Practice Questions
• What are the key limitations of traditional RDBMS in handling modern application
data?
• Define NoSQL. Why did it emerge as an alternative to RDBMS?
• List and briefly explain the four main types of NoSQL databases with examples.
• Compare ACID properties with BASE principles.
• What is the CAP theorem? Explain with an example.
• Define eventual consistency and explain where it is useful.
• Differentiate between document databases and column-family databases.
• What is the main advantage of graph databases in social networking applications?
• Write two industry use cases where NoSQL is preferred over RDBMS.
• Explain the motivation of companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon in
adopting NoSQL.
• Compare and contrast RDBMS vs. NoSQL in terms of scalability, flexibility, and
performance.
• Explain with a diagram how the CAP theorem trade-offs (Consistency, Availability,
Partition tolerance) affect database design.
• Discuss the differences between key-value stores and document stores with suitable
examples.
• What are the challenges faced when moving from RDBMS to NoSQL?
• Write a short note on industry trends driving the growth of NoSQL databases.
• What is MongoDB? How is it different from a traditional RDBMS?
• Explain the role of MongoDB Shell, Compass, and Atlas.
• What is BSON? How does it differ from JSON?
• Define a document and a collection in MongoDB.
• Write the command to insert a single document into a collection.
• How do you query embedded documents in MongoDB? Provide an example.
• Differentiate between find() and findOne() in MongoDB.
• What are indexes in MongoDB? Why are they important?
• Explain the role of sorting and filtering in MongoDB queries.
• What are the schema design principles to be followed in MongoDB?
• Install MongoDB locally and write the steps involved in the setup.
• Write a MongoDB command to:
➢ Insert multiple student records into a collection named students.
➢ Find all students with marks greater than 70.
➢ Update the age of a student with _id = 101.
➢ Delete a student record with name = "Rahul".
• Create a collection called books with documents containing title, author, and price.
Write queries to:
➢ Display all books by a specific author.
Practice Questions
➢ Find books priced between 300 and 600.
➢ Sort books in descending order of price.
• Demonstrate how to query nested documents (e.g., an address field inside a
customer document).
• Write commands to create an index on the email field of a user’s collection and
explain its effect on query performance.
