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DBMS Notes and Questions

The document outlines key concepts and topics related to Database Management Systems (DBMS), including the Three Schema Architecture, ER Diagrams, Relational Algebra, SQL commands, Normalization, and Transactions. It provides definitions, differences, and examples for various terms and operations, as well as practical lab assignments and problem-solving exercises. Additionally, it covers important aspects such as ACID properties, concurrency problems, and recovery techniques.

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DBMS Notes and Questions

The document outlines key concepts and topics related to Database Management Systems (DBMS), including the Three Schema Architecture, ER Diagrams, Relational Algebra, SQL commands, Normalization, and Transactions. It provides definitions, differences, and examples for various terms and operations, as well as practical lab assignments and problem-solving exercises. Additionally, it covers important aspects such as ACID properties, concurrency problems, and recovery techniques.

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DBMS Notes and Questions

Three Schema Architecture of DBMS:


o Define Physical Data Independence and Logical Data Independence.
o What is a Data Dictionary?
o What are the differences between Data Structure and DBMS?
o Define Schema, Instance, Tuple, and Attributes.
o What are the different types of Database Models (e.g., Network, Hierarchical,
Relational)?
2. ER Diagram:
o Questions to build an ER diagram from given problems (e.g., Draw an ER diagram
for a Library Management System or similar examples).
o Explain the components of an ER diagram.
o What is an Entity? What is an Entity Set?
o What are the differences between Strong and Weak Entities?
o Explain different types of Attributes (Simple, Composite, Derived, Multivalued).
o Explain the different types of Relationships (One-to-One, One-to-Many, Many-to-
Many).
o Define Cardinality with examples.
o Explain Generalization, Specialization, and Aggregation with examples.
3. Relational Algebra:
o Differences between Relational Algebra and Relational Calculus.
o Explain the basic operations in Relational Algebra.
o Explain Selection and Projection operations in Relational Algebra.
o Define Cartesian Product with an example.
o Write the differences between Cartesian Product and Join.
o What is the use of the Rename (ρ) operation?
o Write the differences between Inner Join and Outer Join.
4. SQL:
o Practice lab assignments for SQL commands.
o Focus on commands like Read, Delete, Drop, Truncate, Alter, and Self Join.
5. Normalization:
o Solve problems for 2NF, 3NF, and BCNF.
o What is Closure?
o What is Canonical Cover?
o Solve problems for Candidate Key, Super Key, Lossless Join Decomposition, and
Dependency Preservation problems.
o Define Functional Dependency and the differences between 3NF and BCNF.
o Write down Armstrong Axioms.
o Explain different types of Anomalies (Insert, Update, Delete).
o Why is Normalization needed?
6. Transactions:
o Definition of a Transaction.
o Conflict Serializability and View Serializability.
o Define three concurrency problems: Dirty Read, Non-Repeatable Read, and Phantom
Problem.
o Describe the Wait-Die and Wound-Wait protocols.
o Explain Deadlock Prevention techniques.
o Define ACID properties of Transactions.
7. Short Notes:
o Views
o Deadlock
o B-Tree
o B+ Tree
o Indexing
o Transaction State Diagram
o Time Stamp Protocol
o Log-Based Recovery

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