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Feb/Spring 2012

Master of Business Administration - MBA Semester III MI0034 Database Management System - 4 Credits Assignment - Set- 1 (60 Marks)
Answer all the questions Q1. Differentiate between Traditional File System & Modern Database System? Describe the properties of Database & the Advantage of Database? ANS.

TRADITIONAL FILE SYSTEM


1.Traditional file system is that system that was followed before tha advent of DBMS i.e. it is the older way 2. In traditional file processing, data definition is part of the application program and works with only specific application 3. file system are design driven they require design / coding change when new kind of data occurs. 4. traditional file system keeps duplicate information in many locations, this might results in the loss of data consistency 5. in a file system data is scattered in various files and each of these files may be in different formats, making it difficult to write new application programs to retrieve the appropriate data. 6. security features are to be coded in the application program itself

MODERN DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM


1. this is the modern way which has replaced the older concept of file system

2. data definition is part of the dbms. Application is independent and can be used with any application. 3. one extra column attribute can be added without any difficulty. Minor coding changes in the application program may be required. 4. redundancy is eliminated to the maximum extent in dbms if properly defined. 5. this problem is completely solved here.

6. coding for security requirements is not required as most of them have been taken care by the dbms

Q2. What is the disadvantage of sequential file organization? How do you overcome it? What are the advantages & disadvantages of Dynamic Hashing?

Q3. What is relationship type? Explain the difference among a relationship instance, relationship type & a relation set? Q4. What is SQL? Discuss. Q5. What is Normalization? Discuss various types of Normal Forms? Q6. What do you mean by Shared Lock & Exclusive lock? Describe briefly two phase locking protocol?

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