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    This document contains an exam for a Database Management Systems course. It includes 5 questions testing concepts like atomicity, normalization, aggregation, database design, dependencies, and storage strategies for relational databases. The exam covers topics like architectural components, DBA tasks, reasons for non-BCNF design, dependencies avoided by 2NF and 3NF, testing join properties, and constructing ER diagrams.

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    Seat No.

    : _____

    Enrolment No.______

    GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY


    M. C. A. Semester - IST Examination July- 2011

    Subject code: 610005


    Subject Name: Database Management Systems-I
    Date:13/07/2011

    Time: 02:30 pm 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.
    Q.1

    Q.2

    Q.3

    Q.3

    Q.4

    Define the following in terms of DBMS analogy.


    1. Atomicity
    2. Durability
    3. Redundancy
    4. Relationship set
    5. Composite attributes
    6. Superkey
    7. Mapping cardinalities
    8. Throughput
    9. Unique constraints
    10. Spurious tuples
    11. Nonadditive join
    12. Prime, nonprime attribute
    13. DKNF
    14. System catalog

    14

    (a) Give architectural specification of various components of a


    database system.
    (b) What is aggregation? Explain the use of aggregation with specific
    example.
    OR
    (b) Define DBA? Which tasks are performed by DBA?

    07

    (a) In designing a relational database, why might we choose a nonBCNF design?


    (b) What undesirable dependencies are avoided when a relation is in
    2NF and in 3NF?
    OR
    (a) Distinguish between the DBMS and File Processing System.
    (b) Define Normalization. Explain with general example for 1NF,
    2NF, 3NF, and BCNF.

    07

    (a) Explain with an example. How can binary decompositions for the
    nonadditive join property be tested easily?
    (b) Design a generalization-specialization hierarchy for a motor
    vehicle sales company. The company sells motorcycles, passenger
    cars, vans and buses. Justify your placement of attributes at each
    level of the hierarchy. Explain why they should not be placed at a
    higher or lower level.

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    OR

    Q.4

    Q.5

    Q.5

    (a) A relational schema ADDR is defined with attributes Name


    (Unique), House Number, Street, City, State and Zip Code. For any
    given Zip Code, there is just one city and one State. Also, for any
    given Street, City and State, there is just one Zip Code. First,
    define the FDs for this relation. Then, give a minimum set of FDs
    for this relation. List the candidate keys.
    (b) Construct an E-R diagram for a hospital with a set of patients and a
    set of medical doctors. Associate with each patient a log of the
    various tests and examinations conducted.

    07

    (a) Why can we not guarantee that BCNF relation schemas will be
    produced by dependency-preserving decompositions of non-BCNF
    relation schemas? Give a counter example to illustrate this point.
    (b) Use Armstrongs axioms to prove the soundness of the
    decomposition rule.
    OR
    (a) List three design goals for relational databases, and explain why
    each is desirable.
    (b) List two advantages and two disadvantages of each of the
    following strategies for storing a relational database:
    1) Store each relation in one file.
    2) Store multiple relations (even the entire database) in one file.

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