UNIT I
1) Identify various components in client/server architecture for DBMS.
2) Explain three tier schema architecture in DBMS.
3) What is a database? What are its storage mechanisms?
4) Discuss the characteristics of Database approach?
5) Compare and contrast the storage of data in files and databases.
6) Explain in detail about data models?
7) Write short notes on Instance and schema?
8) Write any three database applications with their functionalities.
9) Discuss the classification of DBMS?
10) Define data independence? How do you implement data independence in DBMS?
Explain
11) Demonstrate data abstraction implementation in DBMS.
12) Demonstrate generalization and aggregation by using E-R diagram
13) Define Super key, Candidate key, Primary key and foreign key with suitable
examples.
14) Construct an E-R diagram for a hospital with a set of patients and a set of medical
doctors. Associate with each patient a log of the various tests and examinations
conducted.
15) Write the additional features of E/R Model.
16) Write a short note on following with suitable examples?
a) Entity
b) Attribute
c) Relationship
d) Entity Set
17) Analyse Entity versus attribute and Entity versus Relationship?
18) Discuss the representation of total participation and multivalued attribute in an E/R
diagram.
UNIT –II
1) Explain Relational Model with a suitable example?
2) Interpret domain constraints and key constraints?
3) Explain the importance of null values in relational model.
4) Describe integrity constraints in database.
5) Demonstrate various DDL commands with relevant examples.
6) Demonstrate DML commands with relevant examples.
7) Explain various operators in relational algebra.
8) Discuss Domain and Tuple Relational Calculus.
UNIT III
1) Explain various operators in SQL.
2) Describe String functions and date functions in SQL.
3) Define Nested queries? Explain nested queries with examples.
4) Explain Select clause with examples?
5) What are the various joins in SQL.
6) Define View? Explain updatable and nonupdatable views.
7) Explain relational set operations with an example.
UNIT IV
1) Elaborate the properties of decomposition?
2) Explain 1NF and 2NF with an example.
3) Compare 2NF and 3NF with an example.
4) Illustrate 3NF with a suitable example?
5) Explain BCNF with a suitable example?
6) State the problem caused due to redundancy?
7) Define functional dependency? Explain various functional dependencies with example.
8) Explain 4NF and 5NF with an example?
UNIT V
1) Discuss about ACID properties?
2) Discuss the issues in handling concurrent transactions.
3) Explain how Concurrency control can be achieved with locking methods.
4) Explain recoverability and recovery algorithm ARIES with an example.
5) What is Deadlock? What are the conditions of deadlock.
6) Explain Time stamp based protocol.
7) Define Index? What are the types of indexes.
8) Discuss about serializability.
9) Discuss B+trees and various operations on it.
10) Explain Tree and Hash based Indexing.