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This document outlines the final exam for the Database Management Systems course at King Khalid University, scheduled for January 22, 2008. It includes five questions totaling 50 marks, covering topics such as data independence, keys in relational databases, entity relationship diagrams, normalization, and various database concepts. Candidates are advised to answer all questions clearly and are provided with specific instructions for the exam format.

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Sample Exam Paper

This document outlines the final exam for the Database Management Systems course at King Khalid University, scheduled for January 22, 2008. It includes five questions totaling 50 marks, covering topics such as data independence, keys in relational databases, entity relationship diagrams, normalization, and various database concepts. Candidates are advised to answer all questions clearly and are provided with specific instructions for the exam format.

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KING KHALID UNIVERSITY Subject: 322 NAL

Faculty of Computer Sciences Database Management Systems


Date: Tuesday, Jan 22, 2008 Time: 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Muharram, 13, 1429 Duration: 2hr
Name & Signature of Room Number: 301 C
Dept Coordinator: Total Marks: 50
Group Head:
Subject Coordinator: Hamid Raza Malik

Final Exam – Semester-1 (1429)


Student No.: ________________ Student Name: ______________________

Information for Candidates

1. This examination paper contains 5 questions totaling 50 marks.


2. The marks for parts of questions are shown in round brackets: e.g. (5)

Advice to Candidates

1. You should answer ALL questions.


2. Write your answer clearly.
3. Draw diagrams where ever necessary.
4. Overwriting in Q.5 is not allowed.

Question one (10 marks, 4 marks for “a” part, 6 marks for “b” part)

a) What is mapping? How it provides Data Independence? Explain different


kinds of data independence. (4)

b) Explain the role of following people in databases environments. (6)

i) Database Administrators
ii) System Analysts
iii) Database Designers

Question two (10 marks, 5 marks for each part)

a) What is meant by key? Why is it important in relational database? Explain


the difference between primary key and foreign key. (5)

b) Define views. Write down its advantages with diagrams. (5)

Question three (10 marks, 3 marks for “a” and 7 marks for “b” part)

a) Write down the fundamental elements of ERD. Define different types of


attributes and explain with help of diagrams. (3)
b) Produce an entity relationship diagram for the following situation. Include

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entity, attributes, cardinality and participation constraints. (7)

Property for Sale

The organization has a number of sales offices in several cities. Each


sales office is assigned one or more employees. An employee must be
assigned to only one sales office. For each sales office, there is always
one employee assigned to manage that office. An employee may manage
only the sales office to which he/she is assigned. The organization lists
property for sale. Each unit of property must be listed with one (and only
one) of the sales offices. A sales office may have any number of properties
listed, or may have no property listed. Each unit of property has one or
more owners. An owner may own one or more units of property.

Question four (10 marks, 6 marks for “a” part, 4 marks for “b” part)

a) What is normalization? Why we do normalization? Explain with examples


the various types of anomalies that occur in a relation. (7)

b) Define the partial, full-functional and transitive dependency. (3)

Question five (10 marks, 1 mark for each)

I) Fill in the blanks.

a) The entity relationship diagram is used to graphically represent the


__________________ database model.

b) A ______________ key is defined as a key that is used strictly for data


retrieval purposes.

c) _____________________ is the attribute's set of possible values.

II) Select true or false.

a) Normalization procedures focus on the characteristics of specific


entities. It represents a micro view of the entities within the E-R
diagram.
True or False

b) A database schema is basically any object created by end users,


such as tables, views, indexes, stored procedures, and triggers.

True or False

c) Normalization is a process for changing attributes to entities.

True or False

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III. Choose the correct answers.

a) A ______________ key is defined as a key that is used strictly for


data retrieval purposes.

a. primary
b. foreign
c. secondary
d. data

b) Within a table, the primary key must be unique so that it will identify
each row. When this is the case, the table is said to exhibit

a. referential integrity
b. entity integrity
c. enforced integrity
d. All of the above

c) A DBMS performs several important functions that guarantee the


integrity and consistency of the data in the database. Which of the
following is NOT one of those functions?

a. Data integrity
b. Storage management
c. Data reports
b. Security management

d) A table that is in 2NF and contains no transitive dependencies is said


to be in

a. 1NF
b. 2NF
c. 3NF
e. BCNF.

GOOD LUCK

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