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Unit Wise Question Bank

Department: Computer Semester: I Academic Year: 2024- 2025

Class: TE Div: A,B, C
Course: Database Management Systems

M
a Bloom
Unit
Q. No. Question r CO s
No.
k Level
s
State and prove Armstrong’s Axioms rules for functional CO1,
Q.1 8 Remember
Dependencies. CO3
What is normalization? What is the need of normalized CO1,
Q.2 6 Remember
database? CO3
Differentiate between BCNF & 3NF. How it is stronger CO1,
Q.3 6 Apply
than 3NF? CO3
Define Normalization. Explain three normal forms with 5 CO1,
Q.4 Understand
suitable example. CO3
Differentiate between primary key and foreign key 5 CO1, Apply
Unit- III Q.5
constraints. CO3
CO1,
Q.6 Define Transitive dependency. 2 Understand
CO3
4 CO1, Remember
Q.7 Write Short Note on : Multivalued Dependency
CO3
What is decomposition? What are the desirable CO1,
Q.8 8 Remember
properties of it? How can implement them. CO3
CO1,
Q.9 Differentiate between BCNF & 4NF. 6 Apply
CO3
What is the impact of insert, update & delete anomaly
CO1,
Q.10 on overall design of database? How normalization is 6 Apply
CO3
used to remove these anomalies?
Explain different features of good relational database CO1,
Q.11 6 Remember
design. CO3
Explain following Codd’s rules with suitable
examples :
CO3,
Q.12 i) Guaranteed Access Rule 6 Apply
CO4
ii) Comprehensive Data Sub-Language Rule
iii) High-Level Insert, Update, and Delete Rule
Explain entity and referential integrity constraints CO3,
Q.13 6 Apply
used in SQL. CO4
Define 3NF. Explain with example, how to bring the CO3,
Q.14 relation in 3NF? 6 Apply
CO4
Q.15 Explain following Codd’s rules with suitable 6 CO3, Apply
examples : CO4
i) Physical Data Independence
ii) Integrity Independence
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iii) Systematic Treatment of NULL Values
Suppose a transaction Ti issues a read command on data
item Q. How time-stamp based protocol decides whether
Q.1 8 CO3, CO4 Apply
to allow the operation to be executed or not using time-
stamp based protocol of concurrency control.
Write short note on:
Q.2 1) The two-phase locking protocol 6 CO3, CO4 Remember
2) Time stamp-based protocol.
Explain the need of concurrency control in transaction
Q.3 6 CO3, CO4 Understand
management.
Unit-IV Explain the concept of Conflict and View Serializability
Q.4 5 CO3, CO4 Understand
with proper example.
What are ACID properties of Transaction? Explain
Q.5 5 CO3, CO4 Apply
Isolation Property in detail.
When does Deadlock happen? How to prevent them and
Q.6 how to recover if deadlock takes places? 8 CO3, CO4 Understand

Explain Log-based recovery Scheme.

Q.7 8 CO3, CO4 Understand

Q.8 Explain Shadow Paging recovery Scheme. 8 CO3, CO4 Understand

Explain the concept of transaction. 4
Q.9 CO3, CO4 Understand

Explain distinct between the terms serial schedule and

Q.10 serializable schedule with example. 5 CO3, CO4 Understand

State and explain the ACID Properties. During its

execution, a transaction passes through several states,
until it finally commits or aborts. List all possible CO3,
Q.11 6 Apply
sequences of states through which a transaction may CO4
pass. Explain the situations when each state transition
occurs.
Check weather the given schedule is conflict
serializable or not if it is conflict give the equivalent
schedule also give the all possible transaction

CO3,
Q.12 6 Apply
CO4

Suppose a transaction Ti issues a read command on

data item Q. How time-stamp based protocol decides
whether to allow the operation to be executed or not CO3,
Q.13 6 Apply
using time-stamp based protocol of concurrency CO4
control. Explain the situations when each state
transition occurs.
Write a short note on :
i) Log based recovery
ii) Shadow Paging
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Unit Blooms
Q No. Question Marks CO
No. Level
CO5,
Q.1 Explain different building blocks of Hadoop. 8 Apply
CO6
Discuss the MongoDB aggregation framework CO5,
Q.2 6 Remember
with suitable example. CO6
Explain BASE properties of NoSQL database with CO5,
Q.3 6 Understand
suitable example. CO6
What are NOSQL Database Types? Explain CO5,
Q.4 5 Understand
Document database type in detail. CO6
Compare homogenous and heterogenous CO5,
Q.5 distributed database. 5 Apply
CO6
Unit-V Explain the CAP theorem. CO5,
Q.6 6 Understand
CO6
Explain Key Value store NOSQL data model. CO5,
Q.7 5 Understand
CO6
Write a Short Note On: MapReduce Method. CO5,
Q.8 6 Remember
CO6
Write a Short Note On: Indexing and Replication CO5,
Q.9 in MongoDB. 6 Remember
CO6
Explain the Features of Mongodb. CO5,
Q.10 8 Apply
CO6
BASE Transactions ensures the properties like
Basically Available, Soft State, Eventual
CO5,
Q.11 Consistency. What is soft state of any 6 Remember
CO6
system, how it is depend on Eventual
consistency property?
Enlist the different types of NOSQL databases CO5,
Q.12 and explain with suitable examples. 6 Remember
CO6
What is structured and unstructured data. CO5,
Q.13 Explain with example. 8 Apply
CO6
Explain the CAP theorem referred during the CO5,
Q.14 development of any distributed application. 8 Apply
CO6
Analyze the use of NOSQL databases in
current social networking environment also CO5,
Q.15 8 Apply
explain need of NOSQL databases in social CO6
networking environment over RDBMS.
Explain the difference between SQL and
Q.16
NOSQL database.
CO5,
Q.1 Write short note on: JSON 5 Remember
CO6
Unit-VI
CO5,
Q.2 Explain with syntax: JSON data type and object. 6 Remember
CO6
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CO5,
Q.3 Discuss example of JSON data type. 6 Understand
CO6
CO5,
Q.4 Write the features of Semi-structured data model. 5 Understand
CO6
CO5,
Q.5 Write short note on spatial data. 5 Apply
CO6
Write a short note on emerging databases :
CO5,
Q.6 i) Active and Deductive Databases 9 Apply
CO6
ii) Main Memory Databases
What is object relational database system? Explain
Q.7 Table inheritance with example. 8 CO6 Remember

Write a short note on complex data types :

Q.8 i) Semi-structured data 9 CO6 Understand
ii) Features of semi-structured data models
Describe spatial data like Geographic data and
Q.9 8 CO6 Apply
Geometric data.
CO5,
Q.10 Write short note on: XML 5 Remember
CO6
Write a short note on emerging databases :
Q.11 i) Active and Deductive Databases 9 CO6 Remember
ii) Main Memory Databases
What is object relational database system.
Q.12 8 CO6 Understand
Explain Table inheritance with example.
Write a short note on complex data types :
Q.13 i) Semi-structured data 9 CO6 Remember
ii) Features of semi-structured data models
Describe spatial data like Geographic data and
Q.14 8 CO6 Understand
Geometric data.

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