CS403 Grand QUIZ Spring 2021

OBJECTIVE

1. Data type “BLOB” in database management system standard for __________

 Binary large Object
2. The attribute HOBBY can have more than one value in ERD. The HOBBY is a _______
attribute.
 Multi-valued
3. Which of the following is an example of a weak entity?
 Shahid account of XYZ bank has no existence if the XYZ bank doesn’t
anymore
4. __________ is state of database where a “course” cannot be inserted in the table, because
this course has not been registered to any “student”.
 Insertion anomaly
5. In three-level DBMS architecture, the _____ level interacts directly with the users.
 External
6. If A→ B and CB→d ,then AC→D.1. Then above rule follows________ inference rule.
 Psedue transitivity
7. If we make a change in the extension of database , it will affect _____________
 A single record
8. Which of the following might be represented with a single-valued attribute?
 Computer’s processor speed
9. Database Application is a program which is used for performing certain operations such
as ________
 All of above
10. In database development process, proper study of the system is called ________
 Preliminary study
11. ______ are used by database administrator in situations where we have large number of
record and wastage of small space in each record can be lead to loss of huge amount of
data storage space.
 codes
12. if we simply say join, it means the _________
 Natural join
13. If an entity is linked with itself, then it is called ___________ relationship.
 Recursive
14. The __ can see entire information structure of the database.
 DBA

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 15. When one entity instance needs instance of another entity for its existence ,the it is called
______
 Existence dependency
16. In the relational model, the number of attributes and number of tuples in a elation are
termed as _____ and_____ _ respectively.
 Degree, cardinality
17. A database System is designed to meet the information needs of __ in an organization.
 Multiple users
18. In entity relationship diagram an instance is _______
 A particular occurance of an entity
19. A relational table is in third normal form(3NF) if it is already and every non-key column
is non-transitively dependent upon its______
 Primary key
20. Which of the following is NOT command of a DFD?
 Relationship between external entities
21. A collection of concepts that can be used to describe the structure of a database is called
_______
 Data Model
22. Once the data has been transported to the physical level it is then managed by the
_______
 Operating system
23. Entities enrolled in a relationship are called its ____
 Participants
24. Conceptual database design, expressed in ER-data model can be implemented any _____
 Database management system (DBMS)
25. Which of the following tool is used to graphically represent the components and design
of the system?
 DFD
26. Which of the following change can cause problem in database level?
 Deleting an attribute from the database structure
27. _______ sates that in a relation no attribute of a primary key(PK) can have a null value.
 Entity integrity constraint
28. Which of the following is an empty value but distinct from zero and spaces?
 Null value
29. If A-> B and A-> C, then A->BC the inference Rule applies is:
 Union
30. Which of the following Greek letter is used to denote the select operation?
 σ
31. in ________ join common attribute appear twice in the output with selected rows.
 Equi Join

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 32. A___ is used to maintain a connection between the users of the database system.
 File server
33. Which of the following tool is used to design conceptual database design?
 This model is independent of any tool
34. In three level architecture of the database, which level is helpful to display data which is
not actually placed in the database?
 External level
35. Data inconsistency leads to a number of problems such as ___________
 Loss of information and incorrect results
36. In many to many relationship a third table is crated for the relationship, which is also
called ____________
 Associative entity type
37. In Cross Reference Matrix attributes are specified on ___________
 X axis
38. An entity type is _____
 A coherent set of similar objects that we want to store data on (e.g.
STUDENT, COURSE,CAR)
39. Level of data at which entities or objects exist in really is called ________
 Real world data
40. User rights information is stored in _________
 Catalog
41. Which model operates at the lowest level if abstraction?
 Physical
42. Consider an example XYX university might need to record which teachers taught which
subject in which courses. It is an example of _____ relationship.
 Ternary
43. In Relational Data Model, the ___ of a relation is the number of column in that relation .
 Degree
44. _________ is the best first computer-based approach for the handling the commercial or
business applications.
 File processing system
45. In Relational Data Model, the values of the attributes come from the ______ domain.
 Same
46. The total participation by entities is represented in E-R diagram as
 Double line
47. Cross reference matrix is a tool available in the data dictionary , which helps us in finding
_______
 Entities of the database and their associations
48. ________ states that in a relation no attribute of primary key(PK) can have a null value.
 Entity Integrity Constraint

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 49. In the below entity type which attribute can work as an alternate key?
Employee (Reg# Primary key, Name ,CNIC ,designation )
 CNIC
50. There are ____________ basic properties of the database relations.
 Six
51. Which of the following is the best description of the data security in DBMS?
 Efficient check on all user’s access
52. The foreign key attribute, which is present as a primary key in another relation is called
as ___ of the foreign key attribute
 Home relation
53. The external entity having only a single instance will be a part of ___ but will not be a
part of _________
 DFD,ERD
54. Which of the following provides us the facility to add properties of one entity to another
entity automatically?
 Inheritance
55. Database relation is also represented in a two structure is called_______
 Table
56. Making a change to the conceptual schema of a database is not affecting the existing
external schemas of ______
 Logical data independence
57. In ____ appropriate data model is chosen.
 Logical Database Design
58. While converting to 2NF all the columns are deleted from the original table except for the
determinant which will serve as a _______ key.
 Foreign key
59. The database design prevents some data from being stored due to _______
 Insertion anomalies
60. Which of the following is a type of dependency
 Referential

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