ANNA UNIVERSITY COIMBATORE

B.E/B.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATIONS: MAY/JUNE 2010

REGULATIONS: 2008

FOURTH SEMESTER

080250009- DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

(COMMON TO CSE/ IT)

Time: 3 Hours Max.Marks:100

PART-A

(20*2=40)

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

1. What are the disadvantages in File processing systems?

2. Describe the three levels of Data abstraction.

3. List the roles of a DBA.

4. How view is related to data independence?

5. What is Weak Entity set? Give an example.

6. Give note on Relation Schema and a Relation?

7. What is DML?

8. How does Tuple-oriented relational calculus differ from domain-oriented relational calculus?

9. Define normalization.

10. Define Functional Dependency?

11. Distinguish between 3NF and BCNF.

12. What are indexing and the different kinds of indexing?

13. Give note on query optimization.

14. What is join dependency and inclusion dependency?

15. Define atomicity and aggregation?

16. What is a checkpoint and when does it occur?

17. Give note on correlated sub query.

18. What is database Triggers?

19. State stored-procedures? What are the advantages of using them?

20. What is ROWID?

PART-B

(5*12=60)

ANSWER ANY 5 QUESTIONS

21. Draw an E-R diagram for Clinical System with a set of patients and medical doctors.

Associate with each patient log of various tests and examinations conducted. (12)

22. With an example the fundamental operations of relational algebra. (12)

23. Explain 1NF, 3NF, 5NF with suitable examples. (12)

24 (a). Write notes on ACID properties. (4)

(b) Discuss the different protocols used for concurrency control. (8)

25. Discuss the different Hashing techniques in details. (12)

26. Write note on Triggers, Domain constraints and Encryption and Authentication. (12)

27 (a). Write note on Views and Set operations. (6)

(b) What is referential integrity? Explain. (6)

28. Explain the concepts and advantages of Distributed client server databases. (12)

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