The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & IT

AL-NOOR COLLEGE HEAD RAJKAN

Class: MCS (1st semester) Mid Term Session: 2017-19

Subject: DBMS Code: CSIT 21103
Time: 60 Minutes Total Marks: 20
Name: ________________________________ Roll. No. ________

Q 1: Encircle the Correct Option. [5]

1. Database is an organized collection of ______ data that is stored in efficient and compact
manner?
(A) Distributed (B) Related (C) Centralized (D) Multiple
2. Storage space allocation for data and indexes in _______ level ?
(A) External (B) Internal (C) Logical (D) All
3. Debugging is the process in which we_______________ the error?
(A) Produce (B) Validate (C) Find and remove (D) Filter
4. The______ is repository of information that describe the logical structure of the database.
(A) DFD (B) Data independence (C) Mapping (D) Data dictionary
5. Data _____is the type of data transparency that matters for a centralized DBMS.
(A) Independence  (B) Flow Diagram (C) Dictionary (D) All
6. The ____________architecture, the DBMS is the only entity where the user directly sits on
the DBMS and uses it
(A) 3-tier (B) 2-tier (C) 1-tier (D) All
7. SQL stand for ________________?
(A) Short-Query-list (B) Self-Query-language (C) None of these (D) Structure Query Language
8. Bug means:-
(A) Produce (B) Validate (C) Error (D) Filter
9. The ____________ data model creates parent-child relationship between data elements and
restricts each child to have just one parent?
(A) Hierarchical (B) Network (C) Relational (D) Single
10. A relationship between countries and capitals is an example of ______relationship.
(A) One-to-One (B) Many-to-many (C) many to-one (D) Single
Q2: Answer the following short question. [8]
I. Define Database.
II. Define DFD.
III. Advantages of E-R model.
IV. Define Candidate Key.
Q 3: Long Question. [7]

Explain the advantages of DBMS approach (any five).

Best Of Luck