Reg. No.
Question Paper Code :20404
B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2023.
Fifth Semester
Computer Scienceand Design
CCS 341 - DATA WAREHOUSING
(Common to :Computer Scienceand Engineering/Computer Science and
Engineering (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning/Computer Scienceand
Engineering (Cyber Security)/Computerand Communication Engineering/Artificial
Intelligence and Data Science/Computer Science and Business Systems and
InformationTechnology)
(Regulations 2021)
Time:Three hours Maximum: 100 marks
Answer ALLquestions.
PART A–(10 x2 =20 marks)
1 What is data warehouse? List out the benefits of Data warehousing.
2. How is data warehouse different from a database? Identify the similarity.
3. Compare OLTP and OLAP Systems.
4. List out the views in the design of a datawarehouse.
5. Differentiate metadata and data mart.
6 Propose the features of Metadata repository in data warehousing.
7 Define starschema.
What is snowflake schema?
9. Define Query Manager.
10. What are the various sourcesfor data warehouse?
PART B-(5 x 13 =65 marks)
11. (a) Explain with three-tier architecture diagram and give the steps for
design and construction of Data warehouses.
Or
(b) Describe the technologies.
used to improve the performance in data
warehouse environment.Mention a few alternate technologies also.
12. (a) Explain the different types of OLAP tools. What type of OLAP tool is best
suited for datasets that reguire both detailed and summarized analysis?
Or
(b) Diagrammatically illustrate and describe the architecture of MOLAP and
ROLAP. Find the major difference between MOLAP and ROLAP.
13. (a) Illustrate the various classification of Meta data with suitable examples
and explainthe same.
Or
(b) Elaborate in detail about the various issues to be considered when
designing and implementing a data-warehousing environment.
14. (a) Describe in brief about various schemas in multidimensionaldata model.
Or
(b) Discuss the various types database parallelism with suitable
of
examples.
15. (a) Discuss the various access types to the data stored in a data warehouse
and consider the datatypes of online shopping.
Or
(b) Explain how to use a familiar approach help reduce training costs
associated with building a query and reporting environment with
suitable example.
PART C(1x 15 =15 marks)
16. (a) Discuss in detail about the case study of Data Warehouse storage and
accessibility for the Government of Tamilnadu for any two schemes in
practice.
Or
(b) Assume you are working as a data analyst for a retail company.
The company has a data warehouse that stores information about
customers, products, salespersons, and sales time. The data warehouse
has three measures: sales amount (in rupees) VAT (in rupees), and
payment type (in rupees). You have been ask to analyze the sales data to
identify the top-selling products in each region. Which schema would you
use to model the data warehouse? Explain your reasoning.
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