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This document contains a study guide for the Database Management Systems exam. It includes 3 sections: Section A with 10 short answer questions worth 2 marks each, Section B with 5 medium questions worth 5 marks each, and Section C with 3 long questions worth 10 marks each. The document provides an overview of the exam structure and content which covers topics such as entity-relationship diagrams, relational algebra, SQL, database normalization, and data warehousing.

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Ptu Dbms Question Papers

This document contains a study guide for the Database Management Systems exam. It includes 3 sections: Section A with 10 short answer questions worth 2 marks each, Section B with 5 medium questions worth 5 marks each, and Section C with 3 long questions worth 10 marks each. The document provides an overview of the exam structure and content which covers topics such as entity-relationship diagrams, relational algebra, SQL, database normalization, and data warehousing.

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Total No. of Questions : 09
B.Tech.(IT) (2011 Onwards) (Sem.–5)
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Subject Code : BTIT-503
M.Code : 70596
Time : 3 Hrs. Max. Marks : 60

INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES :
1. SECTION-A is COMPULSORY consisting of TEN questions carrying T WO marks
each.
2. SECTION-B contains FIVE questions carrying FIVE marks each and students
have to attempt any FOUR questions.
3. SECTION-C contains T HREE questions carrying T EN marks each and students
have to attempt any T WO questions.

SECTION-A

1. Answer briefly :

1. Differentiate between Strong and Weak entity sets. How are they represented in an E-
R Diagram?

2. What do you mean by a Data Base instance and a Data Base schema?

3. What is DDL in SQL? List the different DDL commands used in SQL.

4. Explain the Cartesian Product operation in Relational Algebra.

5. What is a Database View and how does it help in Database Security?

6. Differentiate between char and varchar2 data types in oracle.

7. What do you mean by integrity of data? List any two integrity constraints.

8. What is Two-Phase Locking?

9. What is Data Farming?

10. What are NoSQL Databases?

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SECTION-B

2. List various advantages of Data Base approach over Traditional File system approach.

3. What is ER Diagram? What are the symbols used in it? Design and Draw an ER diagram
for a banking system.

4. Explain the different set operations used in SQL.

5. Discuss the Shadow Paging Recovery Technique. Under what circumstances does it not
require a log?

6. What are Multimedia Databases? How data is stored and indexed in Multimedia
Databases?

SECTION-C

7. Explain XML with the help of an example.

8. What do you mean by Normalization? What do you mean by Multi-valued and Join
Dependency. Also Explain 4th and 5th Normal forms with the help of examples.

9. Discus the architecture of Data Warehousing? What are the different challenges in
maintaining these? Discus any two applications of Data Warehouses.

NOTE : Disclosure of Identity by writing Mobile No. or Making of passing request on any
page of Answer Sheet will lead to UMC against the Student.

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