Bca Bca 401 Database Management System 2012

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CS/BCA/SEM-4/BCA-401/2012
2012
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Time Allotted : 3 Hours Full Marks : 70
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words
as far as practicable.
GROUP – A
( Multiple Choice Type Questions )
1. Choose the correct alternatives for the following :

10 1 = 10
i) The value of the attributes describe a particular
a) attribute b) entity
c) instance d) none of these.
ii) System catalog is a system created database that

describes
a) database objects
b) data dictionary information
c) user access information
d) all of these.
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iii) DBA is a
a) Software b) Hardware
c) Person d) Others.
iv) To select a tuple from a relational database table, the
symbol used in relational algebra is
a) sigma b) pie
c) lamda d) project.
v) Any relation that is not part of the logical model, but is
made visible to a user as a virtual relation, is called as
a) relation b) view
c) tuple d) none of these.
vi) Normalization removes
a) dependency of data b) uniqueness of data
c) redundancy of data d) none of these.
vii) Log table is used for
a) updating b) recovery
c) query d) deadlock.
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viii) Which is the command in SQL to change the structure
in a table ?
a) Alter b) Update
c) Append d) None of these.
ix) A relation is considered to be in second normal form if
it is in first normal form and it has no .......................
dependencies.
a) referential b) functional
c) partial d) transitive.
x) Cardinality of a table is equal to the
a) number of rows in the table
b) number of columns in the table
c) number of domains of the table
d) none of these.
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GROUP – B
( Short Answer Type Questions )
Answer any three of the following. 3 5 = 15
2. Explain the three schema architecture.
3. Write down the functions of a DBA.
4. Consider the following tables with their functional
dependencies –
Professor (Professor_code, Department, Head_of_dept,
Percent_time)
(Department, Professor_code) (Head_of_dept, Percent
time)
Department (Head_of_dept
(Head_of_dept, Professor_code) (Department,
Percent_time)
It is assumed that —
i) A professor can work in more than one department
ii) The percentage of the time he spends in each
department is given
iii) Each department has only one head_of_dept.
Normalize the table up to BCNF.
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5. What is spurious tuple ? How spurious tuples are
generated ?
6. Define super key, candidate key and primary key.
GROUP – C
( Long Answer Type Questions )
Answer any three of the following. 3 15 = 45
7. a) What is the highest NF of each of the following
relations ?
i) R1 ( A, B, C ) with FDs are A B, A C, C B
ii) R2 ( A, B, C, D ) with FDs are A B C, CD B
b) Explain generalization, specialization and aggregation in
entity relation diagram.
c) "All primary keys are the super key but the converse is
not true". Explain. What is attribute inheritance ?
4+6+3+2
8. Define ER model. What is an entity ? What is multi-valued
attribute ? Draw the ER diagram from the following
information :
"A store has different counters managed by different
employee. A counter has item but no two counters have
common items. Customers buy from different counters but
bill are prepared at the bill counter only. Once in a month
the performance of the persons managing different counters
are evaluated in terms of sale. Items are also reviewed and
slow moving items are identified. 2+2+2+9
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9. Consider the following two schemas :
EMP ( EMP#, ENAME, JOB, HIREDATE, MANAGER#,
SALARY, COMM, DEPT# ).
DEPT ( DEPT#, DNAME, LOCATION )
Perform the following queries on the tables ( Write
appropriate SQL statement ) :
i) List the name, salary and PF amounts of all emplayees
( PF is calculated as 10% of the basic )
ii) List the number of employees and average salary in
DEPT# 20.
iii) List the department number and total salary payable in
each department.
iv) List the names of the employees who are more than
20 years old in the company.
v) List the names of the employees whose name either
starts or ends with 'S'. 3+3+3+3+3
10 a) Explain ACID properties.
b) Distinguish between logical and physical data
dependency.
c) Define 2NF, 3NF, BCNF with proper example. 5 + 4 + 6
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11. a) Explain the difference between external, internal and
conceptual schemas.
b) What is multi-level index ?
c) Explain the query optimization technique with relevant
examples. 5+5+5
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The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

1. Choose the correct alternatives for the following :

i) The value of the attributes describe a particular

c) instance d) none of these.

ii) System catalog is a system created database that

b) data dictionary information

c) user access information

4021 [ Turn over

iv) To select a tuple from a relational database table, the

symbol used in relational algebra is

v) Any relation that is not part of the logical model, but is

made visible to a user as a virtual relation, is called as

c) tuple d) none of these.

vi) Normalization removes

a) dependency of data b) uniqueness of data

c) redundancy of data d) none of these.

vii) Log table is used for

viii) Which is the command in SQL to change the structure

c) Append d) None of these.

ix) A relation is considered to be in second normal form if

it is in first normal form and it has no .......................

x) Cardinality of a table is equal to the

a) number of rows in the table

b) number of columns in the table

c) number of domains of the table

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2. Explain the three schema architecture.

3. Write down the functions of a DBA.

4. Consider the following tables with their functional

Professor (Professor_code, Department, Head_of_dept,

(Department, Professor_code) (Head_of_dept, Percent

(Head_of_dept, Professor_code) (Department,

i) A professor can work in more than one department

ii) The percentage of the time he spends in each

iii) Each department has only one head_of_dept.

Normalize the table up to BCNF.

5. What is spurious tuple ? How spurious tuples are

6. Define super key, candidate key and primary key.

8. Define ER model. What is an entity ? What is multi-valued

attribute ? Draw the ER diagram from the following

"A store has different counters managed by different

employee. A counter has item but no two counters have

common items. Customers buy from different counters but

bill are prepared at the bill counter only. Once in a month

the performance of the persons managing different counters

are evaluated in terms of sale. Items are also reviewed and

slow moving items are identified. 2+2+2+9

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9. Consider the following two schemas :

EMP ( EMP#, ENAME, JOB, HIREDATE, MANAGER#,

SALARY, COMM, DEPT# ).

DEPT ( DEPT#, DNAME, LOCATION )

Perform the following queries on the tables ( Write

appropriate SQL statement ) :

i) List the name, salary and PF amounts of all emplayees

( PF is calculated as 10% of the basic )

ii) List the number of employees and average salary in