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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
BE - SEMESTER– III(NEW) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2022
Subject Code:3130703 Date:24-02-2023
Subject Name:Database Management Systems
Time:02:30 PM TO 05:00 PM Total Marks:70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Simple and non-programmable scientific calculators are allowed.
MARKS
Q.1 (a) Define following terms. 03
i) Data Abstraction
ii) Instance
iii) Logical Data independence
(b) List the type of database users. Explain their characteristics in brief, how 04
they interact with DBMS?
(c) State the advantages of Database management systems over file 07
processing system.
Q.2 (a) Differentiate generalization and specialization. 03
(b) What are the types of attributes used in ER diagram? 04
(c) Draw an E-R diagram of following scenario. Make necessary 07
assumptions and clearly note down the assumptions.
We would like to make college’s semester fee collection system fully
computerized. Fees may include your term fees , library fees, gymkhana
fees etc..
OR
(c) Explain the concept of total participation, partial participation ,strong 07
entity set and weak entity set using ER diagram.
Q.3 (a) Define the terms. 03
i) Primary Key
ii) Unique Key
iii) Foreign Key
(b) Explain transitive and trivial functional dependencies. 04
(c) Suppose a relational schema R (A B C D E) and set of functional dependencies 07
Check out that relation is in 3NF or not? If not decompose it in 3NF
OR
Q.3 (a) What is the significance of normalization? 03
(b) Explain Armstrong’s axioms. 04
(c) Suppose a relational schema R (A B C D E F G H I) and set of functional 07
dependencies
1
Check out that relation is in 3NF or not? If not decompose it in 3NF.
Q.4 (a) List the type of storages in DBMS. Explain in brief: indexed based 03
accessing.
(b) Explain authorization and authentication with respect to database 04
security.
(c) Which type of queries would be solved by Division operator? Explain 07
with examples.
OR
Q.4 (a) Write short note on : Hashing technique. 03
(b) Explain ACID properties of transaction. 04
(c) With neat diagram steps involved in query processing. 07
Q.5 (a) Explain the concept of deadlock in brief. 03
(b) Explain GRANT and REVOKE commands with suitable example. 04
(c) Write a PL/SQL function which takes 3 integer numbers as a parameters 07
and return an average of same.
OR
Q.5 (a) Differentiate between Conflict and View Serializability with respect to 03
transaction(any three differences) .
(b) Enlist types of joins. Explain each with SQL syntax. 04
(c) TABLE Worker(WORKER_ID INT NOT NULL PRIMARY 07
KEY,FIRST_NAME CHAR(25), LAST_NAME CHAR(25),SALARY
INT(15),JOINING_DATE DATETIME,DEPARTMENT CHAR(25));
TABLE Bonus(WORKER_REF_ID INT,BONUS_AMOUNT
INT(10),BONUS_DATE DATETIME,FOREIGN KEY
(WORKER_REF_ID),REFERENCES Worker(WORKER_ID));
TABLE Title(WORKER_REF_ID INT,WORKER_TITLE
CHAR(25),AFFECTED_FROM DATETIME,FOREIGN KEY
(WORKER_REF_ID)REFERENCES Worker(WORKER_ID));
Consider above 3 tables ,assume appropriate data and solve
following SQL queries
1. Write an SQL query to fetch “FIRST_NAME” from Worker table using
the alias name as <WORKER_NAME>
2. Write an SQL query to fetch “FIRST_NAME” from Worker table in
uppercase.
3. Write an SQL query to print all Worker details from the Worker table order by
FIRST_NAME Ascending.
4. Write an SQL query to print details of the Workers whose FIRST_NAME ends
with ‘h’ and contains six alphabets.
5. Write an SQL query to print details of the Workers who are also Managers.
6. Write an SQL query to fetch departments along with the total salaries paid for
each of them.
7. Write an SQL query to fetch the names of workers who earn the highest salary.
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