computers: memory caching and disk caching.

Question No: 25 ( M a r k s: 3 )
Write the properties of Sequence File
Answer:- (Page 259)
Records are arranged on storage devices in some sequence based on the value of some field, called sequence
field. Sequence field is often the key field that identifies the record.

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Simply, easy to understand and manage, best for providing sequential access. It is not feasible for direct or
random access; inserting/deleting a record in/from the middle of the sequence involves cumbersome record
searches and rewriting of the file.

Question No: 26 ( M a r k s: 3 )
What is meant by database recovery services?
Answer:- (Page 47)
Recovery services mean that in case a database gets an inconsistent state to get corrupted due to any invalid
action of someone, the DBMS should be able to recover itself to a consistent state, ensuring that the data loss
during the recovery process of the database remains minimum.

Question No: 27 ( M a r k s: 5 )
Write four steps to recover from a deadlock between the transactions
Answer:- (Page 320)
Following are some of the approaches for the deadlock handling:
• Deadlock prevention
• Deadlock detection and resolution
• Prevention is not always possible
• Deadlock is detected by wait-for graph

Question No: 28 ( M a r k s: 5 )
Consider a table named COMPANY with fields COMPANY_NAME,
DESCRIPTION, ORDER_NUMBER. Write an SQL statement to display company names in reverse
alphabetical order.
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Question No: 29 ( M a r k s: 5 )
Write five advantages of using VIEWS.
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FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
CS403- Database Management Systems (Session - 1)
Question No: 27 ( M a r k s: 2 )
Name the two types of ordered Indices.
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Question No: 28 ( M a r k s: 2 )
State any two problems that can come up as a result of inconsistent database.
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Question No: 29 ( M a r k s: 2 )
Write the main purpose of NOT operator.
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Question No: 30 ( M a r k s: 2 )
What is ‗Serial Execution‘?
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Question No: 31 ( M a r k s: 3 )
State the main purpose of index in relation with the queries executions.
Answer:-
Index help to better recovery and retrieval of record from the database..
By building index on any attribute will help the queries to improve query performance.
Multiple indexes provide flexibility to retrieve the data from various attributes.

Question No: 32 ( M a r k s: 3 )
What is the purpose of IN operator?
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Question No: 33 ( M a r k s: 3 )
What effect can be occurred if a transaction lacks durability?
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Question No: 34 ( M a r k s: 5 )
Write the basic syntax of creating an INDEX.
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Question No: 35 ( M a r k s: 5 )
What is the purpose of creating VIEWS in DBMS?
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Question No: 36 ( M a r k s: 5 )
Write an SQL statement which displays a list of persons from the table named PERSON. The complete
information of only those person should be displayed whose first name is ALI and the last name is AHMED;
SELECT * FROM Person where FirstName = ‗ALI‘ and Lastname = ‗AHMED‘;
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 FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
CS403- Database Management Systems (Session - 1)
Question No: 27 ( M a r k s: 2 )
What is the ―data type‖?
Answer:- (Page 197)
In Microsoft SQL Server™, each column, local variable, expression, and parameter has a related data type,
which is an attribute that specifies the type of data (integer, character, money, and so on) that the object can
hold.

Question No: 28 ( M a r k s: 2 )
Which DML statement changes the values of one or more columns based on some conditions.
Answer:- (Page 209)
The UPDATE statement changes the values of one or more columns based on some condition.
Question No: 29 ( M a r k s: 2 )
Name the two types of caching that are commonly used in personal computers?
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Question No: 30 ( M a r k s: 2 )
What is ‗Serial Execution‘?
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Question No: 31 ( M a r k s: 3 )
Write three benefits of using VIEWS.
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Question No: 32 ( M a r k s: 3 )
Shortly explain BYTE data field?
Answer:- (Page 197)
Some of more frequently supported numeric data types include Byte, Integer, and Long Integer. Each of these
types supports different range of numeric values and takes 1, 4 or 8 bytes to store. Now, if we declare the age
attribute as Long Integer, it will definitely serve the purpose, but we will be allocating unnecessarily large space
for each attribute. A Byte type would have been sufficient for this purpose since you won‘t find students or
employees of age more than 255, the upper limit supported by Byte data type.

Question No: 33 ( M a r k s: 3 )
State the main purpose of index in relation with the queries executions.
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Question No: 34 ( M a r k s: 5 )
Differentiate between the cluster index and non cluster index ?

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Question No: 35 ( M a r k s: 5 )
Consider the two relations,
Department (Dept_Code, Dep_Name,Dept_Head) and
Employee(Emp_ID,Emp_Name, Designation, DoB, Dept).

Write SQL statement to drop the primary key of Department relation? The fields in
Employee should reflect the removal in Department table.

Answer:-
ALTER TABLE Department
DROP COLUMN Dept_Code

FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Fall 2009
CS403- Database Management Systems

Question No: 31 ( Marks: 1 )

What is procedural DML?
Answer:- (Page 200)
Procedural DML is, in which the user specifies what data is needed and how to get it

Question No: 32 ( Marks: 1 )

What does RAM stand for?
Answer:-
Random access memory

Question No: 33 ( Marks: 2 )

Which DML statement changes the values of one or more columns based on some conditions.
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Question No: 34 ( Marks: 2 )

Name the two primary modes for taking Locks
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Question No: 35 ( Marks: 3 )

Give three reasons of partitioning in the process of denormalization.

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Answer:- (Page 189)
1. Reduce workload (e.g. data access, communication costs, search space)
2. Balance workload
3. Speed up the rate of useful work (e.g. frequently accessed objects in main memory)

Question No: 36 ( Marks: 3 )

Write any three factors which we consider while defining key in designing an indexed sequential file?
Answer:- (Page 263)
• Position and size
• Data type
• Index number

Question No: 37 ( Marks: 3 )

Create a unique index named „ IndexNum‟ on the „CustName‟ column of the table „Customer‟.
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Question No: 38 ( Marks: 5 )

Write a query to change the "status" field in the table "name_table" against the phone 34657. Make the
status as enable.
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SYNTAX:
sp_RENAME 'TableName.[OldColumnName]' , '[NewColumnName]', 'COLUMN'

sp_RENAME ' name_table.[ phone]' , '[phNo]', 'COLUMN'

Question No: 39 ( Marks: 5 )

Describe ATOMICITY as one of the properties of TRANSACTION.
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one of the ACID transaction properties. In an atomic transaction, a series of database operations either all
occur, or nothing occurs. A guarantee of atomicity prevents updates to the database occurring only partially,
which can cause greater problems than rejecting the whole series outright. In other words, atomicity means
indivisibility and irreducibility.

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 FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Fall 2008
CS403- Database Management Systems (Session - 3)
CS403 Question No: 31
What is Ordering field?
Answer:-
Answer: Ordering field means to sort the cells or field in ascending or descending order.

CS403 Question No: 32

Which clause is used to sort the records in the result set?
Answer:- (Page 219)
The ORDER BY clause allows you to sort the records in your result set.

CS403 Question No: 33 ( M a r k s: 2 )

What is the major benefit of HASH paritioning?
Answer:- (Page 189)
hash partitioning reduces the chances of unbalanced partitions to a large extent

CS403 Question No: 34 ( M a r k s: 2 )

How can we prevent deadlocks for concurrent Transactions?
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CS403 Question No: 35 ( M a r k s: 3 )

State the major disadvantage of creating and using index.
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CS403 Question No: 36 ( M a r k s: 3 )

Write any three factors which we consider while defining key in designing an indexed sequential file?
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CS403 Question No: 37 ( M a r k s: 3 )

How do you select all records from the table using SQL statements? Write the syntax.
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SELECT * FROM table_name

CS403 Question No: 38 ( M a r k s: 5 )

How can a VIEW be used for security measures?
Answer:- (Page 280)
Views can be used as security mechanisms by allowing users to access data through the view, without granting
the users permissions to directly access the underlying base tables of the view.

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CS403 Question No: 39 ( M a r k s: 5 )
In which situtation do you prefer DELETE command to delete a table instead of using DROP command?
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CS403 Question No: 40 ( M a r k s: 10 )

Write four advantages and four disadvantages of De-normalization.
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CS403 Question No: 41 ( M a r k s: 10 )

Explain and differentiate the two types of application users:
· Intermediate
· Expert
Answer:- (Page 242)
Intermediate:-
For most systems, the majority of users fall into the intermediate category. Intermediate users know what the
system does, but they often forget the details of how. This is the group you must support directly in the user
interface. Fortunately, the Microsoft Windows interface provides a lot of tools for helping these users.A well-
designed menu system is one of the best tools for reminding intermediate users of the system capabilities. A
quick scan of the available menu items will immediately remind them of the functions available and at the same
time allow them to initiate the appropriate task.

Experts:-
Expert users know what to do and how to do it. They're primarily interested in doing things quickly. The more
shortcuts you can build into your system, the happier you will make this group of users. In my experience,
expert users tend to be keyboard- oriented, so make sure that you provide a way to move around the system
using the keyboard if you're catering to this group. Expert users also appreciate the ability to customize their
working environment. Providing this functionality can be an expensive exercise, however, so you will want to
carefully evaluate the benefit before including it.

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