BCA-2(DBMS)

Question Bank
UNIT-1
Que 1:-Explain data model. Discuss its types.
Que 2:- What is data, information and knowledge and explain relation between them.
Que3:- Explain data independence.
Que 4:- Write is importance of data dictionary.
Que 5;-Explain DBMS architecture.
Que 6:- Explain different kinds of user in DBMS.
Que 7:- What is database language explain with syntax and examples?
Que 8:- What are instances and schema? Explain with suitable example.
Que 9:- What is DBA and What is its role in DBMS.
Que10:- Explain various Advantages of DBMS.
Que 11:- Give a general discussion about various database languages.
Que 12:- What is Data Abstraction? Discuss the level of abstraction at which database may be
viewed.
Que 13:-Discuss function and responsibilities of a database administrator.
Que 14:-Discuss DBMS Storage structure and access method.
Unit- 2
Que 1:- What is e-r model? Explain classification in details.
Que 2:-Write short note on any two i) specialization ii) generalization iii) aggregation
Que 3:- Explain weak and strong entity set with example and difference between them.
Que 4:-. What is key? Write all the types of keys in DBMS.
Que 5:-what is UML Class Diagram? Explain with examples.
Que 6:- Draw e-r diagram of
a) Banking system
b) Hospital management system
c) Hotel Management system
Que 7:- How can E-R diagram can be reduce to tables?
Que 8:- Write short note on entity, entity set, relationship.
Que 9:-What is cardinality ratio and explain how relationships are associated with mapping
cardinalities? Explain with examples.
Que 10:- What is E-R Model? Explain various symbols used in E-R Diagram.
Que 11:- What are Attributes? Discuss the types of Attribute.
Unit- 3
Que 1:- Explain with example various join operation used in Relational Algebra.
Que2:- Explain simple and complex query used in Relational Algebra.
Que3:- Explain the function of following:
a) Project Operation
 b) Intersection
c) Rename
d) Union
Que 4:- Write short note on Set Operations with example.
Que5;-Discuss importance of join and explain various types of joins with suitable example.
Que 6:- What do you mean by Query? Explain importance of nested query in DBMS with
suitable example.
Que 7:- Explain following relational algebra:
a) Select
b) Cross Product
c) Set Difference
Que8:- Explain Tuple Relational Calculus and Domain Relational Calculus with suitable
example.
Que9 :- Write short note in Standalone Query Language.
Ques 10:- What is relational algebra ? Write different operation in relational algebra .
UNIT-4
Que 1:-What do you understand by decomposition? List its properties. Describe non lossy
decomposition.
Que 2:- Explain 2 NF necessary condition. Demonstrate it by using example .
Que3:- Describe Functional Dependency. Explain with example .
Que 4:- Explain various pitfalls in database design.
Que 5:- Discuss 3NF,4NF and BCNF with example.
Que 6:- Explain join dependency and multivalued dependency.
Que 7:-What do you understand by De-normalization?
Que 8:-what is Normalization? Explain different types of Normal forms?
Que 9:- What are the anomalies in 2NF and 1 NF ?
UNIT-5
Que 1:- Given an employee and department table with the following attributes :
Emp(empno,ename,job,mgr,sal,com,deptno)
Dept(deptno,dname,loc)
Solve the below queries using SQL
i) Find the total salary for each job type in each department.
ii) Display the average salary of each department.
iii) Display the number of rows for each department.
iv) Display the name of all employee whose name starts with ‘s’.
Que 2:- Write short note on the following:
i) Commit
ii) Rollback
iii) Alter
iv) Update
 v) Assertion’
vi) Trigger
vii) Domain Constraint
viii) Referential Integrity
Que3:-What are the various data types? Explain each in short.
Que 4:- Explain the operation of the SQL by which data can be modified.
Que5 ;-What are aggregate function Describe each function.
Que 6:- Write short notes on the following:
i) Group by
ii) Order by
iii) Nested query
iv) Having
v) Like Operator
Que 7:- Create three tables named as employee ,salary and department in which each table is
having four fields including one primary key :
i) Insert three records in each table.
ii) Display all records of each table.
iii) Delete any one record from each table.
Que8 :- Write short note on Rollback, commit, delete, truncate command.
Que 9:- What are the commands to manipulate data?
Que 10:- Consider a following schema:
Stdent (rollno, name ,age , collegename)
College(rollno,collegeid,collegename,location)
Seats(collegeid,no of seatsfilled,seatsleft,totalseats)
Write sql commands for the followingquery:
i) Find college name where no seats are filled
ii) Find student name of college name ”xyz”
iii) Find the totalno of left sets of each college
iv) Update the name of student with “sita” where college name is “xyz”
Que11:- Write the commandto create tablestudent having attributes stu_name,rollno,class ,age
percent an takes rollno as primary key. Write sql command to select all first divisionstudent.
Que 12:- Consider the following relational schema:
Doctor(did,dname,hosted,pid)
Hospital(hosted,hostname)
Patient(pid,pname,disese,admitdate,dischargedate)
Write sql command for the following query:
i) find the name of all doctors and their hospital
ii) find the name of doctor who are treating more than 10 patient
iii) find the number of patient who are admitted for more than 5 days
iv) find the nameof doctor who is treatingpatient whosename is”xyz”
Que 13:- What do you mean by constraints .Explain types of integrity with example.
Que14 :- Explain security and recovery on database .
Que 15 :- Explain query processing and describe evaluation and parsing.
Que 16:- Explain different types of integrity constraints?
Ques 17: What is VIEW? How to create a view?