Code No: RR420104 Set No.

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IV B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, May 2008
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
(Civil Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. Discuss the disadvantages of file processing system, and explain how these disad-
vantages are avoided in DBMS [16]

2. (a) State and explain the mapping constraints which an E-R enterprise schema
defines give suitable examples.
(b) What is meant by a key of an entity? Discuss various types of keys [10+6]

3. (a) Explain with an example, the division ooperation is relational algebra

(b) Explain with an example, the Set - Union and set - Intersection operation is
relational algebra. [8+8]

4. (a) What is meant by SQL? Discuss various parts in the SQL language.
(b) Discuss how string operations are done in SQL. [8+8]

5. (a) What is meant by QBE? Explain with an example.

(b) What are the aggregate operators that are there in QBE? Discuss their usage.
[6+10]

6. Explain the problem of “Loss Of Information” in Relational Database Design? [16]

7. Explain the recovery procedure that needs to take place after a disk crash? [16]

8. (a) Write a note on Security Specification in SQL?

(b) Write about Security in statistical Databases? [10+6]

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Code No: RR420104 Set No. 2
IV B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, May 2008
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
(Civil Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. Write short notes on the following:

(a) Instances and sechemas

(b) Data independence
(c) Data abstraction. [5+5+6]

2. Write short notes on the followin:

(a) Entity sets

(b) Relationship sets
(c) Mapping constranits. [5+5+6]

3. Discus indetail the structure of reational database [16]

4. Discuss indetail the interactive DML and the basic DDL features of SQL. [16]

5. Discuss with suitable exmples, the joined relations in SQL [16]

6. Write a short note on the following:

(a) Relation(R) & Schema

(b) Decomposition of R
(c) Normal Forms
(d) Loss-Less Join Decomposition. [4×4=16]

7. Write a detail note on ‘Log based Recovery’ mechanism in DBMS? [16]

8. (a) Describe a scenario in which discretionary access controls are required to en-
force a security policy that cannot be enforced using only mandatory controls?
(b) Explain the need for the limits of A maximum on the number of touples
involved in answering a query in a statistical database system? [10+6]

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Code No: RR420104 Set No. 3
IV B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, May 2008
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
(Civil Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Compare the Entity - Relationship model, and object - oriented model
(b) State and explain various record based logical models, and give an example to
each type of model. [8+8]

2. Discuss the process of reduction of an E-R schema to tables. Give suitable exmple.
[16]

3. Discuss the following relational algebra operations.

(a) The Natural - Join operation

(b) The Division operation
(c) The set intersection operation
(d) The project operation. [4 × 4 = 16]

4. Discuss indetail the interactive DML and the basic DDL features of SQL. [16]

5. Discuss with suitable examples, the following uses of nested subqueries in SQL

(a) Test for the absence of Duplicate tuples

(b) Test for empty relations
(c) Set comparision [6+5+5]

6. Write a detailed note on “Pitfalls” in Relational Database Design? [16]

7. Explain the recovery procedure that needs to take place after a disk crash? [16]

8. Explain the following features in “d-base”?

(a) Recovery
(b) Security
(c) Integrity. [16]

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Code No: RR420104 Set No. 4
IV B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, May 2008
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
(Civil Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Explain the differnce between physical data independence and logical data
independence.
(b) Discuss the functions of a database administrator. [8+8]
2. Draw the E-R diagram for a banking enterprise. Explain various entities and rela-
tionship in it. [16]
3. Write brief notes on the following:
(a) Database schema
(b) Relational algebra
(c) Query languages [4+8+4]
4. Discuss indetail the interactive DML and the basic DDL features of SQL. [16]
5. (a) What is meant by a null value? Does SQL allows null values? Why?
(b) Discuss the “Test for empty relation” nested query in SQL with an example.
[10+6]
6. Explain the problem of “Inability To Represent Certain Information” in Relational
Database Design? [16]
7. Explain the techniques for using the Log to ensure transaction atomicity despite
Failures? [16]
8. Observe the following Schema and answer the following question.
SCHEMA :
Emp (eid :integer,ename:string,age:integer,salary:real)
Works(eid :integer,did:integer,pct time:integer)
Dept(did:integer,budget:real,managerid:integer)

Suppose you have a view Senior Emp defined as follows :

CREATE VIEW SeniorEmp (sname, sage, salary)
AS SELECT E.name,E.age,E.salary
FROM Emp E
WHERE E.age > 50
Explain what the system will do to process the following query :
SELECT S.name
FROM Senior Emp S
WHERE S.salary > 100,000. [16]

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Code No: RR420104 Set No. 4
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