Reg. No. : ..........................................

1152 Q.P. Code : [08 CCA 07/08 CEC 05]

(For the candidates admitted from 2008 onwards)

B.Com., DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2021.

Third/Second Semester

Part III — Commerce with Computer Applications/

E-Commerce

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 marks

SECTION A — (10  1 = 10 marks)
Answer ALL the questions
Choose the correct answer
1. The ______ refer to meaning of data understood by
some user
(a) raw data (b) information
(c) structure (d) none of the above
2. The ______ can be defined ad immunity of
application to change in physical representation
and access technology.
(a) database (b) Entity
(c) Relation (d) Data Independence
3. The column of a table is referred to as _______

(a) Tuple (b) record

(c) field (d) All of the above

4. For project operation, used symbol is:

(a)  (b) 

(c)  (d) 

5. A single fetch request can return _____ tuple.

(a) one (b) two

(c) three (d) many

6. Identify the rule:

If    holds and    holds than   

holds.

(a) Reflexibility rule

(b) Transitivity rule

(c) Augmentation rule

(d) None of the above.

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7. To retrieve data items in Hierarchical model use
______ command.

(a) access (b) retrieve

(c) get (d) index

8. Segments of different types have the same parent

can be referred to as _______

(a) child segment (b) sibling segment

(c) twin segment (d) none of the above.

9. Data set has exactly one record of ____ of set.

(a) member (b) owner

(c) sibling (d) none of the above.

10. DBTG command ‘find’ used to ______

(a) copy the record

(b) paste the record

(c) locates record in the database

(d) all of the above.

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 SECTION B — (5  5 = 25 marks)

Answer ALL questions.

11. (a) Discuss on various kinds of users.

Or

(b) Write about levels of Architecture in detail.

12. (a) List out the properties of Tuples.

Or

(b) Describe ‘Union’ operators.

13. (a) Write in detail about ‘Normalization’.

Or

(b) Explain about QBE update operations

14. (a) Describe tree structure diagram for

hierarchical database.

Or

(b) Write about record access schemes used in

IMS.

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15. (a) Discuss on Binary relationship used in data
structure diagram.

Or

(b) Write in detail about DBTG set.

SECTION C — (5  8 = 40 marks)

Answer ALL questions.

16. (a) Write in detail about DBMS function and its

components.

Or

(b) List out the role of Database administrator.

17. (a) Explain relation type with an example.

Or

(b) Write a note on:

(i) Project (ii) Intersect operation.

18. (a) Explain about QBE in detail.

Or

(b) Explain in detail about functional

dependency.

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19. (a) How E-R diagram transformed into tree
structure diagram?

Or
(b) Explain Hierarchical database in detail.

20. (a) Explain about program work area in network

model.

Or
(b) Write in detail about set ordering.

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