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CS403 Database Management System

Final Term Examination – Spring 2006
Time Allowed: 150 Minutes

Question No. 1 Marks : 2

I wo phase locking, when a transaction releases a lock, it may acquire additional lock.
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? False

Question No. 2 Marks : 15

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a) Why standardization is necessary? Explain its benefits in terms of database

architecture.

b) Why we choose DBMS after conceptual model? Discuss.

c) Check the following relation is in 2nd normal form. If no, then convert it in 2nd
normal form and explain its reason.
ORDER_ITEM (orderId, itemId, itemDescription, qty, pricePerItem, totalPrice)
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NATION (nationNo, nationName)
MAGAZINE (magNo, magName, startDate, langNo, nationNo)
ISSUE (readerNo, magNo, borrowDate, returnDate, comment)

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READER (readerNo, readerName, deptNo, address, birthDate, phone, email)

DEPARTMENT (deptNo, deptName)

a) Delete a reader’s record whose name is Salman and department is Management.

b) List all the magazine names in ascending order whose language is Arabic.
c) List all the reader’s email addresses that have been issued Islam magazine.
d) List all the magazine names which are issued to Zaid.
e) Create a view containing the following attributes from the READER and
DEPARTMENT relations.

READER (readerNo, readerName, phone)

DEPARTMENT (deptName)

Question No. 4 Marks : 2

The general purpose of data partitioning and placement is ------------------.

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? Decreasing workload
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Question No. 5 Marks : 10

Differentiate between the followings?

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a) Simple and materialized view.

b) WHERE and HAVING clause.

Question No. 6 Marks : 2

Transaction is executed as a whole or none. This property of transaction is called ----------------

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? Atomicity
? Durability
? Concurrency

Question No. 7 Marks : 10

a) What is transaction? Differentiate between preemptive and non preemptive

transactions.

b) Why we need sub query? Explain in detail.

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Marks : 2

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RAID level 4 stripes data at byte level.

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? False

Question No. 9 Marks : 2

IN function helps reduce the need to use multiple AND conditions.

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? False

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