Q1➡ | NET December 2022

Identify the incorrect statements:

i ➥ A candidate key is minimal set of one or more attributes that, taken collectively, allow us to
uniquely identify any entity in the entity set.
ii ➥ A candidate key for which no proper subset is also a candidate key is called a super key.
iii ➥ A super key is a set of one or more attributes that, taken collectively, allows us to uniquely
identify any entity in the entity set.
iv ➥ A super key for which no proper subset is also a super key is called a candidate key.
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Q2➡ | NET December 2022

Consider the two relations below. The primary keys are underlined. Identify all possible foreign
key(s) from the options based only on the two relations.
EMP (eid, ename, did)
DEPT ( did, dname)

i ➥ eid
ii ➥ did
iii ➥ eid, did
iv ➥ eid, did, enameeid, did, ename
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Q3➡ | NET December 2022

Which of the following statement is correct , according to the following instance of the relational
schema R (X, Y, Z) ?

i ➥ X→Y, Z→X
ii ➥ Y→Z, Z→X
iii ➥ X→Y, X→Z
iv ➥ Y→X, X→Z
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Q4➡ | NET December 2022

What are the drawback of using file system to store data ?
(A) Data inconsistency
(B) Difficulty in accessing data
(C) Data isolation
(D) Atomicity of updates

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(D) Atomicity of updates
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

i ➥ A, B only
ii ➥ B, C, D only
iii ➥ A, B, C only
iv ➥ A, B, C, D
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Q5➡ | NET December 2022

which of the following database model, we have a parent -child relationship?
(A) Hierarchical database
(B) Network database
(C) Relational database
Choose the correct from the options given below:

i ➥ A, B
ii ➥ A, C
iii ➥ B, C
iv ➥ A, B, C
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Q6➡ | NET December 2022

Identify the correct operation which produces the below output based on two relations R1 and R2 .

Choose the correct answer from the options below:

i ➥ R1∩ R2
ii ➥ R1- R2
iii ➥ R1- (R1-R2)
iv ➥ R1∪R2
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Q7➡ | NET June 2022

Consider the following statements:
Statement I: Composite attributes cannot be divided into smaller subparts.
Statement II: complex attributes is formed by nesting Composite attributes and multi-valued
attributes in an arbitrary way.
Statement III : A derived attribute is an attribute whose value are computed from other attribute.
Which of the following is correct?

i ➥ Statement I, statement II and statement III are true

ii ➥ Statement I true and statement II , statement III are false
iii ➥ Statement I, statement II true and Statement III false
iv ➥ Statement I false and statement II, statment III true
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Q8➡ | NET June 2022

A trigger is

i ➥ A statement that enables to start DBMS.

ii ➥ A statement that is executed by the user when debugging an application program.
iii ➥ A condition the system tests for the validity of the database user.
iv ➥ A statement that is executed automatically by the system as a side effect of modification to
the database.
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Q9➡ | NET June 2022

i ➥ (A)-(III),(B)-(II),(C)-(IV),(D)-(I)
ii ➥ (A)-(II),(B)-(IV),(C)-(I),(D)-(III)
iii ➥ (A)-(II),(B)-(III),(C)-(IV),(D)-(I)
iv ➥ (A)-(II),(B)-(I),(C)-(IV),(D)-(III)
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Q10➡ | NET June 2022

Consider the following statements :
statement (I) : Conservative 2 PL is a deadlock free protocol
Statement (II) : Thomas’s write rule enforces conflict serializablity
Statement (III) : Timestamp ordering protocol ensures serializability based on the order of
transaction timestamps.
Which of the following is correct ?

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Which of the following is correct ?

i ➥ Statement (I), statement (II) true and Statement (III) false

ii ➥ Statement (I), Statement (III) true and Statement (II) false
iii ➥ Statement (I), Statement (II) false and Statement (III) true
iv ➥ Statement (I), statement (II) and Statement (III) true
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Q11➡ | NET June 2022

Let R (ABCDEFGH) be a relation schema and F be the set of dependencies F = { A→ B, ABCD→E, EF→
G, EF→ H and ACDF→EG} the minimal cover of a set of functional dependencies is

i ➥ A→B, ACD→E, EF→ G, and EF→H

ii ➥ A→B, ACD→ E, EF→ G, EF→ H and ACDF → G
iii ➥ A→B, ACD→ E, EF→G, EF→H and ACDF→E
iv ➥ A→B, ABCD→E, EF→H and EF→G
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i ➥ Both Q1 and Q3
ii ➥ Both Q2 and Q3
iii ➥ Only Q3
iv ➥ Only Q2
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Q13➡ | NET June 2022

Which of the following relational algebra query computes the names of sailors who have reserved a red and a green boat?

i➥

ii ➥

iii ➥

iv ➥

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i ➥ Both Q1 and Q2
ii ➥ Both Q2 and Q3
iii ➥ Only Q1
iv ➥ Only Q2
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Q15➡ | NET June 2022

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Which of the following relational algebra query computes to Sid ‘s of Sailors with age over 20 who have not reserved a red boat?

i➥

ii ➥

iii ➥

iv ➥

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Q16➡ | NET June 2022

Which of the following relational algebra query computes the names of sailor who have reserved all boats ?

i➥

ii ➥

iii ➥

iv ➥

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Q1➡ | NTA UGC NET June 2021

A transaction may be in one of the following states during its execution life cycle in concurrent

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A transaction may be in one of the following states during its execution life cycle in concurrent
execution environment.

A. FAILED
B. TERMINATED
C. PARTIALLY COMMITTED
D. COMMITTED
E. ACTIVE

Given a transaction in active state during its execution, find its next transitioned state from the
options given below:

i ➥ A only
ii ➥ C only
iii ➥ D only
iv ➥ Either A or C only

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Q2➡ | NTA UGC NET June 2021

Which of the DBMS component ensures that concurrent execution of multiple operations on the
database results into a consistent database state?

i ➥ Buffer manager
ii ➥ File manager
iii ➥ Logs
iv ➥ Transaction processing system

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Q3➡ | NTA UGC NET June 2021

Given the following STUDENT-COURSE scheme:
STUDENT (Rollno, Name, courseno)
COURSE (courseno, coursename, capacity),
where Rollno is the primary key of relation STUDENT and courseno is the primary key of relation
COURSE. Attribute coursename of COURSE takes unique values only. Which of the following
query(ies) will find total number of students enrolled in each course, along with its coursename.

A. SELECT coursename, count(*) 'total' from STUDENT natural join COURSE group
by coursename;
B. SELECT C.coursename, count(*) 'total' from STUDENT S, COURSE C where
S.courseno=C.courseno group by coursename;
C. SELECT coursename, count(*) 'total' from COURSE C where courseno in
(SELECT courseno from STUDENT);

i ➥ A and B only
ii ➥ A only
iii ➥ B only
iv ➥ C only

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Q4➡ | NTA UGC NET June 2021

overlapping constraints Disjoint constraint A company is consuming parts in the manufacturing of
other products. Each of the part is either manufactured within the company or purchased from the
external suppliers or both. For each part, part_number, part_name is maintained. Attribute
batch_number is maintained if the consumed part is manufactured in the company. If part is
purchased from external supplier, then supplier name is maintained. Which of the following
constraints need to be considered when modelling class/subclass concepts in ERD for the given
problem.

i ➥ Disjoint constraint only

ii ➥ Partial participation and disjoint constraints
iii ➥ Partial participation
iv ➥ Total specialization and overlapping constraints
Answer – IV

Explanation:
Disjoint Constraint
• A disjoint constraint requires that Higher level entity set belong to only one lower-level entity set.
• For example, an account entity can be either a savings account or a current account , but cannot
be both. Here account is higher level entity and saving account , current account are lower level
entities.

Partial Participation
• It is not based on Generization/ Specialization.
• The entity in the entity set may or may not participate in the relationship.
• Suppose employee entity manages department entity. Here, manages is a relationship between
employee and department. Not every employee manage department only manager manages
department. So, participation of employee entity is partial.

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Total Specialization
• Each higher-level entity must belong to a lower-level entity set.
• For example, employee must be either teaching faculty or non-teaching faculty or both .
Here, employee entity must belong to Lower level entity.

Overlapping Constraints
• In overlapping Constraints, the same Higher level entity may belong to more than one lower-level
entity set.
• For example, person entity may belong to both customer entitity and employee entity.

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Now come to the question to understand,
• One of the Line of question: Each of the part is either manufactured within the
company or purchased from the external suppliers or both.
point1: part entity either belong to one of the lower level entity or more than one lower level
entity. Therefore, Overlapping Constraints need to be considered.
point2: part entity must belong to either of the lower level entity. Therefore, Total
specialization need to be considered.

So, Option(IV) is correct.

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Q5➡ | NTA UGC NET June 2021

Given a fixed-length record file that is ordered on the key field. The file needs B disk blocks to store
R number of records. Find the average access time needed to access any record of the given file
using binary search.

i ➥ B/2
ii ➥ log2 B
iii ➥ B+R
iv ➥ B

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Q6➡ | NTA UGC NET June 2021

The order of a leaf node in a B+ tree is the maximum number of (value, data record pointer) pairs it
can hold. Given that the block size is 1K bytes, data record pointer is 7 bytes long, the value field is
9 bytes long and a block pointer is 6 bytes long, what is the order of the leaf node?

i ➥ 63
ii ➥ 64
iii ➥ 67
iv ➥ 68

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Answer: I
Explanation:
Given,
Block size = 1KByte = 1024 Byte
Record Pointer = 7 Byte
Key Size = 9 Byte
Block pointer = 6 Byte

Ask,
Order of leaf node =?
Formula,
n*(Key size + Record Pointer) + Block Pointer <= Block size
Calculation,
=> n*(9+7) + 6 <= 1024 Byte
=> 16n <= 1018
=> n <= 1018/16
=> n <= 63.625
=> n = 63
So,Option(I) is correct.
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Q7➡ | NTA UGC NET June 2021

Given the following STUDENT-COURSE scheme: STUDENT (Rollno, Name, Courseno) COURSE
(Courseno, Coursename, Capacity), where Rollno is the primary key of relation STUDENT and
Courseno is the primary key of relation COURSE. Attribute Coursename of COURSE takes unique
values only. The number of records in COURSE and STUDENT tables are 3 and 5 respectively.
Following relational algebra query is executed: R=STUDENT X COURSE

Match List I with List II in context to the above problem statement.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

i ➥ A -I , B -III , C -IV , D – II
ii ➥ A -I , B -III , C -IV , D – II
iii ➥ A -I , B -III, C -II , D – IV
iv ➥ A -III , B -I , C -IV , D – II
Answer – IV

Explanation:
A. Degree of Table R: The number of Attributes/Column in a table is called Degree of Table.

Degree of Table R is 6.

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Degree of Table R is 6.

B. Cardinality of Table R: The number of Tuples/records in a table is called Cardinality of Table.

Since, The number of records in COURSE and STUDENT tables are 3 and 5 respectively.
Cardinality of Table = 3 x 5 = 15 records

C. Foreign key of relation STUDENT: Courseno is the primary key of relation COURSE and Courseno is the Foreign key of
relation STUDENT. Because Foreign key is an attribute which referred to primary key of another Table.

C. Foreign key of relation COURSE: There is no Foreign key in a relation COURSE.

So, Option(IV) is correct.

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Q8➡ | NTA UGC NET June 2021

Given a relation scheme R(x,y,z,w) with functional dependencies set F={x→y, z→w}. All attributes
take single and atomic values only.
A. Relation R is in First Normal FORM
B. Relation R is in Second Normal FORM
C. Primary key of R is xz
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

i ➥ A and C only
ii ➥ B and C only
iii ➥ B only
iv ➥ C only
Answer – I

Explanation:
Given,
Functional dependencies set F={x→y, z→w}
(xz)+ = xyzw
Therefore, xz is a Candidate key.
Concept,
First Normal Form: A relation is in first normal form if every field contains only atomic values.
Second Normal Form: In 2NF, part of the candidate key should not determined another
Attributes( No partial dependency allow).

Statement A: Relation R is in First Normal FORM (True)

It is given All attributes take single and atomic values only. Therefore, Relation R is in 1NF.

Statement B: Relation R is in Second Normal FORM (False)

x→y, z→w
Here, part of the candidate key (x) determined another attribute y. The Relation have partial
Dependency. Therefore, The Relation is not in 2 NF.

Statement C: Primary key of R is xz (True)

we already seen above, xz is a primary key.

So, Option(I) is correct.

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Q9➡ | NTA UGC NET June 2021

Which of the following is used to create a database schema?

i ➥ DDL
ii ➥ DML
iii ➥ HTML
iv ➥ XML

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Q10➡ | NTA UGC NET June 2021
Consider following two statements:
Statement I: Relational database schema represents the logical design of the database.
Statement II: Current snapshot of a relation only provides the degree of the relation.
In the context to the above statements, choose the correct option from the options given below:

i ➥ Both Statement I and Statement II are FALSE

ii ➥ Both Statement I and Statement II are TRUE
iii ➥ Statement I is FALSE but Statement II is TRUE
iv ➥ Statement I is TRUE but Statement II is FALSE

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Q11➡ | NTA UGC NET June 2021

Suppose a B+ tree is used for indexing a database file.
Consider the following information:
size of the search key field= 10 bytes,
block size = 1024 bytes,
size of the record pointer= 9 bytes,
size of the block pointer= 8 bytes.
Let K be the order of internal node and L be the order of leaf node of B+ tree, then (K, L)=_____,

i ➥ (34, 31)
ii ➥ (50, 52)
iii ➥ (57, 53)
iv ➥ (60, 64)
Answer: III

Explaination:
Given,
Key size = 10 Byte,
Block size = 1024 Byte,
Record Pointer = 9 Byte,
Block Pointer = 8 Byte.

Asked,
Order of Internal node of B+ Tree = ?,
Order of Leaf/External node of B+ Tree = ?.

Formula,
For Internal node (B+ Tree)
n* Block Pointer + (n-1)*Key size <= Block size,

For Leaf/External node (B+ Tree)

m*(Key size + Record Pointer) + Block Pointer <= Block size.

Where,
n= order of internal node,
m= order of leaf/external node.

Calculation,
For Internal node (B+ Tree)
=> n* Block Pointer + (n-1)*Key size <= Block size,
=> n* 8 + (n-1)*10 <= 1024,
=> 8n + 10n – 10 <= 1024,
=> 18n <= 1034,
=> n <= 57.4
=> n = 57

For Leaf/External node (B+ Tree)

=> m*(10 + 9) + 8 <= 1024,
=> 19m <= 1016,

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=> 19m <= 1016,
=> m<= 53.4,
=> m = 53

So, Option(III) (57,53) is correct.

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Q12➡ | NTA UGC NET November 2020

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

i ➥ A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I

ii ➥ A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
iii ➥ A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
iv ➥ A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
Answer – III
Explanation:
E-R Diagram Notation:

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So, Option(III) is correct.
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Q13➡ | NTA UGC NET November 2020

Given below are two statements:
If two variables V1and V2 are used for clustering, then consider the following statements for k
means clustering with k=3:-
Statement I: If V1and V2 have correlation of 1 the cluster centroid will be in straight line.
Statement II: If V1and V2 have correlation of 0 the cluster centroid will be in straight line.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

i ➥ Both Statement I and Statement II are true

ii ➥ Both Statement I and Statement II are false
iii ➥ Statement I is correct but Statement II is false
iv ➥ Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is true

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Q14➡ | NTA UGC NET November 2020

In the context of concurrency control, a given pair of operations in a schedule is called conflict
schedule if
(A) At level one of the operations is write operations
(B) Both the operations are performed on the same data item.
(C) Both the operations are performed by different transactions.
(D) Both the operations are performed on different data items
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

i ➥ (A) and (B) only

ii ➥ (A), (B) and (C) only
iii ➥ (A), (C) and (D) only
iv ➥ (C) and (D) only

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Q15➡ | NTA UGC NET November 2020

Consider a relational schema S=(U,V,W,X,Y,Z) on which the following functional dependence hold:
{ U → V, VW → X, Y → W, X → U}
Which are the candidate keys among following options?

i ➥ UY, VY
ii ➥ UY, VY, XY
iii ➥ UYZ, VYZ, VWZ
iv ➥ UYZ, VYZ, XYZ
Answer – IV

Explanation:

So, Option(IV) is correct.

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i ➥ Both Statement I and Statement II are true

ii ➥ Both Statement I and Statement II are true
iii ➥ Statement I is correct but Statement II is false
iv ➥ Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is true

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3 tables
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Q17➡ | NTA UGC NET November 2020

On the basis of above given table structures, retrieve the distinct employee ID (EMPID) of all employees of
university who are working on project No. 20, 30 and 40.

i ➥ SELECT EMPID FROM PROJECTWORK WHERE PROJNO=(20,30,40);

ii ➥ SELECT EMPID FROM PROJECTWORK WHERE PROJNO IN (20,30,40);
iii ➥ SELECT DISTINCT EMPID FROM PROJECTWORK WHERE PROJNO IN (20,30,40);
iv ➥ SELECT DISTINCT EMPID FROM PROJECTWORK WHERE PROJNO=20,30,40;

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Answer : C
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i ➥ (A) and (B) only

ii ➥ (A) only
iii ➥ (B) and (C) only
iv ➥ (C) only

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i ➥ (A) and (B) only

ii ➥ (A) and (C) only
iii ➥ (B) only
iv ➥ (C) only

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i ➥ (A) and (B) only

ii ➥ (A) and (C) only
iii ➥ (B) and (C) only
iv ➥ (A) only

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Answer : A
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Q21➡ | UGC NET December 2019
Given two tables
EMPLOYEE (EID, ENAME, DEPTNO)
DEPARTMENT (DEPTNO. DEPTNAME)
Find the most appropriate statement of the given query:
Select count (*) ‘total’ from EMPLOYEE
where DEPTNO IN (D1, D2)
group by DEPTNO
having count (*) > 5

i ➥ Total number of employees in each department D1 and D2

ii ➥ Total number of employees of department D1 and D2 if their total is >5
iii ➥ Display total number of employees in both departments D1 and D2
iv ➥ The output of the query must have atleast two rows

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Q22➡ | UGC NET December 2019

Two concurrent executing transactions T1 and T2 are allowed to update same stock item say ‘A’ in
an uncontrolled manner. In such a scenario, following problems may occur:
(a) Dirty read problem
(b) Lost update problem
(c) Transaction failure
(d) Inconsistent database state
Which of the following option is correct if database system has no concurrency module and allow
concurrent execution of above two transactions?

i ➥ (a), (b) and (c) only

ii ➥ (c) and (d) only
iii ➥ (a) and (b) only
iv ➥ (a), (b) and (d) only

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Q23➡ | UGC NET December 2019

Find minimum number of tables required for converting the following entity relationship diagram into relational
database?

i➥2
ii ➥ 4

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iii ➥ 3
iv ➥ 5

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Q24➡ | UGC NET December 2019

In a system for a restaurant, the main scenario for placing order is given below:
(a) Customer reads menu
(b) Customer places an order
(c) Order is sent to kitchen for preparation
(d) Ordered items are served
(e) Customer requests for a bill for the order
(f) Bill is prepared for this order
(g) Customer is given the bill
(h) Customer pays the bill
A sequence diagram for the scenario will have at least how many objects among whom the
messages will be exchanged.

i➥3
ii ➥ 4
iii ➥ 5
iv ➥ 6

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Q25➡ | UGC NET December 2019

Given two tables R1(x, y) and R2(y, z) with 50 and 30 number of tuples respectively. Find maximum
number of tuples in the output of natural join between tables R1 and R2 i.e. R1 * R2? (*. Natural
Join)

i ➥ 30
ii ➥ 20
iii ➥ 50
iv ➥ 1500

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Q26➡ | UGC NET December 2019

The order of schema?10?101? and ???0??1 are ________and______ respectively.

i ➥ 5,3
ii ➥ 5,2
iii ➥ 7,5
iv ➥ 8,7

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Answer: II

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Q27➡ | UGC NET December 2019

Comprehension:
Answer question (27-31) based on the problem statement given below:
An organization needs to maintain database having five attributes A, B, C, D, E. These attributes are
functionally dependent on each other for which functionally dependency set F is given as : F: {A→
BC, D → E, BC → D, A →D}. Consider a universal relation R(A, B, C, D, E) with functional dependency
set F. Also all attributes are simple and take atomic values only.

:→ Minimal cover F’ of functional dependency set F is

i ➥ F’ = {A → B, A → C, BC → D, D →E}
ii ➥ F’ = {A → BC, B → D, D → E}
iii ➥ F’ = {A → B, A → C, A → D, D → E}
iv ➥ F’ = {A → B, A → C, B → D, C → D,D → E}

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Q28➡ | UGC NET December 2019

Comprehension:
Answer question (27-31) based on the problem statement given below:
An organization needs to maintain database having five attributes A, B, C, D, E. These attributes are
functionally dependent on each other for which functionally dependency set F is given as : F: {A→
BC, D → E, BC → D, A →D}. Consider a universal relation R(A, B, C, D, E) with functional dependency
set F. Also all attributes are simple and take atomic values only.
→ Assume that given table R is decomposed in two tables R1(A,B,C) with functional dependency set
f1={A→ B, A → C} and R2(A,D,E) with functional dependency set f2={A→ D, D → E}.

Which of the following option is true w.r.t. given decomposition?

i ➥ Dependency preservation property is followed

ii ➥ R1 and R2 are both in 2 NF
iii ➥ R2 is in 2 NF and R3 is in 3 NF
iv ➥ R1 is in 3 NF and R2 is in 2 NF

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Q29➡ | UGC NET December 2019

Comprehension:
Answer question (27-31) based on the problem statement given below:
An organization needs to maintain database having five attributes A, B, C, D, E. These attributes are
functionally dependent on each other for which functionally dependency set F is given as : F: {A→
BC, D → E, BC → D, A →D}. Consider a universal relation R(A, B, C, D, E) with functional dependency
set F. Also all attributes are simple and take atomic values only.

→ Identify the redundant functional dependency in F

i ➥ BC→D
ii ➥ D→E
iii ➥ A→D

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iv ➥ A→BC

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Q30➡ | UGC NET December 2019

Comprehension:
Answer question (27-31) based on the problem statement given below:
An organization needs to maintain database having five attributes A, B, C, D, E. These attributes are
functionally dependent on each other for which functionally dependency set F is given as : F: {A→
BC, D → E, BC → D, A →D}. Consider a universal relation R(A, B, C, D, E) with functional dependency
set F. Also all attributes are simple and take atomic values only.
→ Identify primary key of table R with functional dependency set F

i ➥ BC
ii ➥ AD
iii ➥ A
iv ➥ AB

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Q31➡ | UGC NET December 2019

Comprehension:
Answer question (27-31) based on the problem statement given below:
An organization needs to maintain database having five attributes A, B, C, D, E. These attributes are
functionally dependent on each other for which functionally dependency set F is given as : F: {A→
BC, D → E, BC → D, A →D}. Consider a universal relation R(A, B, C, D, E) with functional dependency
set F. Also all attributes are simple and take atomic values only.
→ Identify the normal form in which relation R belong to

i ➥ 1 NF
ii ➥ 2 NF
iii ➥ 3 NF
iv ➥ BCNF

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Q32➡ | UGC NET JUNE 2019

Which of the following statements are DMl statements?
(a) Update [tablename]
Set [ columnname] = VALUE
(b) Delete [tablename]
(c) Select * from [tablename]

i ➥ (a) and (b)

ii ➥ (a) and (d)
iii ➥ (a), (b) and (c)
iv ➥ (b) and (c)

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Q33➡ | UGC NET JUNE 2019

Which of the following key constraints is required for functioning of foreign key in the context of
relational database?

i ➥ Unique key
ii ➥ Primary key
iii ➥ Candidate key
iv ➥ Check key

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Q34➡ | UGC NET JUNE 2019

In relational database, if a relation R is in BCNF, then which of the following is true about relation R?

i ➥ R is in 4NF
ii ➥ R is not in 1NF
iii ➥ R is in 2Nf and not in 3NF
iv ➥ R is in 2NF and 3NF

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Q35➡ | UGC NET JUNE 2019

In relational database management, which of the following is/are property/properties of candidate
key?
P:Uniqueness
Q: Irreducibility

i ➥ P only
ii ➥ Q only
iii ➥ Both P and Q
iv ➥ Neither P nor Q

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Q36➡ | UGC NET JUNE 2019

Which of the following features is supported in the relational database model?

i ➥ Complex data-types
ii ➥ Multivalued attributes
iii ➥ Association with multiplicities
iv ➥ Generalization relationship

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iv ➥ Generalization relationship

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Q37➡ | UGC NET JUNE 2019

Following table has two attributes Employee_id and Manager_id, where Employee_id is a primary
key and manager_id is a foreign key referencing Employee_id with on-delete cascade:

On deleting the table (20,40), the set of other tuples that must be deleted to maintain the
referential integrity of table is

i ➥ (30,35) only
ii ➥ (30,35) and (35,20) only
iii ➥ (35,20) only
iv ➥ (40,45) and (25,40) only

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Q38➡ | UGC NET JUNE 2019

With respect to relational algebra, which of the following operations are included from
mathematical set theory
(a) join
(b) Intersection
(c) Cartisian product
(d) Project

i ➥ (a) and (b)

ii ➥ (b) and (c)
iii ➥ (c) and (d)
iv ➥ (b) and (d)

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Q39➡ | UGC NET JUNE 2019

Which of the following has the same expressive power with regard to relational query language?

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Which of the following has the same expressive power with regard to relational query language?
(a) Relational algebra and Domain relational calculus
(b) Relational algebra and Tuple relational calculus
(c) Relational algebra and Domain relational calculus restricted to safe expression
(d) Relational algebra and Tuple relational calculus restricted to safe expression

i ➥ (a) and (b) only

ii ➥ (c) and (d) only
iii ➥ (a) and (c) only
iv ➥ (b) and (d) only

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Q40➡ | UGC NET December 2018

To overcome difficulties in Readers-Writers problem, which of the following statement/s is/are
true?
1) Writers are given exclusive access to shared objects
2) Readers are given exclusive access to shared objects
3) Both readers and writers are given exclusive access to shared objects.
Choose the correct answer from the code given below:

i ➥ 1 only
ii ➥ Both 2 and 3
iii ➥ 2 only
iv ➥ 3 only

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Q41➡ | UGC NET December 2018

Consider the following tables (relations):

Primary keys in the tables are shown using Underline. Now, Consider the following query:
SELECT S.Name, Sum (P.Marks)
FROM Students S, Performance P
WHERE S.Roll-No = P.Roll-No
GROUP BY S.Name
The number of rows returned by the above query is

i➥3
ii ➥ 2
iii ➥ 0
iv ➥ 1

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Q42➡ | UGC NET December 2018

Consider the schema R=(A, B, C, D, E, F) on which the following functional dependencies hold :
A➝B
B,C➝D
E➝C
D➝A
What are the candidate keys of R ?

i ➥ AEF, BEF and DEF

ii ➥ AEF, BEF and BCF
iii ➥ AE and BE
iv ➥ AE, BE and DE

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Q43➡ | UGC NET December 2018

An attribute A of data type varchar(20) has the value ‘xyz’ and attribute B of data type char(20) has
the value “Imnop” , then the attribute A has spaces and attribute B has spaces.

i ➥ 20 , 20
ii ➥ 3, 20
iii ➥ 3, 5
iv ➥ 20, 5

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Q44➡ | UGC NET December 2018

Consider the following sequence of two transactions on a bank account(A) with initial balance
20,000 that transfers 5,000 to another account (B) and then apply 10% interest.
(i) T1 start
(ii) T1 A old=20000 new 15,000
(iii) T1 B old=12000 new=17000
(iv) T1 commit
(v) T2 start
(vi) T2 A old=15000 new=16500
(vii) T2 commit
Suppose the database system crashes out just before log record (vii) is written. When the system is
restricted, which one statement is true of the recovery process ?

i ➥ We can apply redo and undo operation in arbitrary order because they are idempotent.
ii ➥ We must redo log record (vi) to set A to 16,500.
iii ➥ We must undo log record (vi) to set A to 16,500 and then redo log record (ii) and (iii).
iv ➥ We need not redo records (ii) and (iii) because transaction T1 has committed.

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Q45➡ | UGC NET December 2018

The clustering index is defined on the fields which are of type

i ➥ key and ordering

ii ➥ key and non-ordering
iii ➥ non-key and ordering
iv ➥ non-key and non-ordering

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Q46➡ | UGC NET December 2018

_________ command is used to remove a relation from an SQL database.

i ➥ Update table
ii ➥ Remove table
iii ➥ Delete table
iv ➥ Drop table

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Q47➡ | UGC NET JUNE 2018

In RDBMS, which type of Join returns all rows that satisfy the join condition ?

i ➥ Inner Join
ii ➥ Outer Join
iii ➥ Semi Join
iv ➥ Anti Join

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Q48➡ | UGC NET JUNE 2018

Consider a relation book(title, price) which contains the titles and prices of different books.
Assuming that no two books have the same price, what does the following SQL query list ?
SELECT title
FROM book AS B
WHERE(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM book AS T WHERE T.price > B.price) < 7

i ➥ Titles of the six most expensive books.

ii ➥ Title of the sixth most expensive books.
iii ➥ Titles of the seven most expensive books.
iv ➥ Title of the seventh most expensive books.

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Q49➡ | UGC NET JUNE 2018

In a Hierarchical database, a hashing function is used to locate the .

i ➥ Collision
ii ➥ Root
iii ➥ Foreign Key
iv ➥ Records

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Q50➡ | UGC NET JUNE 2018

Relations produced from E-R Model will always be in .

i ➥ 1 NF
ii ➥ 2 NF
iii ➥ 3 NF
iv ➥ 4 NF

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Q51➡ | UGC NET JUNE 2018

Consider the following schedules involving two transactions.
S1: r1(X) ; r1(Y) ; r2(X) ; r2(Y) ; w2(Y) ; w1(X)
S2 : r1(X) ; r2(X) ; r2(Y) ; w2(Y) ; r1(Y) ; w1(X)
Which one of the following statements is correct with respect to above ?

i ➥ Both S1 and S2 are conflict serializable.

ii ➥ Both S1 and S2 are not conflict serializable.
iii ➥ S1 is conflict serializable and S2 is not conflict serializable.
iv ➥ S1 is not conflict serializable and S2 is conflict serializable.

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Q52➡ | UGC NET JUNE 2018

For a database relation R(a, b, c, d) where the domains of a, b, c and d include only atomic values,
and only the following functional dependencies and those that can be inferred from them hold :
a→c
b→d
The relation is in .

i ➥ First normal form but not in second normal form

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i ➥ First normal form but not in second normal form
ii ➥ Second normal form but not in third normal form
iii ➥ Third normal form
iv ➥ BCNF

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Q53➡ | UGC NET JUNE 2018

A many-to-one relationship exists between entity sets r1 and r2. How will it be represented using
functional dependencies if Pk(r) denotes the primary key attribute of relation r?

i ➥ Pk(r1 ) → Pk(r2 )
ii ➥ Pk(r2 ) → Pk(r1 )
iii ➥ Pk(r2 ) → Pk(r1 ) and Pk(r1 ) → Pk(r2 )
iv ➥ Pk(r2 ) → Pk(r1 ) or Pk(r1 ) → Pk(r2 )

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Q54➡ | UGC NET JUNE 2018

Database systems that store each relation in a separate operating system file may use the operating
system’s authorization scheme, instead of defining a special scheme themselves. In this case, which
of the following is false ?

i ➥ The administrator enjoys more control on the grant option.

ii ➥ It is difficult to differentiate among the update, delete and insert authorizations.
iii ➥ Cannot store more than one relation in a file
iv ➥ Operations on the database are speeded up as the authorization procedure is carried out at
the operating system level.

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Q55➡ | UGC NET JUNE 2018

Let R1(a,b,c) and R2(x,y,z) be two relations in which a is the foreign key of R1 that refers to the
primary key of R2 . Consider following four options.
(a) Insert into R1
(b) Insert into R2
(c) Delete from R1
(d) Delete from R2
Which of the following is correct about the referential integrity constraint with respect to above ?

i ➥ Operations (a) and (b) will cause violation.

ii ➥ Operations (b) and (c) will cause violation.
iii ➥ Operations (c) and (d) will cause violation.
iv ➥ Operations (d) and (a) will cause violation.

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Q56➡ | UGC NET November 2017 Paper-II

Which of the following is/are true with reference to ‘view’ in DBMS ?
(a) A ‘view’ is a special stored procedure executed when certain event occurs.
(b) A ‘view’ is a virtual table.
which occurs after executing a pre-compiled query. code:

i ➥ Only (a) is true

ii ➥ Only (b) is true
iii ➥ Both (a) and (b) are true
iv ➥ Neither (a) nor (b) are true

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Q57➡ | UGC NET November 2017 Paper-II

In SQL, __ is an Aggregate function.

i ➥ SELECT
ii ➥ CREATE
iii ➥ AVG
iv ➥ MODIFY

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Q58➡ | UGC NET November 2017 Paper-II

Match the following with respect to RDBMS :

Code:

i ➥ (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)

ii ➥ (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
iii ➥ (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(i)
iv ➥ (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)

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Q59➡ | UGC NET November 2017 Paper-II

In RDBMS, different classes of relations are created using ________ technique to prevent

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In RDBMS, different classes of relations are created using ________ technique to prevent
modification anomalies.

i ➥ Functional Dependencies
ii ➥ Data integrity
iii ➥ Referential integrity
iv ➥ Normal forms

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Q60➡ | UGC NET November 2017 Paper-II

______ SQL command changes one or more fields in a record.

i ➥ LOOK-UP
ii ➥ INSERT
iii ➥ MODIFY
iv ➥ CHANGE

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Q61➡ | UGC NET November 2017 Paper-III

Consider the following four schedules due to three transactions (indicated by the subscript) using
read and write on a data item X, denoted by r(X) and w(X) respectively. Which one of them is
conflict serializable ?
S1: r1(X); r2(X); w1(X); r3(X); w2(X)
S2: r2(X); r1(X); w2(X); r3(X); w1(X)
S3: r3(X); r2(X); r1(X); w2(X); w1(X)
S4: r2(X); w2(X); r3(X); r1(X); w1(X)

i ➥ S1
ii ➥ S2
iii ➥ S3
iv ➥ S4

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