DBMS DPP PART - 1 BY-SUNIL YADAV SIR 1

DBMS DPP PART - 1

1. Given the STUDENTS relation as (a) Relationship R is one-to-many and

shown below the participation of A in R is total.
Student Student Student Email Student CPI (b) Relationship R is one-to-many and
ID Name Age the participation of A in R is
2345 Shankar shankar@math X 9.4 partial.
1287 Swati swati@ee 19 9.5
(c) Relationship R is one-to-one and
7853 Shankar shankar@cse 19 9.4
9876 Swati swati@mech 18 9.3
the participation of A in R is total.
8765 Ganesh ganesh@civil 19 8.7 (d) Relationship R is one-to-many and
For (Student Name, Student Age) the participation of A in R is
to the key for this instance, the partial.
value X should not be equal to 5. Which of the following is NOT a
(a) 19 (b) 20 superkey in a relational schema
(c) 21 (d) 22 with attributes V, W, X, Y, Z and
2. The maximum number of primary key VY?
superkeys for the relation scheme (a) VXYZ (b) VWXZ
R(E, F, G, H) with E as the key is (c) VWXY (d) VWXYZ
___ 6. A prime attribute of a relation
(a) 8 (b) 9 schems is an attribute that appears
(c) 10 (d) 11 (a) In all candidate keys of R.
3. In an Entity-Relationship (ER) (b) In some candidate key of R.
model, suppose R is a many-to-one (c) In a foreign key of R.
relationship from entity set E1 to (d) Only in the primary key of R.
entity set E2 Assume that E1 and
7. Given the basic ER and relational
E2 participate totally in R and that
the cardinality of E1 is greater than models, which of the following is
the cardinality of E2 INCORRECT?
Which one of the following is true (a) An attribute of an entity can have
about R? more than one value
(a) Every entity in E1 is associated (b) An attribute of an entity can be
with exactly one entity in E2 composite
(b) Some entity in E1 is associated (c) In a row of a relational table,
with more than one entity in E2. an attribute can have more than
(c)Every entity in E2 is associated on value
with exactly one entity in E1. (d) In a row of a relational table, an
(d) Every entity in E2 is associated attribute can have exactly one
with at most one entity in E1. value or a NULL value
4. An ER model of a database 8. Which one of the following option
consiste of entity types A and B. is INCORRECT?
These are connected by a (a) BankAccount_Num is a candidate
relationship R which does not have key
its own attribute. Under which one (b) Registration_Num can be a
of the following conditions, can primary key
the relational table for R be (c) UID is a candidate key if all
merged with that of A? student are form the same
country

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(d) If S is a superkey such that 11. Consider the following ER diagram

S UID is NULL then S UID is
also a superkey
9. Consider arelation table with a The minimum number of tables
single record for each registered
needed to represent M, N, P, R1, R2 is
student with the following
(a) 2 (b) 3
attributes.
(c) 4 (d) 5
1. Registration_Num; Unique
12. Which one of the following is used
resistration number of each
to represent the supporting many-
registered student
one relationships of a weak entity
2. UID: Unique identity number,
set in an entity-relationship
unique at the national level for
diagram?
each citizen
(a) Ovals that contain underlined
3. BankAccunt_Num: Unique
identifiers
account number at the bank. A
(b) Rectangles with double/bold
student can have multiple
border
accounts or join accounts. This
(c) Diamonds with double/bold
attribute stores the primary
border
account number.
(d) Ovals with double/bold border
4. Name: Name of the student
13. Which one of the options given
5. Hostel_Room: Room number of
below refers to the degree (or arity)
the hostel
of a relation in relational database
Which one of the following option
systems?
is INCORRECT?
(a) Number of attributes of its relation
(a) BonkAcoount_Num is a candidate
schema
key
(b) Number of tuples stored in the
(b) Registration_Num can be a
relation.
primary key
(c) Number of entries in the relation.
(c) UID is a candidate key if all
(d) Number of distinct domains of its
students are from the same
relation schema
country
14. Consider the following statements
(d) If S is a superkey such that
S1 and S2 about the relational data
S UID is NULL then S UID is
model:
also a superkey
S1: A relation scheme can have at
10. Consider the following ER diagram
most one foreign key.
S2: A foreign key in a relation
scheme R cannot be used to refer
to tuples of R.
Which of the following is a correct Which one of the following choices
attribute set for one of the tables is correct?
for the correct answer to the above (a) S1 is false and S2 is true
question? (b) Both S1 and S2 are false
(a){M1,M2,M3,P1} (c) Both S1 and S2 are true
(b) {M1,P1,N1,N1} (d) S1 is true and S2 is false
(c) {M1,P1,N1}
(d) {M1, P1}

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15. In E-R model, Y is the dominant (a) Schema (b) Subschema

entity and X is a subordinate (c) Virtual table (d) None of these
entity 19. Immunity of the external schemas
(or application programs) to
(a) If X is deleted, then Y is also changes in the conceptual schema
deleted is referred to as:
(b) If Y is deleted, then X is also (a) Physical Data Independence
deleted (b) Logical Data Independence
(c) If Y is deleted, then X is not (c) Both (a) and (b)
deleted (d) None of the above
(d) None of the above 20. Consider the following table in a
16. Consider the entities ‘hotel room’, relational database
and ‘person’ with a many to many
relationship ‘lodging’ as shown Last Rank Room Shift
below: Name
Smith Manager 234 Morning
Jones Custodian 33 Afternoon
Smith Custodian 33 Evening
If we wish to store information Doe Clerical 222 Morning
about the rent payment to be made
by person (s) occupying different (a) {Last Name} (b) {Room}
hotel rooms, them this information (c) {Shift} (d) {Room, Shift}
should appear as an attribute of
(a) Person
(b) Hotel Room
(c) Lodging
(d) None of these The information
should appear as an attribute of
lodging, because this is the only
common attriubute that relating
to the hotel room and person. The
information should appear as an
attribute of lodging, because this
is the only common attribute that
relating to the hotel room and
person.
17. Which symbol denote derived
attributes in the ER Model?
(a) Double ellipse (b) Dashed ellipse
(c) Squared ellipse
(d) An ellipse with attribute name
underlined
18. A view of database that appears to
an application program is known
as

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