Deen College of Arts and Science

Nidur kaduvangudi
QUESTION BANK
SUB: RDBMS SEM: V
SUB.CODE: 22UBCAC51 CLASS: III BCA

UNIT I:
Two Marks Questions:
1. Define Database management system.
2. Define Data mining.
3. What is DML?
4. Define schema.
5. Define DDL.
6. What is administrator?
7. Give the levels of data abstraction
8. Define instance.
9. What is logical level of abstraction?
10. What is Data Dictionary?
11. List down applications of DBMS.
12. Mention the different types of users.
13. What do you mean by schema? Mention its types.
14. Who are called naive users?
15. What do you mean by term data models?
16. Define relationship in entity relationship model.
17. Who is DBA?
18. What is entity set?
19. What are the futures of entity diagram?
20. Define an entity and entity set.
21. Write the representation of weak entity set.
22. What is relationship set
23. Define entity.
24. What is strong entity?
25. Mention any two of symbols used to represent relationship in ER diagram.
26. Define ER model.

Five Marks Questions:

1. Explain the purpose of Database Systems
2. Discuss database users and administrators.
3. Discuss in details about relational model and its design issues.
4. Describe the two types of Database languages.
5. Write short notes on Database users.
6. Briefly discuss about schema.
7. Explain about advantages of DBMS.
8. What are the disadvantages of file processing system?
9. Write short notes on DDL.
10. Describe about DML.
11. What are the component of Query processor? Discuss in short.
12. What is data model? Briefly discuss about four different categories.
13. Write a short notes on weak entity set.
14. Discuss about entities, entity set, relationships and relationship set.
15. Explain about Entity Relationship model.
16. What are the main component of ER diagram.
17. Explain the constraints of ER model.
18. What are the different types of attributes?

Ten Marks Questions:

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 Deen College of Arts and Science
Nidur kaduvangudi
QUESTION BANK
SUB: RDBMS SEM: V
SUB.CODE: 22UBCAC51 CLASS: III BCA

1. Explain with neat diagram about Database Architecture and History of Database system.
2. What is meant by Data models? Explain in details about object based model.
3. Explain different types of Database languages with suitable example.
4. Describe the various functions of Database administrator.
5. Explain the drawbacks of file processing system.
6. Explain the ER model.
7. Draw ER diagram for bank.
8. Write about attributes and its types.

UNIT II
Two Marks Questions:
1. Write a note on structure of relational database.
2. Define null values.
3. What is meant by relational algebra?
4. Define the term of relation.
5. What is foreign key?
6. What is domain of the attribute?
7. Explain the division operation in relational algebra.
8. What is super key?
9. Compare schema and instance.
10. Different between the procedural and nonprocedural language.
11. Define domain.
12. How to delete is expressed in relational algebra language?
13. Define tuple variables.
14. What is an atomic domain?
15. What is data redundancy?
16. Write notes on rename operations.
17. List the type of join.
18. List the several parts of SQL language.
19. Give the list of aggregate function in SQL.
20. What is referential integrity?
21. What is authorization?
22. List the basic structure of SQL expression.
23. What is meant by Null value? Give an example.
24. What is the use of integrity constraints?
25. What is weak entity set?
26. What is Attributes?
27. List the set operations of SQL.
28. What is view in SQL? How it is defined?
29. List two major problems with processing of updating operation.
30. Compare host language with Embedded SQL
31. What do meant by Rollback work
32. List out the built in data types in SQL
33. Define commit work in a transaction.
34. Difference between union and union all.

Five Marks Questions:

1. Illustrate the concept of extended relational algebra.
2. Write about joint relations.
3. Explain about embedded SQL.
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 Deen College of Arts and Science
Nidur kaduvangudi
QUESTION BANK
SUB: RDBMS SEM: V
SUB.CODE: 22UBCAC51 CLASS: III BCA

4. Brief notes on relational algebra union operations.

5. Discuss about database modifications in relational algebra.
6. Explain fundamental relation algebra operations.
7. Explain about insert and delete information from database.
8. What do you meant by domain and key constraints?
9. With a suitable example explain set operation.
10. Discuss SQL data types.
11. Write short notes on database command.
12. Write about join relation.
13. Explain the basic concept of tuple relation calculus.
14. Explain about domain relation calculus.
15. Write the Basic structure of SQL expression.
16. Write short notes on SQL data types and schema.
17. Explain aggregate operation in SQL.
18. Write short notes on various parts of SQL.
19. What are the different types of joins performed by SQL?
20. What is view or virtual relation? With suitable example for their creation.
21. Explain the various set operation.
22. Explain following clauses in SQL SELECT, FROM and WHERE.
23. Write notes on nested sub query.
24. How delete and insert can be performed in SQL?

Ten Marks Questions:

1. Discuss about structure of relational database.
2. Discuss about extended relational algebra.
3. Explain about fundamental operations of relational algebra.
4. Explain about modifications of database in relational algebra.
5. What is relational algebra? Explain the basic operations in relational algebra.
6. With example explain different aggregate functions.
7. Discuss in details the database schema
8. Explain the Cartesian product and rename operation in relational algebra.
9. Explain SQL string pattern matching with example.
10. Explain the basic structure of SQL.
11. What is view? How it is created?
12. Explain about SQL nested subquery.
13. Explain about SQL join operations.

UNIT III

Two Marks Questions:

1. Enlist any two advantages of normalization database.
2. Define BCNF.
3. What is meant by normal form?
4. Write notes on dependency preservation.
5. List three design goals of decomposition.
6. What is normalization?
7. List out the properties of bad design.
8. Write several types of data dependency.
9. What are the goal for relational database design?
10. State first normal form.
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 Deen College of Arts and Science
Nidur kaduvangudi
QUESTION BANK
SUB: RDBMS SEM: V
SUB.CODE: 22UBCAC51 CLASS: III BCA

11. Define functional dependency.

12. When the domain said to be atomic?
13. What is transitive dependency?
14. Differentiate super key and candidate key.
15. What do you meant by loosely decomposition?
16. Name any four normal forms.
17. Name any two higher form than 3NF.
18. When the functional dependency is said extraneous?

Five Marks Questions:

1. What do you meant by multivalued dependencies?
2. Briefly explain about decomposition.
3. Explain about second normal form.
4. Explain about BCNF.
5. Write about the list of inference rules for functional and multivalued dependencies.
6. Explain functional dependency theory.
7. Explain about database design process.
8. What is need for normalization?
9. Explain dependency preservation in decomposition.
10. Explain about the goal of relational database.
11. Which properties have to be satisfied on decomposition?
12. Write a notes on 4NF.
13. Write a notes von joined dependencies.
14. Compare BCNF and 3NF.
15. Describe lossless decomposition.

Ten marks Questions:

1. Explain all normal forms.
2. Discuss about database design process.
3. Explain normalization using functional dependency.
4. Discuss about decomposition using functional dependency.
5. Discuss about decomposition using multivalued dependency.
6. Write about BCNF.
7. Explain about 3NF.

UNIT IV
Two Marks Questions:
1. What is Disk.
2. Define RAID.
3. What is Tertiary storage?
4. Write notes file organization.
5. Define database dictionary.
6. What is meta data ?
7. Write short note on database buffer.
8. Write several classifications of physical storage media.
9. Write notes on performance measures of disk.
10. Define disk blocks.
11. What sequential file organization?
12. Define clustering file organization?

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 Deen College of Arts and Science
Nidur kaduvangudi
QUESTION BANK
SUB: RDBMS SEM: V
SUB.CODE: 22UBCAC51 CLASS: III BCA

Five Marks Questions:

1. What do you mean by physical storage media?
2. Briefly explain about RAID.
3. Explain about Database buffer.
4. Explain about Database dictionary.
5. Write about file organization.

Ten Marks Questions:

1. Briefly explain about DISK.
2. Explain about Database dictionary.
3. Explain about RAID.
4. Write about the file organization.
5. Explain about Database buffer.

UNIT IV

Two Marks Questions:

1. What is PL/SQL?
2. Compare SQL and PL/SQL.
3. Do you know the basic structure of PL/SQL?
4. What Is a Trigger? How Do You Use It?
5. What data types does pl/SQL have?
6. Explain the PL/SQL compilation process.
7. Tell me what a package consists of.
8. What are the benefits of using PL/SQL packages?
9. Do you understand the meaning of exception handling?
10. Give me some examples of predefined exceptions.
11. What do you understand by PL/SQL cursors?
12. When do we use triggers?
13. What is a PL/SQL block?
14. What are the two types of exceptions?
15. Explain three basic parts of a trigger in PL/SQL.
16. What are character functions?
17. How can we use comments in PL/SQL code?
18. What are the features of PL/SQL?

Five Marks Questions:

1. Explain about the PL/SQL Block Structure.
2. Discuss about Cursors.
3. Write notes on PL/SQL Tables.
4. Explain about predefined Exception Handling Section.
5. Explain about user defined Exception Handling Section.
6. Describe about Procedures in PL/SQL.
7. Explain about the Functions.
8. Write notes on Packages.
9. Discuss about Triggers.

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 Deen College of Arts and Science
Nidur kaduvangudi
QUESTION BANK
SUB: RDBMS SEM: V
SUB.CODE: 22UBCAC51 CLASS: III BCA

Ten Marks Questions:

1. Briefly Explain about the PL/SQL Block Structure.

2. Discuss about Cursors with example.
3. Write brief notes on PL/SQL Tables.
4. Explain about Exception Handling Section and its types.
5. Describe about Procedures in PL/SQL.
6. Explain about the Functions PL/SQL.
7. Discuss about Triggers with example.

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