DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.pdf - Google Drive

3 downloads 185 Views 57KB Size Report
1. What are the responsibilities of the DBA ? 3. 2. Explain program – data Independence. 3. 3. What do you mean by dom
MS – 540

*MS540*

III Semester B.C.A. Degree Examination, May/June 2013 (Old Scheme) 3BCA – 1 : DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Time : 3 Hours

Max. Marks : 80

Instruction : Answer all the Sections. SECTION – A Answer any eight questions.

(8×3=24)

1. What are the responsibilities of the DBA ?

3

2. Explain program – data Independence.

3

3. What do you mean by domain of an attribute ? Give one example.

3

4. Differentiate between spanned and unspanned records.

3

5. Define super key, candidate key, composite key.

3

6. Define first normal form.

3

7. Explain Cartesian product in relation algebra.

3

8. Mention different recovery techniques.

3

9. Explain Insert, delete, update commands in SQL.

3

10. Explain domain constraints.

3 SECTION – B

Answer any four questions.

(14×4=56)

11. a) With a neat diagram, explain three schema architecture of DBMS. b) Explain any three characteristics of DBMS. 12. a) Explain different types of attributes. b) What is relationship ? Give one example for one-to-one and one-to-many relationship.

8 6 7 7 P.T.O.

*MS540*

MS – 540 13. a) Explain 2NF, 3NF, BCNF with examples. b) Explain natural JOIN operation in relation algebra. 14. a) What are the operations performed on files ? b) Explain relational model.

9 5 8 6

15. a) Explain views in SQL.

6

b) With a neat diagram explain centralized DBMS architecture. 16. Write short notes on i) Aggregate functions ii) Difference (–) operation in SQL iii) Commit and Rollback.

–––––––––––––––––

8 6 3 5