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Assignment 1 Solutions

State TRUE or FALSE:


0.5 points
A database is a collection of related pieces of data.

True
False

Yes, the answer is correct.


Score: 0.5
Accepted Answers:
True

0.5 points
Database systems are designed to manage large amounts of information.

True
False

Yes, the answer is correct.


Score: 0.5
Accepted Answers:
True

0.5 points
DBMS is a software system for database management and manages a single
database.

True
False

Yes, the answer is correct.


Score: 0.5
Accepted Answers:
False

0.5 points
Many users can concurrently access a particular database.

True
False

Yes, the answer is correct.


Score: 0.5
Accepted Answers:
True
State TRUE or FALSE:
0.5 points
The information stored in a database is actually stored in secondary storage.

True
False

Yes, the answer is correct.


Score: 0.5
Accepted Answers:
True

0.5 points
DBMS guarantees the availability of data when a user tries to retrieve the
data.

True
False

Yes, the answer is correct.


Score: 0.5
Accepted Answers:
True

0.5 points
In DBMS, record structures are hard-coded into its internal programs.

True
False

Yes, the answer is correct.


Score: 0.5
Accepted Answers:
False

0.5 points
A “log” in the RDBMS keeps track of update operations of all transactions.

True
False

Yes, the answer is correct.


Score: 0.5
Accepted Answers:
True

2 points
What is the most appropriate matching between the following sets where set
S1 represents a type of enterprise and set S2 represents the type of
information that an enterprise wants to store as a database?
S1: {w: Airline; x: Telecommunication; y: Banking; z: Universities}
S2: {p: reservation and schedule information; q: customers, accounts, loans,
and associated information; r: information about the communication
networks; s: information about students, courses, grades, etc.}

w--p; x--q; y--r; z--s


w--p; x--q; y--s; z--r
w--p; x--r; y--q; z--s
w--q; x--p; y--s; z--r

Yes, the answer is correct.


Score: 2
Accepted Answers:
w--p; x--r; y--q; z--s

2 points
Consider the statements given below:
S1: Data abstraction is the DBMS characteristic that allows program-data
independence.
S2: Data models allow representation of a database at different levels of
detail.
Choose the correct option:

S1: True; S2: True


S1: True; S2: False
S1: False; S2: True
S1: False; S2: False

Yes, the answer is correct.


Score: 2
Accepted Answers:
S1: True; S2: True

2 points
Consider the statements given below:
S1: Meta-data is the descriptions of the relation schemas and associated
constraints.
S2: DBMS stores data and meta-data in the database catalog.
Choose the correct option:

S1: True; S2: True


S1: True; S2: False
S1: False; S2: True
S1: False; S2: False

No, the answer is incorrect.


Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
S1: True; S2: False

2 points
Consider the statements given below:
S1: Database schema is specified during the design stage and describes the
database.
S2: The scheme of a database changes frequently.

S1: True; S2: True


S1: True; S2: False
S1: False; S2: True
S1: False; S2: False

Yes, the answer is correct.


Score: 2
Accepted Answers:
S1: True; S2: False

2 points
What is the most appropriate matching between the following sets w.r.t. data
abstraction:
S1: {w: physical level; x: logical level; y: view level}
S2: {p: describes what data is stored; q: describes how the data is stored; r:
describes only part of the database}

w--p; x--q; y--r


w--p; x--r; y--q
w--q; x--p; y--r
w--q; x--r; y--p

Yes, the answer is correct.


Score: 2
Accepted Answers:
w--q; x--p; y--r

2 points
Typically, a database administrator (DBA) is responsible for:

Schema definition
Schema modification
Granting of authorization for data access
All of the above

Yes, the answer is correct.


Score: 2
Accepted Answers:
All of the above

2 points
Consider a typical data retrieval request in DBMS. Find the statement which is
TRUE.

The data retrieval query always returns the records in sorted order.
The query formulation is based on the conceptual schema.
The query formulation is based on the physical schema.
None of the above is TRUE.

Yes, the answer is correct.


Score: 2
Accepted Answers:
The query formulation is based on the conceptual schema.

2 points
What is FALSE regarding the relational data model:

A relational database consists of a collection of tables.


The term “tuple” refers to an element in a relation instance.
The tuples in a relation instance appear in a sorted order.
For each attribute of a relation, there is a set of permitted values.

Yes, the answer is correct.


Score: 2
Accepted Answers:
The tuples in a relation instance appear in a sorted order.

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