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NAME
BK ID
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ASSIGNMENT
SPRING DRIVE 2015
MBADS (SEM 3/SEM 5)
MBAFLEX/ MBA (SEM 3)
PGDISMN (SEM 1)
MI0034 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
B1966
4
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Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be
approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.
Questions
Q.No
Write short notes on
1
a.
b.
c.
d.
a.
b.
c.
d.
2

Latency and seek

RAID
Blu-ray Disk drive
Variable length records
Latency and seek
RAID
Blu-ray Disk drive
Variable length records

Marks

Total Marks

2
3
3
2

Explain various forms of Normalization with an example of employee database

Constructing an un-normalized normal form
2
Converting the un-normalized normal form to
8
different normal forms with an explanation
Elaborate the different types of schema-based constraints
Listing and explaining 5 different types of
10
constraints

10

10

10

Write SQL commands for the following queries

a. List all the employees from a employee database whose salary falls in the range
from Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 35,000
b. If there are two tables STUDENT and SUBJECT, display the list of students who
have opted for computer subject.

c. Display the name of the highest scorer in the class.

d. For every project located in London, list the project number, the controlling
department number and the department managers last name, address and birth
date
a. SQL command using Between and OR
2
operator
b. SQL command using single-row nested
3
queries
10
c. SQL command using multiple-row nested 2
queries
d. SQL command using mix of algebraic
3
operators
5

a. List the advantages of Distributed Database Management System (DDBMS)

b. List the disadvantages of DDBMS
c. What is data fragmentation and data replication?
2
a. Listing advantages of DDBMS
10
2
b. Listing disadvantages of DDBMS
3
c. Explaining data fragmentation
3
Explaining data replication
Write short notes on
a. Inheritance
b. Relationships
c. Object classes
d. Object Relational Database Management System
a. Inheritance
2
b. Relationships
3
c. Object classes
2
d. Object Relational Database Management
3
System

10