CSC265 Database Management System

Database Management System: most repeated questions

Questions that have come up in more than one paper, matched by what they ask rather than exact wording. Most repeated first.

  1. 4×Asked in 2082, 2080, 2079, Model question
    Define Normalization. Explain 1NF, 2NF and 3NF with a suitable example.Answer coming10
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  2. 3×Asked in 2081, 2080, Model question
    What are desirable properties of transactions? Explain conflict serializability with example.Answer coming10
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  3. 2×Asked in 2080
    Consider a banking database with three labels and primary key underlined as given below: Customer (CustomerID , CustomerName, Address, Phone, Email) Borrows (CustomerID, LoanNumber ) Loan ( LoanNumber , LoanType, Amount ) Write both relational algebra and…Answer coming10
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  4. 2×Asked in 2078, 2076
    Define schedule and serializability. How can you test the serializability?Answer coming
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  5. 2×Asked in 2081, 2080
    Define specialization. Explain disjoint constraint with example.Answer coming5
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  6. 2×Asked in 2079, 2078
    Retrieve the TName, and No of priod of teachers who teach in "ABC" school using Relational Algebra. TEACHER (TID, TName, TAddress, TQualification) SCHOOL (SID, SName, SAddress, SPhone) SCHOOL TEACHER (SID, TID, No of Period).Answer coming5
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  7. 2×Asked in 2081, 2080
    What are informal design guidelines for relational schemas.Answer coming5
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  8. 2×Asked in 2080
    Why database recovery is essential? Explain recovery technique based on immediate update.Answer coming5
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