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    S-622 Roll No. …………………..

    DIT–05
    Database Management System
    Diploma in Information Technology (DIT-17)
    Second Semester, Examination, 2018
    Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80

    Note : This paper is of eighty (80) marks containing three


    (03) Sections A, B and C. Learners are required to
    attempt the questions contained in these Sections
    according to the detailed instructions given therein.
    Section–A
    (Long Answer Type Questions)
    Note : Section „A‟ contains four (04) long answer type
    questions of nineteen (19) marks each. Learners are
    required to answer two (02) questions only.
    1. Answer the following :
    (a) What do you mean by mapping cardinality ?
    (b) What is Foreign Key ?
    (c) What is inner join ? Discuss with example.
    (d) Differentiate between weak and strong entity set.
    2. Explain basic structure of SQL. Write down complete
    syntax of create, insert, delete and modification
    commands supported by SQL. Explain „group by‟ SQL
    query with example.
    (A-22) P. T. O.
    [2] S-622

    3. Explain normalization and its all normal forms (1NF,


    2NF, 3NF, BCNF, 4NF).
    4. What is Data Independence ? What is the difference
    between Logical and Physical Independence ?
    Section–B
    (Short Answer Type Questions)
    Note : Section „B‟ contains eight (08) short answer type
    questions of eight (08) marks each. Learners are
    required to answer four (04) questions only.
    1. How E-R Diagrams are useful in designing a logical
    database ? Give a suitable example.
    2. What is data dictionary ? What are their applications
    and benefit ?
    3. What is the characteristics of SQL ? Explain
    4. What is referential integrity ? Why is it useful in
    relational model ?
    5. What are the different types of database failure ?
    6. What do you mean by database view ? Define database
    view architecture.
    7. Write syntax to :
    (a) Create a table
    (b) Inserting data in the table
    (c) Fetching data from table(with and without where
    clause)
    8. What are the advantages of DBMS over File
    Processing System ?
    Section–C
    (Objective Type Questions)
    Note : Section „C‟ contains ten (10) objective type
    questions of one (01) mark each. All the questions
    of this Section are compulsory.
    1. In an E-R diagram an entity set is represent by a/an :
    (a) Rectangle

    (A-22)
    [3] S-622

    (b) Ellipse
    (c) Diamond box
    (d) Circle
    2. Architecture of the database can be viewed as :
    (a) two levels
    (b) four levels
    (c) three levels
    (d) one level
    3. The database schema is written in :
    (a) HLL
    (b) DML
    (c) DDL
    (d) DCL
    4. In the architecture of a database system external level
    is the :
    (a) Physical level
    (b) Logical level
    (c) Conceptual level
    (d) View level
    5. Which of the following is an attribute that holds a
    single value for a single entity ?
    (a) Simple
    (b) Composite
    (c) Derived
    (d) Single-valued

    (A-22) P. T. O.
    [4] S-622

    6. In the relational modes, cardinality is termed as :


    (a) Number of tuples
    (b) Number of attributes
    (c) Number of tables
    (d) Number of constraints
    7. Count function in SQL returns the number of :
    (a) Values
    (b) Distinct values
    (c) Groups
    (d) Columns
    8. The DBMS language component which can be
    embedded in a program is :
    (a) The data definition language (DDL)
    (b) The data manipulation language (DML)
    (c) The database administrator (DBA)
    (d) A query language
    9. Which two files are used during operation of the
    DBMS ?
    (a) Query languages and utilities
    (b) DML and query language
    (c) Data dictionary and transaction log
    (d) Data dictionary and query language
    10. In the architecture of a database system external level
    is the :
    (a) physical level
    (b) logical level
    (c) conceptual level
    (d) view level
    S–622 50

    (A-22)

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