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    UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION 2018/2019

    SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS


    DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

    DIT/DBIT/CIT
    EVENING

    UNIT CODE: DIT1301 UNIT TITLE: DATABASE SYSTEMS

    DATE: NOVEMBER, 2018 MAIN EXAM TIME: 2 HOURS

    INSTRUCTIONS: SECTION A IS COMPULSORY.ANSWER ANY OTHER TWO


    QUESTIONS IN SECTION B

    SECTION A
    QUESTION ONE(30 MARKS)
    a) Distinguish between the following terms as used in database systems.
    (10 Marks)
    i) Logical and physical data independence.
    ii) weak entity set and strong entity
    iii) Primary key and foreign key
    iv) Cardinality and Composite attribute
    v) Generalization and specialization.

    b) State and briefly explain the three levels of ANSI-SPARC three-level


    architecture (6 Marks)

    c) State and explain the 5 components of database system environment and


    discuss how they relate to each other. (5 Marks)

    d) Define the term normalization and explain the three normal forms.
    (9 Marks)

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    SECTION B
    QUESTION TWO (20 Marks)
    2 a) Consider the table structure below.
    STUDNO LNAME FNAME INITIAL DOB UNIT_CODE
    101 Mwangi John N 11/8/80 2100
    102 Kimaiyo Peter M 12/12/8 2200
    4
    103 Chebet Martha K 2/4/83 2305
    104 Oduor Louis M 11/06/8 2200
    0
    105 Njuguna Frank G 15/9/85 2100

    Using SQL,
    i. Create the structure of table STUDENT and set a suitable field as the primary
    key. (5 Marks)

    ii. Having created the table structure in (i) above, enter the first two records
    into the table. (5 Marks)

    iii. Return the names of students taking unit code 9945 (3 Marks)

    iv. Remove the table STUDENT from the database (2 Marks)

    v. Order the table by unit code in ascending (5 Marks)

    QUESTION THREE (20 Marks)


    a) Using relevant examples describe the purposes of the DBMS languages
    (10 Marks)

    b) Explain five roles of a data base administrator. (10 Marks)

    QUESTION FOUR (20 marks)


    You are required to design a database tables to contain employees. Think of
    possible tables, fields and their field’s data types and field properties for each
    table above. (20 Marks)

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    QUESTION FIVE (20 MARKS)
    a) With the aid of well labeled diagrams describe the three types of
    relationships. (10 Marks)

    b) Differentiate between an entity and attribute (2 Marks)

    c) Describe any Four (4) users of database (8 Marks)

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